Joris MeysFebruary 12, the university of Namur (BE) hosts a Women and Girls in Science conference, a conference devoted to equal opportunities for all genders in STEM.
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Die Forschende Hochschule HofEin Sommer voller Innovation! ☀️🧪
Anisha (USA) & Shaelagh (Kanada) brachten frischen internationalen Wind an unser Institut für Kreislaufwirtschaft der Bio:Polymere (ibp).
Ihr Fazit?
Nicht nur fachlich ein Deep-Dive, sondern auch menschlich ein Gewinn ("Home away from home"). Beide planen nun ihre Zukunft in der Forschung – und wollen vielleicht sogar zurück nach Deutschland kommen.
#hierwirdknallhartgeforscht #sciencemastodon #science #WomenInScience #forschung
Laurent PerrinetDiscovery of the Day
Discovery of the Day : Angelique Arvanitaki (1901–1983), a Greek neurophysiologist born in Cairo, was a little-known pioneer in neurology.
Major Contribution:
Demonstrated ephaptic transmission, a mode of communication between neurons without synapses, still poorly understood today—and completely absent from #AI and #DeepLearning models.
Original Article (in French):
📄 “Ephaptic Transmission” (1942)
A reminder that the history of science is full of inspiring, often forgotten figures.
SETI InstituteDr. Jill Tarter, co-founder of the SETI Institute and one of the most influential figures in the scientific search for life beyond Earth, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Green Sands Prize.
This year's award recognizes Dr. Tarter's extraordinary career advancing humanity's understanding of the cosmos and championing the search for life beyond Earth.
Jill Tarter Awarded the Prestigious Green Sands Prize for Her Pioneering Work in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
/PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Jill Tarter, co-founder of the SETI Institute and one of the most influential figures in the scientific search for life beyond Earth, has...
Thony CScientific translator, science writer, astronomer, Mary Somerville was born 16 December 1780 #histsci #womeninscience
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/the-queen-of-science-the-woman-who-tamed-laplace/
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Shine My CrownFrom Homeless Shelter to Scientific Pioneer: The Extraordinary Rise of Ijeoma Uchegbu https://shinemycrown.com/from-homeless-shelter-to-scientific-pioneer-the-extraordinary-rise-of-ijeoma-uchegbu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Inspiration #Homelessness #WomenInScience #Resilience #SuccessStory
Edenhofer Lab (UIBK)Congratulations to our PhD student Amelie Schurer! She received the research prize from the #Wirtschaftskammer in the natural science category for her Master thesis on a #CRISPR screen on #organoids to identify candidate genes to revert #aging
https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/2025/wirtschaftskammer-pramiert-herausragende-abschlussarbeiten/
#stemcells #science #womeninscience #womeninSTEM
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AlcorNewsCecilia Payne, pionnière de l’astrophysique, a changé notre vision des étoiles et de l’Univers par sa découverte révolutionnaire. https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/sciences-chrono/cecilia-payne-8997436 #Space #Astrophysics #CeciliaPayne #WomenInScience
Cécilia Payne : au cœur des étoiles
En 1925, Cecilia Payne bouleverse l’histoire de l’astrophysique en comprenant pour la première fois que les étoiles ne sont pas composées de la même façon que la Terre. S’il a fallu quelque temps pour que sa découverte soit reconnue, elle a marqué un moment fondateur de l’astrophysique moderne.
In our most recent #SETILive #podcast, we met the show's newest host, Dr. Moiya McTier, who gave us the lore on her science and communication background. Listen to the full episode: https://feeds.libsyn.com/462636/rss