Voices
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Highlights of my first year as an independent researcher
While talking about moving back to India and starting an independent lab, this physician-scientist quips, “I am happy to have survived!”
May 20th 2019
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4 Reasons Some Women Hate Feminism (And What They’re Missing)
How often do we hear women scientists themselves say ‘I’m not a feminist’? Many of us have walked those shoes ourselves. Here, Ginny Brown talks about her definition of feminism & how she got there.
May 14th 2019
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Adding women to Wikipedia: One article at a time
Reflections on the Wikipedia Edit-a-thons on Women’s Histories held at IIIT-Bangalore
April 29th 2019
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We asked students about their women role models in science – Watch video!
We asked some students and teachers about their women rolemodels in science.
April 16th 2019
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Women in science don’t want freebies, but a level playing field
Quick fixes may address person-specific issues, but long-term reliance on these quick-fixes will keep reinforcing the gender bias, undermining the massive amount of effort that women scientists put in.
March 25th 2019
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In the life of a single-parent postdoc
A postdoctoral researcher talks about the odds stacked against her and of her determination to overcome them, hopefully with some help from the system.
March 14th 2019
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How Hollywood brought women of S.T.E.A.M together
One of the labhoppers is back after spending three amazing weeks mingling with some amazing science women from all around the world in a unique exchange programme in the USA.
December 9th 2018
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Diary of a labhopper: Outreach at NCBS, Bangalore
By Aashima Dogra It takes ages to reach Bangalore city from its airport. So I was glad my destination this time was only thirty mins away. Passing through the expansive GKVK University of Agriculture campus, the cab reached the gates of NCBS. I made an entry. Arguably one of the best places to pursue research […]
December 7th 2018
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Draw-a-scientist bloopers and other learnings from school children
Nandita shares her experience of interacting with school students. She tried the famous ‘Draw-a-scientist’ test with them. Read to see what she found out.
October 12th 2018
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What it’s like to build a spacecraft to the Moon
Deepana Gandhi, an engineer at TeamIndus, recounts to us what participating in this lofty mission means to her.
October 5th 2018