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Women In Cell Biology Committee
WICB Speaker Referral Service
Organizers of scientific meetings, scientific review panels, and university symposia/lecture series are increasingly aware that a balanced gender representation at the podium or in the review process makes for a better and more interesting outcome. WICB has developed a process that allows organizers, early in the planning stages, to receive a list of outstanding women in relevant field(s), women that they can then consider as invitees.
The process:
- Send an email to Ursula Goodenough at
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, former chair of WICB, with a brief description of the planned conference/symposium/lecture series/review panel. Key words are particularly helpful — diabetes, proteomics, membrane transport, etc. You’re welcome to include the venue — Keystone, University of Massachusetts, etc. -- but if you’d prefer to omit this, that’s fine.
- Dr. Goodenough will send the materials you provide to WICB members, who will send back to her, within 3 days, names of women that they are either directly familiar with or who are recommended by trusted colleagues in the relevant fields.
- A committee member will locate the websites of these women, confirm that they are research-active and appropriate, and compile a list that includes title, institution, research description, and contact information.
- Dr. Goodenough will send you the list and you can take it from there.
Please note: Members of the WICB Committee post links that might be of interest to other scientists, but WICB and ASCB do not necessarily endorse the contents of the sites.
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