Miriam Rothschild was a Royal Entomological Society member for 70+ years and its 1st female president. An expert on fleas, she complied 'An Illustrated Catalogue to the Rothschild Collection of Fleas'. She also worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WWII #womeninSTEM #ALD23

Maria Sybilla Merian travelled to Surinam in 1699 to study and draw caterpillars, producing 'Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam' the 1st book to picture the life cycle of #insects on their host plants. 7 insects are named after Merian #womeninSTEM #ALD23 #WomenArtists

This summer, I traveled to northern Norway with Huawei TECH4ALL to discover how AI is helping safeguard its ecosystems against a hook-nosed, humpbacked alien invader... 👽 Watch the video to learn more! Reserva: The Youth Land Trust Into The Wild Podcast Women in Biology RHUL RHUL Biology Nat Geo Education

Study finds female academics less likely to win prizes, even when the award is named after a woman phys.org/news/2023-11-f…

💥New: Female researchers are less influenced by journal prestige - will it hold back their careers? W. Benedikt Schmal #AcademicPublishing #ResearchEvaluation wp.me/p4m9em-cGP

Massive congratulations to RHUL Biology's Prof @ElliLeadbeater1 who has been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to study the ecology of animal cognition! 🐝 🪰 👏👏👏 #ERCCoG royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/news/…

Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding We just published this paper in Nature Rev. Mater. (2023) today. doi.org/10.1038/s41578… An open access link is given under this link rdcu.be/dr6Pp

The Disabled Women in Academia panel event brings together women with disabilities in academia at different stages of their careers. They will reflect on their journeys; what support is available and what still needs to be done in academia to empower women with disabilities. 1/2

1/4 - I've been busy making some engagement resources for the GenePools eDNA x Citizen Science project - I hope they might be useful for others too 😊->

Women in Botany: creating a rich data resource on plant genera named to honour women, supporting research and recognition for their core role in science - publication from Sabine von Mering Sandra Knapp Siobhan et al. bdj.pensoft.net/article/114408/

Discover outstanding #WomenInScience and #WomenInSTEM like Celia Knight MBE, Eirini Kaiserli, Diane Saunders, and @YoselinBenAlf! Hear their insights in our #Lectures & #Interviews playlist: shorturl.at/xBCKM 🌱💡 #PlantScience #IDWGS

Congratulations Dr Hana Merchant for passing your PhD viva today with Minors! Thank you to @rwriesch1976 and Mike Scantlebury for acting as Examiners! Thank you The London NERC DTP for the funding, and Chris Faulkes for the co-supervision. RHUL Biology

It takes women almost 15 years longer than men to progress to full professorships at top UK universities on average, says study timeshighereducation.com/news/women-tak… via Paddy Jack

Fieldwork season is here! As part of a research project I'm running in collaboration with The Orchard Project, I’ll be spending the next year collecting bees, beetles, butterflies, and soil cores from dozens of urban orchards in and around London! Supervised by @ElliLeadbeater1 🪲

#OTD 1945 Lorna Iris Scott (1895-1894) became a Fellow of the The Linnean Society of London. She studied botany at Royal Holloway College under Margaret Jane Benson FLS (1859-1936). An account of Lorna’s life and achievements can be read here: eghammuseum.org/lorna-scott-an… thanks to The Egham Museum

Why are women cited less than men? #Bibliometrics wp.me/p4m9em-cVD

Graduation Royal Holloway, always a great occasion to celebrate our students' achievements. Very proud of my tutees Kate Calliss (top graduand in RHUL Biology AND the uni overall), Nikoleta Koleva (best Biochemistry project); & #RareDiseaseDay coordinators Ash Adnitt & Grace Hagon

Various things can make you proud as a PhD supervisor, but few are more rewarding than watching the graduation of a student who has faced more difficulties than most. Congratulations Dr Sahar Akbarivala, deserving University of London Royal Holloway RHUL Biology PhD holder! 10 years...💪👏👏

Congratulations to Dr Sofia Castelló y Tickell (Sofia Castelló y Tickell) who has been named a 2024 prize recipient of the SciComm Excellence given by National Academies in partnership with Schmidt Sciences! Sofia won in the Research Scientist: Early Career category 🏆 nationalacademies.org/awards/excelle…

Fantastic speaker lined up for our RHUL Women in STEM Royal Holloway RHUL Biology Women in Biology RHUL, Dr Eleni Hadjicosta Naria E. H., talking about Grad Medicine & PCOS #WomenInSTEM #PCOS