Women in Biochemistry and 偷拍偷窥 Biology
Celebrating women in STEM
A timeline highlighting important achievements in STEM made by female scientists.
Society sends recommendations advising the National Academies to bolster caregiver support and improve caregiving access.
Extra commitments are everywhere in academia. Many take time and effort but do not advance a faculty member鈥檚 career.
鈥淲e need to accept that women may have motivations beyond achievements in the workplace and that career achievements may be secondary to work鈥搇ife integration,鈥� Marina K. Holz writes.
鈥淪ome researchers suggest the pandemic has served as the proverbial canary in the coal mine, highlighting and amplifying existing disparities and inequities within the STEMM workplace.鈥�
Namandjé Bumpus recently stepped away from her lab at Johns Hopkins to become the chief scientist of the FDA.
Virtual events
The art of effective negotiation for women scientists
This workshop teaches the fundamentals of negotiation relevant to a variety of one-on-one conversations and group settings. Topics include the importance of negotiation to advance research and career objectives, identification of negotiables for research and career advancement, elements of a successful negotiation, the importance of developing alternatives to an agreement, techniques for handling difficult people and conversations, the importance of listening and appreciating different viewpoints, and identification of short- and long-term negotiation goals.
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Leading with purpose: Reflections by successful leaders in BMB
The 2023 ASBMB Leadership Award winners share their experiences with leadership and mentoring, with an emphasis on mentoring women in science, their winning strategies for scientific career success and ways that they support the advancement of women in STEM.
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The no club: Putting a stop to women鈥檚 dead-end work
Exploring the role of nonpromotable tasks and how to manage them. With one of the authors of "The No Club."
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鈥淪chool鈥檚 out for summer鈥� book club on gender equity
ASBMB members discuss 鈥淭he No Club: Putting a Stop to Women鈥檚 Dead-End Work鈥� by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund and Laurie Weingart.
Member only content鈥淪chool鈥檚 out for summer鈥� book club on gender equity
A discussion of 鈥淲hat Works: Gender Equality by Design鈥� by Iris Bohnet, presented by the ASBMB Women in Biochemistry and 偷拍偷窥 Biology Committee.
Member only contentLeadership awards
The ASBMB Leadership Awards recognize individuals with a strong commitment to advancing the careers of women in biochemistry and molecular biology along with demonstrated excellence in research, discovery and/or service.
Bhabha found creativity in hard science
An assistant professor with a joint lab at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, she has won the 2023 ASBMB Early-Career Leadership Award.
Rye offers tools for success
A JLR editor-in-chief and deputy head of the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of New South Wales, she has won the 2023 ASBMB Mid-Career Leadership Award.
Nominate a leader
The awards were instituted in 2020 and are given annually by the ASBMB Women in Biochemistry and 偷拍偷窥 Biology Committee. See the criteria and how to nominate.