Quitting science isn’t inherently bad – career changes happen, and not publishing doesn’t mean “leaving science”. The issue is being pushed out, especially for women. We need to better understand why that happens. Work-life balance and often unfair competition for limited resources play a big role.
“for women in biology, the likelihood of leaving science after ten years was 58%; for men, it was nearly 49%.” Nearly 50% of researchers quit science within a decade, huge study reveals www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Twenty years of publishing data across many countries and disciplines show women are more likely than men to leave research.
Will the real Robert Hooke please stand up? (OA) https://botany.fyi/natbp6 Robert Hooke's first application of the word cell to structures we still call by that name certainly can be an inspirational point—
Dear Editor,
Update: It did not end with agricultural impact, it ended up getting confused and switching to... Korean?
One of the most absurd takes I’ve seen on OpenAI’s o1. A PhD doesn’t make you a genius—it’s specialized knowledge in one field. I work on plant cell wall integrity and dynamics, and I bet o1 is just as clueless as ChatGPT when I quiz it (and will probably end with 'agricultural impact' 😂).
If only the challenge were about making it resistant... 🚲🌧️ My spagetti tower may not be the tallest, but it survived 3+ km of cycling through rain and wind to reach my office! 💪🍝
Startup founders: Ever faced pressure to sell remaining shares or syndicate voting rights years after founding, despite minimal equity? Does this truly attract new investors? How can founders with small stakes impact investment? Seeking perspectives. #StartupAdvice
🔄 Please RT to spread the word! It's harder to reach candidates since I'm no longer on Twitter. Help early career researchers find this opportunity! #AcademicSky#ScienceJobs#PlantScience#PlantCellWalls
🌱 Last chance to apply for a postdoc studying plant stress responses! Join our team investigating how temperature affects the cell wall-plasma membrane continuum. Exciting opportunity to uncover plant resilience mechanisms! Deadline 8th September bit.ly/ECpostdoc#PlantScience#PostdocOpportunity
Call 4 of the 'Excellence by Choice' Postdoctoral Programme in Life Science is open. Deadline is 8 September.
Very proud of Nancy Soni, postdoc in the team, for winning the Best Poster Award at the SPPS Meeting in Copenhagen! Her hard work in our Wall2Cycle project, which investigates #PlantCellWall homeostasis in cell cycle progression, is truly deserving of this recognition. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
