Women in Science at the 澳门六合彩appand Beyond
Every February 11, the United Nations celebrates the聽. Take a moment to celebrate the women in science at the MBL.聽
T澳门六合彩app has always been a unique institution鈥攊t鈥檚 part of the 鈥湴拿帕喜蔭ppmagic鈥 that many scientists and students talk about every year. Its founding was no exception. When the 澳门六合彩appwas founded in 1888, it was unusual for its time in that it encouraged women students of science to apply on an equal footing with their male peers.
In the more than a century since, the 澳门六合彩apphas had some ups and downs regarding women in science鈥攖he years between 1910 and 1970 saw a lull in female admissions鈥攂ut has made great strides in the last 60 years in making the institution a place where everyone can study and thrive, regardless of gender.
In a world where fewer than 30% of science jobs are filled by women, we鈥檙e proud that 52.8% of 澳门六合彩appemployees (and 50% of our resident scientists) are women.
Of the 463 graduate and post-graduate students who attended one of MBL鈥檚 2022 Advanced Research Training Courses, 276 (60%) were women.
The MBL's undergraduate and high school programs also skewed strongly female鈥83% of the students in the Semester in Environmental Science (SES) program identified as women as did 66% of the University of Chicago's Spring Quarter.聽
Woman-led 澳门六合彩appNews Highlights: 2021 Edition
澳门六合彩appTeam Discovers New DNA Modification System in Animals, Captured from Bacteria
Sea Anenome's Survival is Threatened by Current Levels of Wetland Pollution
Squid and Octopus Genome Studies Reveal How Cephalopods鈥 Unique Traits Evolved
How Venom Achieves its Dramatic Feats
What Controls Nitrogen鈥檚 Fate in Marine Sediments? Giblin Explores with New Collaborative Grant
Live Fast, Die Young: Grass Fellow Explores Octopus's Death Spiral
That鈥檚 Your Stomach Talking: Grass Fellow Studies Gut-Brain Link
What鈥檚 New Under the Sun? Offering An Alternate View on Evolutionary Novelty
What Can Frogs Tell Us 澳门六合彩app Childhood Adversity? Whitman Fellow Sally Seraphin Explores
The Anemone in the Coal Mine | Hakai Magazine
On Giant Seaweed, an Intimately Packed Microbiome
The Search for a Model Octopus That Won鈥檛 Die After Laying Its Eggs | The New York Times
Sweeping Study Details Essential Bacterial Community on Marine Algae | Phys.org
Does Excess Nitrogen Cause a Marsh to Build Up or Collapse? Team to Resolve Contradictions
MBL鈥檚 Zoe Cardon is Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
澳门六合彩appScientists Funded for "A Time Series Success Story" | Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Unseen Crisis: Threatened Gut Microbiome Also Offers Hope | Mongabay
Morgan Lab is Funded to Study Effects of Parkinson鈥檚 Disease on Synaptic Function
MBL鈥檚 Women-Heavy History
During its long history, the 澳门六合彩apphas been a source of inspiration for generations of women in science鈥攆rom聽Cornelia Clapp, who helped found the institution, and Rachel Carson, the mother of the modern environmental movement, to the thousands of female students who have studied in Woods Hole during the last 132 years.
Learn more about some of the MBL鈥檚 female leaders at聽the Legacy of Leadership exhibit.
Science and scientific discovery belong to everyone, no matter their gender, sexual identity, or color of their skin. At the MBL, we are working hard to create聽an inclusive environment聽for scientists, students, visitors, and fellows alike.