crispr cas9 stem cells: CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated nuclease 9) system is historically recognized as an adaptive immune system that protects bacteria and archaea from viral (phage) and plasmid infection. But in recent years, CRISPR/Cas9 is more famous as one outstanding…

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Check out this case study, which is summarized here: https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2022/020686/many-versions-female-scientist

It is great to know about the viewpoints and opinions on the topic across the countries. I always use to discuss this with my friends and the lab members. Glad to know at some or the other point we all are on the same page.

Thank you @eva_ga96 for initiating the discussion and making us aware of the perspectives on such a delicate issue 🙂

I am so happy about the answers! I agree with all of you because I would say that there is not a bad way to tackle this problem. Every way of fighting is very welcomed. Every little thing that you can do in your day to day could mean a big step for someone that comes after you.

Yes, it depends on the institute, the country… it also depends…

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I’m super agree with this post. In daily work life, women fight to get more respect and authority. We must highlight the need to increase women’s representation in science and technology. Currently, it is still hard to remove gender stereotypes, it remains across different aspects as salary, place of work, leadership positions, among others. I…

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I completely agree with your view. I would add that the head of the institutes play a very important role giving the example of what it would be the ideal in this matter and that they care; this also pushes to other institutions worldwide to do the same (although it doesn´t always work). Many institutions are putting more attention to the…

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I would say we are more or less in the same page. I would just stress that even if ‘not all the labs’ and ‘not all the situations’ are the same, it exists a general, common environment that is opressive towards women and other collectives (at different levels, in different moments). However, itis true that there is a need for solving…

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In my view, the skewed ratio has more to do with societal pressure and not with competence at any level. As a woman, I had to get past the societal norms of marriage and settling down (with great family support) until landing my dream career. This scenario may be more true in rural India though. A sizable lot of women candidates stumble…

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Yes, I would completely agree with that. But I have observed that in a research institute, the proportion of male PI is higher than the female PIs, while the number of female Ph.D. students is more than the male Ph.D. students. As a female researcher that really bothers me.

I could never figure out the reason, what are your views on that?

I suppose as a PI, open communication is the key. Frequent lab meetings and conscious effort to address the issues at the grass-root level. Better science happens when we are beyond gender considerations and identify the individual USPs.

Hi! Thanks for your answer!

I agree with you, that is for sure necessary. However, nowadays we have more female students than male students. Still, PI possitions are ruled by men. I think that until women do not reach possitions of power as men do (Country level proportions) we will not obtain equity.

So the point is: HOW to pave the way to…

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I think maintaining an equal male: female ratio in a lab would have perspectives from both sides, and the collaborated efforts could lead to a more equal work environment.

Dear all,

My name is Eva Maria Gomez Alvarez, I am a new member of Plantae! As a feminist and a plant biotechnologist, I would like to launch a question that is going through my mind for weeks now: How do we apply a gender perspective in our day-to-day work? I am gonna suggest some solutions that I have been thinking about:

– Cite… Read more