A gloomy day at the #UCDavis Genome Center Halloween Symposium - a model for a #manel #yammm

Discussion of speaker diversity triggered by a #manel (Storify)Speaker gender balance at Society for the Neurobiology of Language conferences 2009 –2015Countering gender bias at conferences Carrie Arnold in ScienceTen Simple Rules to Achieve Conference Speaker Gender Balance by Jenny Martin How to Add More Women Speakers to Your Meetings by Michelle Russell in PCMA ConveneWelcoming Women at STEM Conferences – and Beyond - the StoryExchange To Get More Female Conference Speakers - GenomeWebFemale Scientists Turn to Data to Fight Lack of Representation on Panels NY TimesHow likely is an all-male speakers list, statistically speaking? A mathematician weighs in.I certainly feel partially responsible for this, because it is in my building and run by my Center.  Now I had nothing to do with this even, but still ... I will do my best to make sure this does not happen ever again at the UC Davis Genome Center. But I will not be attending this year's meeting. 
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Source: The Tree of Life - October 27, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs