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2013-05-21 23:36:51 (1 comments, 7 reshares, 21 +1s)

Brittany Wenger Featured in Mashable for Her Cancer-Detecting Algorithm

See also : Brittany Wenger at TEDxWomen 2012

2013-05-20 06:30:52 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

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2013-05-20 06:17:28 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-05-20 06:07:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

A scientist has discovered an ancient extinct creature with 'scissor hand-like' claws in fossil records and has named it in honour of his favourite movie star. The 505-million-year-old fossil called Kooteninchela deppi (pronounced Koo-ten-ee-che-la depp-eye), which is a distant ancestor of lobsters and scorpions, was named after the actor Johnny Depp for his starring role as Edward Scissorhands

2013-05-20 05:58:42 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Solar Grandmothers

Bunker Roy is doing something amazing by empowering women. Below is an extended trailer of an upcoming documentary which describes the The barefoot college in India.

From video description: The Barefoot College in India was founded by Bunker Roy to provide knowledge and training to the rural poor to empower them to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable. The solar course at Barefoot College has women from Kenya, Burkina Faso, Columbia, and Guatemala.

It is a double win since women are getting educated and the education is about renewable energy!

Someone has rightly said that many of the world's problems will be solved if Women were in power, not the power hungry imbecile men. It is movements like these which give me some hope for humanity's future.

+STEM Women on G+

Via +Zachary Bird 

2013-05-20 05:57:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

All the videos from our Women Techmakers session -- 7 Techmakers and a Microphone are posted! Definitely check them out, it was an amazing lineup of speakers. 
https://developers.google.com/women-techmakers/

2013-05-20 05:08:48 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

"But no matter how strong the social structure, there is always that cheek-slapped moment when you are alone with the anti-woman prejudice: the joke, the leer, the disregard, the invisibility, the inescapable fact that the moment you walk through the door you are seen as lesser, no matter what your credentials......

What will save you is tacking into the love of the work, into the desire that brought you there in the first place. This creates a suspension of time, opens a spacious room of your own in which you can walk around and consider your response. Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity."

Beautifully written.

2013-05-13 15:13:54 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Abigail Harrison, also known as +Astronaut Abby, is a very bright, enthusiastic, and determined 15-year-old girl who dreams big: she aspires to be the first astronaut to set foot on Mars.

Below is a short clip about Astronaut Abby who has been interested in space since age 6 and later wanted to become an "astro navigator" :D

Her mentor is flight engineer and ESA astronaut +Luca Parmitano, whom Abby met 2 years ago while standing in line at the airport after the NASA Social Tweetup for the final voyage of Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Parmitano is set to launch to the International Space Station from the Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 29, 2013 as part of Expedition 36/37.

Not only will Abby be there in person as part of her #SoyuzAdventure  to share her experiences, but also will continue to promote STEM outreach as Parmitano's selected go-to person... more »

2013-05-10 22:55:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Time Magazine called her " the ultimate role model for women in science". Meet Shirley Ann Jackson, physicist. #STEM   #STEMWomen   #scienceeveryday  

2013-05-10 22:55:20 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Sexual harassment in the field gets little attention

"You might think the press would be all over these reports, but that doesn't seem to be the case. In Science, John Bohannon reported on Clancy's talk at the anthropologists' meeting, both in a blog post and in the magazine. Jef Akst also covered the story for The Scientist, as did a scattering of others. But most of the big media were absent, as far as I can tell, despite the issuance of a press release by the University of Illinois."

#scienceeveryday   #stemwomen  

2013-05-10 22:54:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

If you're in a field science of any sort, take a few minutes to fill out this survey on field experiences! It's the last day to participate.

#scienceeveryday   #stemwomen  

2013-05-10 22:53:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

If you live in Tuvalu, it's probably already too much.  Even if we stopped putting CO2 into the atmosphere today and went back to pre-industrial levels, the stuff we've already added is far from reaching a thermal equilibrium.  The temps will keep rising, very likely past the 2-degree target.

2013-05-10 22:52:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Guess what? #flatstanley  has joined my #SoyuzAdventure  and will be traveling to #Moscow   and to #Baikonur   for the #Soyuz   launch! I leave next week!

A #Classroom   in #pennsylvania   sent him to me and asked if I would take him with for the adventure...how could I resist...so watch out for him as he will be appearing in pics!

Please help me share this adventure with all of you and the many #kids   that will be inspired through the reporting I will do during the launch and the 6 months of classroom outreach that I will be doing after the launch.

I only have 8 days left and still need to raise $12,000 ...check out my campaign and consider joining my crew...I have many great rewards and would love to have you on board!

#SpaceExporation   #STEMeducation   #STEM   #nasasocial  

Here is info on how to join: http://ar.gy/soyuz

2013-05-01 02:27:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

Meet The 15-year-old That's Trying To Get To Mars...

I wish I had half her ambition at that age...

"At just 15 years old, Harrison knows what she wants to do with her life: become the first astronaut on Mars in 2030. And the ever-so-keen Harrison — a well-spoken Minnesota high school student who has a confidence that doesn't come naturally to most teenagers — knew picking Parmitano's brain would bring her one step closer. "He had an hour before flight, and we talked for the whole time," she tells Mashable. "He was really interested in my dream and wanted to stay in touch." "

"Parmitano lived up to his promise, and now the two are undertaking an unprecedented project. When Parmitano travels to the International Space Station on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft this May, Harrison will serve as his Earth-basedlia... more »

2013-05-01 02:21:50 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

"It’s funny because the evening started out with a lady giving a speech about how the IT industry is alienating women. But for some girls, it feels like women are alienating the girls who want to be in IT."

#STEM   #STEMWomen  

2013-05-01 02:09:08 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Lunch with Kari Byron of +MythBusters for GirlStart.org
I just got a note from +Julie Shannan about +Girlstart annual luncheon.
More info here:
http://www.girlstart.org/news-and-events/annual-luncheon

Support +STEM Women on G+ by helping girls get into STEM.

2013-05-01 02:08:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

The hardship and obstacles that women scientists in the Arab world face may actually be blamed on the attitude of their male counterparts in workplaces, as well as the ongoing lack of support from the government, suggests SciDev.Net.

2013-05-01 02:07:00 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

#Linux

2013-04-30 17:50:19 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Lunch with Kari Byron of +MythBusters for GirlStart.org
I just got a note from +Julie Shannan about +Girlstart annual luncheon.
More info here:
http://www.girlstart.org/news-and-events/annual-luncheon

Support +STEM Women on G+ by helping girls get into STEM.

2013-04-29 20:31:15 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 18 +1s)

Really good article which seems to go in depth about getting girls into science. It seems that numbers are going up, however its mostly the more privileged, as a lot of girls now are seeing college as a pile of un-necessary debt.
The key now is to encourage people who are not as privileged, and the best way appears to be by just being in their life, and showing them science by example.

2013-04-24 01:25:52 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

Pratibha Gai European Laureate

Pratibha Gai discovered and developed a capability  that allows us to watch chemical reactions taking place in real time using an Electron Microscope. This was surprising as normally for Electron Microscopy samples have to be constrained and prepared in order that they don't move even slightly.  They are also typically held under vacuum since even air molecules would buffet the sample when viewing at the nanoscale.  Professor Gai is one of five women scientists, one from each continent, who were recently announced as winners of this year's UNESCO L'Oreal Award.

The microscope Gai created - the atomic-resolution environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM) - works by adapting a conventional electron microscope, drilling holes in its imaging lens to allow the researcher to create the right environmental conditions forre... more »

2013-04-23 03:31:25 (1 comments, 12 reshares, 19 +1s)

"When Ria Chhabra, a middle school student near Dallas, heard her parents arguing about the value of organic foods, she was inspired to create a science fair project to try to resolve the debate."

Her research was later published in a science journal (http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0052988) and offers some compelling evidence in favor of organic foods.

#STEMwomen

2013-04-11 10:17:25 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

MAKERS: Women Who Make America

"Makers" showcases hundreds of compelling stories from the Women Who Make America (to check out the videos go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/MAKERSWomen/videos?view=0). 

#stemwomen   #steminspire  

2013-04-11 10:13:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Are you a female developer? Do you want to meet others with the same interest?

Join us at a whole day of sharing and activities for female only! A fun learning session for female developers to create collaborative projects supported by experts and mentors in the industry.


When?
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
10am - 5pm

Where?
ESTUBIZI Business Center
Gedung Setiabudi 2 Lantai 1
Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said Kav.62 Jakarta 12920
http://goo.gl/maps/i6kTl  
Speakers:
Lidya Novianti, FemaleDev Initiator
Yansen Kamto, Google Business Group Indonesia
Vivi Siska, Google Student Ambassador
Ambar Sari Dewi, Google Policy Research Fellow
Benny Fajarai, CEO Kreavi, Community Partner of Google Chrome Openspaces
Retno Ika Savitri, Founder of MapplePop, Inc., Mobile Apps Developer
Oon Arfiandwi, CTO... more »

2013-04-03 00:59:08 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 12 +1s)

A brilliant guide to getting out and talking at conferences. If you are new and keen to talk, follow a few of these tips!

2013-04-03 00:53:39 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Each year, Girlstart is able to award 100 scholarships to send girls to our camp. Will YOU be one of the 100 who make it possible? Some of our Send a Girl to Camp champions already are +Kimberly Chapman and +Kyla Myers! You can join them in supporting #STEM  and young girls in the community by sending a girl to camp! For more information on how you can do this, visit the website: #SAGTC  

2013-04-03 00:52:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Does your grandmother text better than Jared Diamond on his remote? (http://www.commonwealthclub.org/node/63859) Maybe she helped invent it! #steminspire #stemwomen #JaredDiamond #feminism #inventors #mathematicians #engineers  

2013-04-03 00:49:20 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

That's Diane France smilin', now a renown forensic anthropologist, with her brother, Dad, and Grandpa enjoying a family picnic in Walden, Colorado. About that time, she was figuring out how to make homemade stink bombs, beat the smartest boy in class at everything, and trick-ride horses. She was also burying her friend's Barbie dolls in grass coffins and collecting tadpoles.

Like Diane, many girls start out keen on science. The trick is to keep it that way. Humanizing contemporary women scientists with incredibly cool careers is my approach.

Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France is my award-winning biography for tweens and preteens. There's more on Diane, her life, and her case files here: http://www.hoppingfun.com/bone_detective_27895.htm

#stem #stemwomen #stemeducation #scienceeveryday  

2013-04-01 16:25:49 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 21 +1s)

Oh my

"Easiest quiz you’ll take today: Let’s say an eminent scientist and inventor, an individual who worked on the first American satellite designs, dies after a long and distinguished career. Why would the first thing mentioned in the New York Times obituary be in praise of said scientist’s cooking skills? Did you say, because the scientist was a woman? You win! And by 'win,' I mean, get to bang your head against your desk in a slow and methodical manner until the rage subsides."

2013-03-25 01:21:23 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

2013-03-23 17:19:38 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 27 +1s)

A 9 year-old girl (with some help from mom) made a Kickstarter project to build an RPG game (to prove her brothers wrong who said she couldn't do it), asked for $829 and got $19,160 (and counting...)

2013-03-23 09:08:50 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 9 +1s)

[+] NASA = Now Another Sequestration Amputee?? [+]

I was originally going to share out the original article I found, thanks to +Jason Major, but decided it would be much more appropriate if I quoted the memo from SpaceRef.com stating that all Education & Public Outreach is to immediately cease in response to sequestration. 

This is something that hits extremely close to home, and not just because I may not have a position this summer as a result of this. +NASA's Education & Public Outreach is something that opens the eyes of thousands, if not millions of people to the magnificence of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Having participated in E/PO quite recently, I was absolutely astounded by how inspired I was by the young children that were so eager to not only look at the large model of the +NASA Webb Telescope, but insistent upon learning more about... more »

2013-03-21 17:31:05 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Apparently a women running a popular science page is surprising to people .... actually one of the best science pages on facebook IMHO, not the usual rubbish! :)

2013-03-15 11:02:28 (6 comments, 6 reshares, 25 +1s)

STEM Career Advice

In a new book, engineering professor Pamela McCauley Bush shares her strategies to succeed in a male-dominated field.

She writes, in some instances, women have to act in a way that may make them unpopular. “For example, aggressiveness is thought of as a great trait for men, but often times, women show aggressiveness, they can be perceived more negatively. And let’s be real, you’ve got to have some degree of aggressiveness to lead."

“The moral of this story is, you may be perceived negatively by some, but you can’t back off of being aggressive. Now perhaps be mindful of how you do it, knowing that this may lead to negative perceptions about you … but having said that, you still have got to eagerly and aggressively pursue the things that you are responsible for as a leader.”

Read more:http://elsevi... more »

2013-03-15 10:52:20 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 17 +1s)

"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery has its own beauty."

— Marie Curie
During a debate in Madrid, ',The Future of Culture' (1933). In Eve Curie Labouisse, Eve Curie and Vincent Sheean, Madame Curie (1937), 341  

2013-03-13 06:20:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

2013-03-13 00:38:55 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

Cancer Researcher Prof. Valerie Beral
The Life Scientific: http://goo.gl/yium9

I get the impression that Prof. Valerie Beral knows what she is talking about.  She is apparently not only a brilliant mathematician and Australia's one-time junior chess champion but she also obtained a first class degree in the non-trivial subject of Medicine and she is currently the Director of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit in Oxford.

So when she says that it is a crime that we are not urgently researching the relationship between pregnancy and its well-known ability to significantly reduce cancer risk, I believe her.  She says that some 30% of incidents of breast cancer could be prevented with a vaccine-like approach that hormonally simulates pregnancy.

In this 1/2 hour interview with Physicist Jim Al-Khalili, Prof. Beral's scientific life is explored and she gets ac... more »

2013-03-12 20:00:44 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

2013-03-10 22:25:18 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Women and Science #STEMinspire

An inspiring collage of the lives and ambitions of five outstanding women scientists, from Canada. They are, in order of appearance:

Dr. Indira Samarasekera
President, University of Alberta

Dr. Suzanne Fortier
President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Dr. Charity Marsh
Canada Research Chair, Interactive Media and Performance
University of Regina

Dr. Maydianne Andrade
Canada Research Chair, Integrative Behavioural Ecology
University of Toronto Scarborough

Dr. Molly Shoichet
Canada Research Chair, Tissue Engineering
University of Toronto

H/T +Stephanie Swift

#stemwomen  

2013-03-10 21:30:42 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 17 +1s)

Modest Mathematician Mary Cartwright

Amongst many other things Mary Cartwright had a hand in the early development of what is now called Chaos Theory. This studies the mathematics of 'unfriendly' equations which model the behaviour of systems where a small change in the starting conditions result in wide and seemingly unrelated outputs.

Perhaps in part because of her own overly modest assessment of its importance, Cartwright's original work went relatively unnoticed when it was published in the Journal of the London Mathematical Society shortly after the end of the war. Freeman Dyson maintains that this is a classic example of the way in which real mathematical originality and innovation is missed until a generation after the work has been done: "When I heard Cartwright lecture in 1942, I remember being delighted with the beauty of her results. I could see the... more »

2013-03-10 19:15:56 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

Influential STEM Women

I read about Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey as a teenager.  I was impressed by her firm stance in the face of powerful forces for a rapid approval of thalidomide, and how her actions made such a difference.  This story was one of the examples that influenced me to pursue a career in chemistry.

Quotes from: http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/content.php?pid=156723&sid=1327606:

"Dr Kelsey was assigned to review the application. Dr. Kelsey, who has a Ph.D. in pharmacology as well as a medical degree, had been on the job for only a month, but was troubled by the lack of evidence that the drug was safe for human use. Dr. Kelsey pressed the company for additional research. Her insistence on sufficient documentation kept thalidomide off the U.S. market for over a year, sufficient time for doctors to uncover the link between thalidomide andb... more »

2013-03-10 19:14:01 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

[+] Inspirational Women in STEM [+]

Though we've all been extremely busy here in Austin at SXSW, I took some time to pull +Nicole Gugliucci and +Pamela Gay aside in order to ask them about which women inspired them on #InternationalWomensDay  on the 8th of March. 

There is an absolute plethora of amazing women out there inspiring the world to perform fantastic science. These two women in particular inspire me to be remarkable each and every day. I'm really thrilled to be working along side them here in Austin, TX as we reach out to the public and excite them about discovering the answers to the unknowns of our Universe. 

#SXSW   #STEMInspire   #SXSWi   #SXSW2013   #NASASXSW   #JWSTSXSW   #BeRemarkable   #ScienceSunday   #STEMWomen  

2013-03-09 03:29:05 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 14 +1s)

Progress Report?

"It isn't usually a case of overt discrimination; it isn't even something as simple to fix as provision of good childcare, although that can help. Rather the problems often lie in the small things that discourage and ultimately drive out too many potential stars. All surveys show that across the disciplines the numbers fall steadily, sometimes dramatically, as you progress up the career ladder, regardless of the starting proportion of undergraduates setting out (which varies from less than 30% women in physics to over 60% in biology). At professorial level the numbers are pitiful even in biology, where there are fewer than 20% women"

Excellent article from the Guardian, commenting on the shift in attitude where we are no longer blaming women for this, and shifting focus to the culture. This is progress. Becoming aware of the problem is... more »

2013-03-09 03:24:17 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

My 2013 "Put Your Money Where Your Posts Are" Challenge

Nearly every day I see someone on G+, Twitter, or elsewhere posting about the gender gap in STEM. A lot of wonderful people cite a lot of hard data about the disparity, and then we all nod and agree that it's bad.

+Girlstart makes a real difference every day by ensuring girls who aren't likely to get good access to STEM education or won't be encouraged to stick with it get the resources they need to pursue education and a career in these fields.

Help me raise money to send girls to STEM camp. Last year I set a modest goal and it was exceeded fast, so I bumped it up to $900 - enough to fully fund a STEM camp experience for three low-income girls. We didn't quite make it, but this year we will!

Donate large or small amounts as you can, and share this page wide and far. Help me... more »

2013-03-09 02:10:23 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 35 +1s)

Happy International Women's Day!

To celebrate, here are a few female scientists that you might not have heard of (but definitely should have). I haven't included Marie Curie, because as much as we all love her, she is the automatic "female scientist" that always springs to mind and I think it's time we branched out.

1. Ada Lovelace
Analyst, metaphysician, and founder of scientific computing. Read more about her life here: http://bit.ly/V3im

2. Rosalind Franklin
Biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. She received no credit for her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA. More on her life: http://bit.ly/4CJMC0

3. Rachel Carson
Marine biologist and... more »

2013-03-08 23:31:40 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 17 +1s)

Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was the first openly identified woman to graduate from medical school, a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine in the United States, and a social and moral reformer in both the United States and in England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell

#internationalwomensday  

2013-03-08 21:29:57 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

Marjorie Courtenay Latimer was not formally trained, but she brought an important species to the attention of the scientific world when she was sorting though fishermen's bycatch looking for interesting things to put in a museum and saw a coelacanth,a type of fish that was until then known to the scientific community only through fossils.

Picture credit to http://biomedicalephemera.tumblr.com/post/13027255622/marjorie-courtenay-latimer-curator-of-the-natural

NY time Obit http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/07/world/marjorie-courtenay-latimer-naturalist-is-dead-at-97.html

#STEMInspire

2013-03-08 21:27:22 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 16 +1s)

Phillipa Fawcett has always been one of my heroines

I first read about her in the The Punch Book of Women's Rights published in 1970.

When I was about ten years old, I picked it up and was shocked to my core to discover what I took for granted - the ability to read and learn foremost amongst these - was a relatively newly won right for women, and remains to this day out of reach for many.

The book was fascinating in that it viewed the history of Women's Rights through political cartoons published in Punch magazine. My mum was a great admirer of Punch. 

Anyhow, the extent to which Phillipa Fawcett's achievement became a cause célèbre was evident by the tremendous amount of ink devoted to her accomplishment.

Page after page after page of satirical cartoon was drawn. 

So, what did she do?

She placed&qu... more »

2013-03-08 19:41:43 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Public Service Announcement

I don't usually do this for trolls that target me, but it appears that this profile specifically targets women for harassment. If he has you circled, you might want to consider proactively blocking and/or reporting to prevent future attacks. A brief scroll through his profile shows that he has reshared posts with personal attacks against many of the women actively promoting equality in the STEM fields here on G+.

2013-03-08 19:40:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of hope

Wangari Maathai was a professor of veterinary anatomy at University of Nairobi - the first East African woman to receive her PhD. She was a politician and a political activist who fought against state-sanctioned torture and for the rights of women in Kenya. She founded the Green Belt Movement, combining environmental justice and women's empowerment, helping to reforest Kenya and prevent erosion by funding women and women's collectives in tree planting. Dr. Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Despite her death in 2011, the Green Belt Movement is still vital and active in Kenya and worldwide!

http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/

#internationalwomensday   #womensday   #steminspire