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Women in Science Forum

08/02/2010

“If when you think of a scientist, you picture a man…

…. Then you’re part of the problem". This claim was part of the American FWIS campaign three years ago. Some of you may question this. What’s the point after all? That “Science” could be a “male” discipline? That it could still be considered as valid in 2010? Or that you did picture a man? On the other hand, if all this is true, why should we care? Well, guess what, it is true, truer than ever and we care a big deal.

Women in Science Forum

08/02/2010

by Federica Migliardo Same Author (3)

Welcome to our Brainstorming!

As an International Fellow I’m both honored and delighted to be present at the new Agora blog launch!...

L’Oréal-Unesco AWARDS

08/01/2010

by L'Oreal Foundation Same Author (37)

1 week with Lourdes Cruz in the Philippines…

Every year, the L'Oréal Foundation sends a team to meet the new Award Laureates in their countries, to get to know them and to better understand their research and the environment in which they evolve. During these visits, video and photo portraits are created. In November 2009, a team left for the Philippines ...

Science for a better future

05/01/2010

by L'Oreal Foundation Same Author (37)

New methods for the clean-up of environmental pollutants

2009 Laureate for Africa and the Arab States, Prof. Tebello Nyokong (from South Africa), has led research involving the use of a blue-jean (aniline) dye that was activated by light. Then she proved that the molecules inside the dye could be used to detect pollution in water, and could, in certain circumstances, even detect cancer. She therefore made unusual connections between blue jeans, environmental clean-up and medical treatment…

Science for a better future

05/01/2010

by L'Oreal Foundation Same Author (37)

Toward eco-responsible agriculture

2010 Laureate for Latin America, Prof. Alejandra Bravo, has led research into pesticides which consists in offering an alternative to chemical methods. For her, the main issue today should be to control insect pesticides by maintaining them under the threshold of damage level. Insects can be noxious both in agriculture and in spreading human diseases...

L’Oréal-Unesco AWARDS

02/01/2010

by L'Oreal Foundation Same Author (37)

Prof. Lourdes Cruz portrayed in French daily Le Monde

French daily Le Monde issues a very interesting portrait on Prof. Lourdes Cruz, 2010 Laureate for Aisa/Pacific. The special reporter, Annick Cojean, has spent several days with Prof. Cruz in the Philippines where she got to follow the Laureate in her daily activities and better understand what drives this incredible women in her life. Prof. Cruz has actually led fascinating research in marine toxinology and...

L’Oréal-Unesco AWARDS

19/11/2009

by L'Oreal Foundation Same Author (37)

Irina Bokova, new Head of the Unesco

The UN cultural and scientific organisation UNESCO has chosen its new leader, former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Irina Bokova, the first woman to be elected at this position. Irina Bokova was the Bulgarian Ambassador to France and a permanent representative to UNESCO. With years of experience at the highest levels of international politics, the career diplomat has also had ...

L’Oréal-Unesco AWARDS

15/11/2009

by L'Oreal Foundation Same Author (37)

5 women of exception: discover the 2010 Laureates

5 women, 5 major contributions, 5 global challenges. This 12th edition is once again an opportunity to recognize excellence among the best female scientist of the world. The 2010 Laureates have been selected for their contribution to scientific progress in various fields: Immunology, Oncology, Microbiology, Neurology or the secret of stem cells... their life time work is leading to new treatments, new cures, new discoveries. Find more about these major breakthoughs...

Women in Science Forum

08/08/2009

by Jingyi SHI Same Author (1)

What does a woman scientist mean?

There are a few times in my life, I asked myself why I choose scientific research as my career. Exactly, from the beginning, it is mostly for fun. Now after several years going through, I took it as a career, what I shall go for during rest of my life...

Women in Science Forum

08/07/2009

by Ivana Pesic Same Author (1)

How I become a scientist?

Sometimes words are just pale copies of one’s thoughts. It is often difficult to use them in the right manner. Sometimes, eternity is required to describe a single moment and explain the thought. A beginning is the hardest. I am playing with these words to present you my life story. My dreams and wishes.