Women in Genome Sciences

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.@BrotmanBaty and @WomenInGS are excited to host a virtual screening of the documentary "Picture a Scientist" with a discussion to follow. This screening will take place on Tuesday, March 9th at 3pm To register: bit.ly/3qkXhBC #womeninstem #documentary #WomenInScience

Hope you can join us today!

Join us for this film screening and discussion next week!

Mark your calendars for BBI’s screening of “Picture a Scientist” on 3/9 @ 3pm. The film highlights the groundbreaking research of female scientists & their journey through the male-dominated field of science. Stay for discussion after w/ @womenings Info: bit.ly/3p8moH5

Join us for today's @uwgenome seminar with the our invited seminar speaker, Dr. Audrey Gasch, today at 3:30pm!

We are very excited to be hosting Dean Williamson-Lott on Tuesday 9/15 at 12:30pm for her seminar titled "Black Social Movements Then and Now: A Historian’s Perspective" Please RSVP here to receive the zoom link: bit.ly/32fxeTD #blackinstem

Reminder that week we will be hosting Dean Williamson-Lott as a part of our virtual speaker series! Please RSVP if you are interested in attending: bit.ly/32fxeTD

@Magdoll DM us if you would like a last-minute zoom link to this WiGS seminar :)

TODAY at 12:30pm PST Dr. Liz Tseng @Magdoll is giving a talk on "Transcriptome sequencing with long reads – a personal story from the 5’ to the 3’ end" We're so excited to hear her speak!

I'll be giving a talk for @WomenInGS in two weeks!! Very excited.

Save the dates! We are presenting a virtual speaker series featuring some awesome women including Aug 27, 12:30p: PacBio RNA scientist Dr. Tseng @Magdoll forms.gle/CzzqNr7QN6Qb1o… Sep 15, 12:30p: Dean Williamson-Lott, UW Graduate School forms.gle/Tt84JXaZ7R7XZh… RSVP for info!

Congratulations to @deannaplubell and Dani!!

Happy Halloween from WiGS! Thanks to everyone who came to our movie night/pumpkin decorating event last week. We had a blast! 🎃🧙‍♀️👻

Join us this coming Thursday, 24 Oct. at 5p in Foege S110 for the next Salon! Alyna Khan (PHG) will lead a discussion on the on the ethical implications of government-regulated collection of genetic information from immigrants and refugees. Hope to see you there!

If you've been considering buying a cute pumpkin but haven't been able to commit, WiGS has the perfect event for you! We're hosting a Halloween party on Tuesday, 10/22 at 5pm. We'll be carving/painting pumpkins and watching Hocus Pocus. Come ready for some spooky feminist fun! 🎃

Please consider signing this proposal to improve support for postdoc parents. It will be sent to the NIH in the next couple of days, and Seattle is well represented so far - let’s keep the momentum going! 👇👇👇

Mark your calendars for our first WiGS-invited speaker of the year, Dr. @racheljdutton ! Her seminar will take place this Weds., 9/25 at 3:30pm in Foege Auditorium. We're super excited to hear her talk about species interactions in the cheese microbiome. 🧀🦠🧬