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Workshop of the FEBS Working Group and EMBO: Women in Science (WISE)
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Speaker:
Nancy Hopkins (Cambridge MA, USA)
Nancy Hopkins, a geneticist and professor of biology, has achieved unprecedented success in cloning vertebrate developmental genes by exploiting zebrafish as an ideal model organism. By using insertional mutagenesis, a technique pioneered in invertebrate animals such as Drosophila but long considered impossible to use in vertebrates, Hopkins's laboratory has isolated hundreds of genes that play a role in creating a viable fish embryo. This research has earned her several accolades, including 1998 election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and 1999 election to the Institute of Medicine. Hopkins has gained additional recognition for her revolutionary work on gender equity issues in science. She forced MIT to investigate the issue in 1999, which resulted in a story of gender discrimination by one of America's most distinguished universities. The story was featured on the front page of the New York Times carried uncritically by newspapers across the USA. She has been given many awards and more than 400 requests to speak on the topic. In 2004, Hopkins became a member of the National Academy of Sciences. (More info can be found HERE.
The MIT story can be found HERE)
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Followed by a Panel Discussion moderated by
Mary Osborn, president of IUBMB (Göttingen, Germany)
Box lunches will be provided.
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Public Awareness Program brochures on Women in Science in ENGLISH and HUNGARIAN. These broschures will be distributed to the citizens and tourists in Budapest.
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