Addressing racism and prejudice
Statement to all members of staff and students in the School of Biology: The horrific George Floyd incident and resulting unrest, combined with other high-profile occurrences of racial prejudice, initiatives such as…
Statement to all members of staff and students in the School of Biology: The horrific George Floyd incident and resulting unrest, combined with other high-profile occurrences of racial prejudice, initiatives such as…
A member of the School of Biology, Dr Tracey Gloster, has been elected by her peers to represent the Life Sciences constituency on Academic Senate. Senate provides academic governance within the University and…
The BE&D committee (primarily Prof. Kevin Laland) has compiled a summary of the major mentorship schemes for which staff in the School of Biology may be eligible. Several of these provide mentorship to…
We held an expanded academic promotions workshop on 14 January 2020, inviting other science schools in the North Haugh to attend. The format included presentation from Mairi Stewart (Head of HR) and Prof. Malcolm…
On Wednesday 12 February 2020, Professor Ailsa Hall gave her inaugural lecture entitled “The No. 1 Ladies Disease Detective Agency: from mortuaries to marine mammals”. Ailsa is Director of the Sea Mammal Research Unit,…
A Fellowship writing workshop was organised by early career researchers on the E&D committee, which took place on 5 February. Obtaining an Independent Research Fellowship (IRF) enables an individual to become a PI in…
Sascha Hooker, the School of Biology E&D Chair, has written an article entitled ‘Academics must balance privacy and honesty to become great role models’, which was published as a Nature article. Sascha draws on her own…
Many congratulations to Dr Barbara Klump who has been awarded the 2019 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists in the Category “Ecology and Environment”. The prize (10,000 USD) is annually awarded for…
The new Scottish Oceans Institute features a public exhibition and outreach area – The Beverley and Frank MacInnis Gallery. This opened on 30 September 2019 with a specially designed exhibit showing some of the history…
Princeton biologist Mary (Cassie) Stoddard will give the 2020 Women and Girls in Science Public Lecture in The Byre Theatre on March 16th. Her lecture, entitled “The Extraordinary World of Birds and their Eggs”, will…