tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post7534466589648738768..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: Calling attention to meetings with skewed speaker gender ratios, even when it hurts, part 2 Jonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-242628968139522112015-05-26T15:43:37.412-07:002015-05-26T15:43:37.412-07:00Thanks - very nice to hear. (Note - seems like th...Thanks - very nice to hear. (Note - seems like there is a typo in the web address you posted. I assume you mean http://www.eurofinsgenomics.com/Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-76311819304073270002015-05-26T14:57:26.796-07:002015-05-26T14:57:26.796-07:00Gender balance is important to both the present an...Gender balance is important to both the present and future of all aspects of biotech. Thanks for bringing this issue to organizers' attention. Your blog is now a starting pointing for our team at Eurofins Genomics to take a hard look at who we feature in our marketing materials to make sure we're not promoting this type of bias.<br />Thanks! - eurofingenomics.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05332942122404547823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-12200890811137312015-04-01T15:02:23.116-07:002015-04-01T15:02:23.116-07:00Yes, excellent point. I do not know the gender ba...Yes, excellent point. I do not know the gender balance for this field but I would note a few things. 1) It depends on what range of career stages you care to measure. If one includes post docs and PhD students and junior faculty, most fields in biology have a relatively even balance. 2) I did an analysis of a very biased meeting with a best guess for the field. See <a href="http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2012/09/q-bio-conference-in-hawaii-bring-your.html" rel="nofollow"> this post </a>. I never felt totally comfortable with my best guess and am not sure where I would get the #s here. 3) The field of "genomic medicine" is kind of new and it is not really clear who is actually in the field. But I note, I think it would be relatively easy to find a diversity of female speakers who do spectacular work who could represent the field. Just for example, in the microbiome area, there are at least 20 women doing spectacular work who could have been there instead of me and Marty Blaser.Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-775001542742008282015-03-31T13:56:47.646-07:002015-03-31T13:56:47.646-07:00Great post. So what we also need to know is what t...Great post. So what we also need to know is what the gender balance is for this discipline as a whole. What would be the ideal gender ratio to aim for in a conference? Ecology Ngātahi aucklandecology.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-16051203518782067152015-03-31T07:36:09.659-07:002015-03-31T07:36:09.659-07:00thanks Bruce -have updated the text and will work ...thanks Bruce -have updated the text and will work on the table and figureJonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-17760598702898586962015-03-31T07:24:32.028-07:002015-03-31T07:24:32.028-07:00FOGM 2012: Last time I saw him Lynn Jorde was male...FOGM 2012: Last time I saw him Lynn Jorde was male.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355477173728631485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-34803693484942060622015-03-29T21:04:23.047-07:002015-03-29T21:04:23.047-07:00THANK YOU.THANK YOU.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899886520159717818noreply@blogger.com