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EMBO special meeting:
The Glass Ceiling for Women in the Life Sciences

The meeting brought together over 100 mostly female researchers at different stages of the academic career who gave voice to their concerns and experiences regarding the advancement of women. Speakers included representatives of grant-awarding bodies, heads of institutes, policy makers and female scientists who gave personal perspectives on their own career development.

Invited Speakers and Discussion Panelists

Louise Ackers, U. Lancaster, UK

Ruth Arnon, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Mariann Bienz, MRC-LMB, UK

Patricia Chisholm, Wellcome Trust, UK

Julio Celis, Institute of Cancer Biology, DK, EMBC, FEBS

Mary Clutter, NSF, USA

Martine Collart, Uni Geneva, Switzerland

Elena Conti, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Antonio Coutinho, Gulbenkian Institute, Portugal

Susan Gasser, ISREC, Switzerland

Mary Fitzgerald, EC

Richard Henderson, MRC-LMB, UK

Danuta Krotoski, HFSP

Karin Kjaer Madsen, MITR, Denmark

Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard, MPI, Germany

Mary Osborn, MPI, ETAN Report, Germany

Daniela Rhodes, MRC-LMB, UK

Nadia Rosenthal, EMBL

Birte Svensson, Carlsberg University, Denmark

Wanda Ward, NSF, USA

Silke Willems, DFG, Germany

Joanna Wroblewski, Karolinska, Sweden