Better the Balance, Better the World, Better the Science

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is #BalanceforBetter, which encourages a more gender-balanced world to drive change and progress. This extends to science and research, statistics from WISE stated that since 2011, there has been a year on year increase in the number of women in core STEM occupations. We need to continue this good work, and head for a future where women feel more empowered and supported to enter a career in science.  To mark the day,  we spoke to Rupshi Mitra, Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and author of a paper published on F1000Research for her thoughts on what  #BalanceforBetter means to her in her work and research. Could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your work? I like to call myself a scientist and an artist who also loves to teach. Currently, I am Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), continuing my research on ‘fundamental mechanisms of stress-resilience: from behavior to neurons and molecules’ and also teaching University students the topic of ‘neuropsychiatry of stress and resilience.’ My scientific work constitutes understanding behaviour from a multifactorial standpoint of how individual animals behave, what are the associated changes in the brain and body’s physiological readouts. I am fascinated by the brain’s immense capability of translating all events of our environment into curves and turns of every neuron. Our brain is the most magni...
Source: Naturally Selected - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tags: F1000 Source Type: blogs