Mayo Graduate School 2011 Interview Weekends

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Hi everyone!

Having just now caught my breath from chasing down interviewees, push pins, poster boards, and tour schedules, a few statements about this year’s interview weekends are in order.

Over two weeks, Mayo Graduate School hosted nearly a hundred aspiring students vying for the 35 or so openings that will be the 2011 matriculating class. While this year’s weekends were an unmitigated success, this comes with its own set of issues. How does one tell a Floridian unused to the difference between 20° and -20° that they arrived during the warmest weekend this winter? What happens when student participation in the poster session is so great that General Services runs out of poster boards? When Rochester puts on SocialICE on the same weekend, how do we make the city not look stir-crazy from months of winter? These were problems, to be sure, but problems I was ultimately glad to have.

To those who came to consider MGS, it was a blast meeting all of you, and we hope to see you again! Whether as fellow students, or as future colleagues in the conferences and post-docs to come, best of luck!

To the students who assisted the interviews, thanks so much. Whether you were a member of the GSA organizing shuttle runs and interview chaperones, or talked shop for a few minutes with an applicant at the poster session, it is your continued help that puts students at our rightful place as the focal point of MGS.

~written by Michael Oneal, President of MGS Graduate Student Association

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I agree with our fearless GSA leader, who did a wonderful job with tremendous efforts, that the interview weekends were a great success! With interviewing students coming in from near and far, Rochester’s own as well as those spanning from California to New York and Canada to Puerto Rico, we were able to show them all what Mayo and Minnesota is all about: great research and Ice Bars, of course.

Graduate student participation was great as per usual in the social scene – with great presence at the Saturday activities and reception, and arm wrestling tournaments to determine who will attend the illustrious Foundation House dinner. But equally impressive was the turnout of students at the poster session at the (not so ripe) time of 8:45am – a feat that is not normally possible for most graduate students, but alas when provided with nourishment and caffeine anything is possible.

Also, a huge thanks to the Deans, Rose Marie, and all the administrative assistants who made the whole operation run smoothly with the perfect amount of grandeur.

~written by Mallory Turner, Virology and Gene Therapy GSA Representative

Febuary events in Rochester, MN

In case you are getting tired of this cold weather (don’t worry we all are) here are some activities to do in Rochester, MN!!!

CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Diversity Council events

 Traces of the Trade
Sunday, February 20, 2 – 4:30 p.m.
Rochester Public Library Auditorium
First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery – her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine fellow descendants set off on a journey to retrace their slaving history, from Rhode Island to Ghana to Cuba. Step by step, they uncover the vast extent of Northern complicity in slavery while also stumbling through a minefield of contemporary race relations. Film followed by discussion. Sponsored by Rochester Public Library and the Diversity Council.

Black History Month Display
February 1 – 28
Mayo Building Lobby

No Way Out
Monday, February 7, 6 – 8:30 p.m.
Judd Auditorium, Gonda Building (subway level)
“No Way Out” is a pioneering film about racial tension in a medical setting. Set in a 1950s urban society, the film tells the story of a young African-American resident whose ethics are tested when he is confronted with racism. Discussion following the movie. Dinner served for those who RSVP by February 1. RSVP to kuo.daniel@mayo.edu. Sponsored by the Mayo Clinic internal medicine interest group and SNMA.

Bishop Horace Smith, MD
Monday, February 7, 6 – 8 p.m.
Siebens Building, Phillips Hall (100 2nd Ave SW)
The George Gibbs Lecture Series presents Bishop Horace Smith, pastor of the Apostolic Faith Church in Chicago, presiding bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, and pediatric hematologist-oncologist.

Eyes on the Prize
Wednesday, February 16, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Rochester Public Library Auditorium
Mayo Clinic’s African Descendants Support Network presents a film and panel discussion on the Civil Rights Movement.

Rochester History Makers
Friday, February 25, 6 – 8 p.m.
Christ United Methodist Church
The Mayo Clinic African Descendants Support Network presents their annual award, given to African Americans in the Rochester area who have made an impact in our community.

Christ United Methodist Church will celebrate Black History Month with music

9 a.m. Sunday services, the Christ Church Music Ministry will highlight selections of African-American music, including traditional spirituals, hymns and composed gospel anthems along with contemporary and traditional works.

Feb. 13, Christ Chimers handbell ensemble will offer two selections by Kevin McChesney, “Capriccio” and “Synergy.” The Christ Church Choir will sing the classic spiritual, “Elijah Rock,” by Jester Hairston.

Feb. 20 service, the Christ Church Choir will sing the new gospel rock anthem, “Sit Down and Rest Awhile,” by Patti Drennan.

Feb. 27, the Jubilee Bells youth handbell ensemble will offer the Prelude, and the Christ Church Youth Choir will sing “Harriet Tubman” by the contemporary African- American composer, Walter Robinson.

Fourth Annual Chili Cook-Off to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association

Feb .9 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Goonie’s Comedy Club, 7 Second St. S.W., Rochester
$15, available in advance at Goonie’s, Roscoe’s North and by phone at (507) 289-3950.

 Lace up Against Breast Cancer

Sunday, February 13th. Opportunities to volunteer raise money and participate in the half marathon, 5k or 2 mile walk events.

 Rochester Winterfest

  Thursday, 2/3: Downtown ARTWALK

Friday, 2/4: Rick Springfield… in Concert,Fuel Rochester’s Brainiac Trivia Night*

Saturday, 2/5: Warm-up to the Polar Bear Plunge*, The Great Winter Garage Sale*, Polar Cubs Outdoor Day Camp*, Southern MN Cardboard Sled Challenge, Free Family Day Snow Globes*, Frozen Goose 10K Timed Run, 5K Fun Run/Walk, Hearts & Diamonds Spectacular, Thunder Bowling for our Kids

Monday, 2/7: Friends of the Library Book Sale

Tuesday, 2/8: Friends of the Library Book Sale

Wednesday, 2/9: Chili Cook Off

Thursday, 2/10: PossAbilities and Pancakes Day, SocialICE

Friday, 2/11: Polar Bear (Super) Plunge*, WinterFest at the History Center: Sleigh Rides, Bonfire and more*, “A Vintage Murder” Murder Mystery, SocialICE 

Saturday, 2/12: Families Friends & Flapjacks*, WinterFest at the History Center: Sleigh Rides, Bonfire and more*, Youth Ice Fishing Contest, Dance the Cold Away, WinterFest Softball Tournament, Polar Bear Plunge*, A Singing Valentine, “A Vintage Murder” Murder Mystery, SocialICE

Sunday, 2/13: Breakfast with the Birds*, Lace Up Against Breast Cancer, Frosty Fun Family Skate 

Have a blast!!!By: Jess (Blog manager)

16th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. We Have a Dream Breakfast

The annual event was held Jan.17^th, 2011 is hosted by the Rochester Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Rochester Branch of the NAACP. Mayo Clinic is a sponsor of the event.

Dharani Ramamoorthy filled the audience with inspiration as he told of his journey from India to becoming President and CEO of Xylo Technologies of Rochester, MN. Ramamoorthy is originally from India where he studied computer science, and then came to the United States to pursue graduate studies in Fargo, North Dakota. He began working at Mayo in the IT department, but really enjoyed developing software. After gaining experience and realizing what consumers needed, he had decided to pursue his dream and start his own business. Dharani started Xylo Technologies in 2000. Xylo is a minority owned, diverse supplier and a minority business enterprise (MBE) certified through the Midwest Minority Supplier Diversity Council (MMSDC) in Minneapolis, MN. Xylo Technologies, Inc. is a national, information technology services firm that specializes in IT staff augmentation, program and project management, applications software and systems development for vendors such as Mayo Clinic, General Mills and the State of Minnesota. Information received from Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce   

Although this was very risky quitting his job to pursue and start-up his own company he had faith that he was doing the right thing. He always mentioned the generosity, kindness of others who helped him establish Xylo Technologies. 

Dr. Mays, Program Manager-Diversity Grants, College of Medicine Office for Diversity, states how, “He emphasized the importance of recognizing and acknowledging our differences.” Ramamoorthy’s story was a great success story in which he gave the glory to God. 

Dr. Hayes, Mayo’s director of diversity and inclusion, reiterated that having a diverse robust business community vitalizes and energizes the Rochester community, patients, employees and Mayo Clinic. 

Dr. Mays expresses how Ramamoorthy told a funny story about one of his first meals in America.  He accompanied his coworkers to a McDonald’s for breakfast and being a Hindu vegetarian, he searched the menu for something without meat.  He ordered a cheeseburger thinking it was a meatless sandwich with cheese.  After the first bite he realized his mistake and discretely disposed of the sandwich without his coworkers noticing.  Later that day at lunch, he declined to order food at a café that had no vegetarian options.  When asked by his co-workers why he was not eating, he told them he was a vegetarian.  They exclaimed that his conversion to vegetarianism was the fasted they had seen him order a cheeseburger for breakfast!  The moral of the story according to Ramamoorthy is that we should be up front with others about our differences and learn to appreciate our differences.

 A Mayo Clinic postbaccalaureate student Doris Vargas attended the event and here is what she thought: 

“My experience was wonderful.  The talks were very inspirational.  I especially felt identified by Dharani Ramamoorthy, who was also an immigrant and ESL learner.  His story of coming to the States and learning from others to finally achieve success was very moving.  It was also very nice to notice how Mayo commits itself to diversity in every sense of the word (gender, race) as was pointed by Dr Sharonne Hayes. Overall, I’ve learned more about the Rochester community and their efforts with the Chamber of Commerce and the Mayo Clinic to not only be leaders in business, and health but also to connect with every member of society, from every walk of life.  I thought it was a very nice way to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thanks for the opportunity to be there!” Doris Vargas

Written by Danielle and edited by Jess (Blog Managers)

RNA folding game!

For those in the RNA world here is one for you! A new game called EteRNA, allows you to play and participate in creating the first large-scale library of synthetic RNA designs by playing games, solving puzzles, and doing challenges. This game uses current knowledge of RNA folding (A-U, C-G) in order to complete with other players in creating structures for molecules, viruses, including siRNA, piRNAs, etc. This game was developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University. They state that “Besides purely biochemical advances, EteRNA is a radical experiment in citizen involvement in cutting-edge laboratory science. By playing the game and giving [them] feedback, you are helping [them] understand how to marshal large groups of people to solve complex problems on the Internet”. All I can say is Way to go!

Jess (Blog Manager)

UPDATE: My awesome Bioinformatic friend just told me about another one…..Phylo. Thanks Sumit!

Jess

 

Mayo Clinic Arizona Graduate Student Organization

Mayo Clinic graduate students form Graduate Student Association on Scottsdale campus. The Arizona GSA hosted their first fall kickoff social for the graduate students to celebrate having an official GSA at the Scottsdale site! “It is great to have a graduate student association at all Mayo Clinic sites. This provides an opportunity for the students to get together in a relaxed environment,” says Danielle Miranda, Mayo Arizona Graduate Student Representative. This eases communication between students at all 3 sites.

Exciting things are happening at the Mayo Clinic Arizona site. There are many collaborations between Mayo and companies such as TGen and Arizona State University. We would like to congratulate Alfred Doyle, MCA Immunology Graduate Student, being selected as the Mayo Clinic Sidney Luckman Family Predoctoral Fellow!

Pictures (below) are from this past September when Mayo Clinic first year graduate students toured Arizona campus.

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So you decided to come to Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER!?

  I thought I would simply give you a WARM welcome to Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN., as the rest of the welcome is extremely cold!

 I am happy to say that I will be finishing my pre-doctorate studies here in the near future (planning May 21st 2011 graduation), but am glad to say that I was able to see yet another beautiful winter. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the area…lets say you geniously decided to go to Mayo Clinic Arizona or Florida …. it is really, really, really cold here. You must check out the pictures I posted, they are from the last couple of days!

 I would like to congratulate all the first year students and first year -30  degree weather students. As a native-born and raised Texan (San Antonian), I understand your pain and frostbitten hands. Good luck and go buy some extremely warm clothes and weather boots, its worth it!  Please tell me your Winter stories! I bet new Minnesotans would love to hear them.  By:Jess (Blog Manager)             

 

Preventing Hereditary Cancer Event in Rochester, MN

An exciting event in Rochester, MN discussing ovarian and breast cancer due to hereditary gene mutations will be at the B’Nai Israel Synagogue (BIS) on December 5th, 2010 from 1-3pm.

   

An expert panel will focus on risks to specific populations including those affecting Jewish communities. 

The panel will include:Ellen Kleinbaum-ovarian cancer survivor, MOCA Board member, Dr. Myra Wick – Molecular Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Dr. Jamie Bakkum-Gamez-Gynecologic Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Dr. Andrea Cheville – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Dr. Ruth Lupu – Medicine and Pathology, Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic    

 

This event is free. A donation of $5.00 is suggested. This event is open to BIS members and guests invited by BIS members. Please note that all guests should be pre-registered with BIS offices by Friday Dec 3! Phone: 507-288-5828 or email: jen@bnaiisraelmn.org!  

 

 By:Jess (Information received from Dr. Ruth Lupu)

Perspectives, Part Two

Advice and thoughts from a fourth year Mayo Graduate School student, Joseph Dolence. Joe is in Dr. Kay Medina’s lab on the Rochester campus. In the lab, he works to discover the molecular mechanisms behind how early decisions within multipotent progenitors lead to the lymphoid/B cell fate. Here is some answers to some questions posed to Joe…

Joe enjoying free time in his first visit to Target Field last March

• How did you choose your career? Was this an easy or hard process for you?  If you struggled, how did you overcome these struggles?

How did I choose science? For a long time, I wanted to go to medical school. I have always been interested in how humans fight disease, so after I got exposed to immunology during college in Anatomy/Physiology, coupled with the fact I loved helping students in my teaching assistant job, it was a rather easy choice once I had a wonderful experience in the Pease Lab during Mayo SURF 2006. I figured I would put my interest in helping patients in figuring out the precise details that go behind their afflictions rather than just prescribe medications.

• What kind of training, both formal and informal, did you receive to prepare you for your career? If applicable, how did you select where to attend graduate school? How did you choose your postdoc? How about any additional training? How did you choose what additional training to pursue and how did you choose where to do it?

I went to a relatively small liberal arts college in northeast Minnesota called the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth. While I was there, I double majored in biology and biochemistry.  I was also a part of the McNair Scholars program, which helps students to get undergraduate research experience and also apply to graduate school. After my junior year, I went to Mayo and worked in Larry Pease’s lab as a SURF student during the summer of 2006. This was a critical experience as it enabled me to really see first-hand what research is all about and also allowed me to see what going to Mayo for graduate school would be all about. Coming from small town Minnesota (the Iron Range, 60 miles north of Duluth) and going to college in Duluth, it wasn’t a big adjustment for me to go to Rochester. Additionally, I worked as a teaching assistant for 2 years at Scholastica. All of these experiences culminated in me wanted to do research and become a graduate student at Mayo.

• How competitive and/or rigorous was the training for your career?

My training for my career both in undergraduate and at Mayo has been very competitive and rigorous. I work hard to get what needs to get done. I think the competitive nature at every step of my training has been very critical for pushing me to do good work. At the same time however, I have had a lot of fun. My attitude always has been to enjoy what I do. Whether that has been running a flow cytometer or out with friends at a Twins game relaxing, I think every aspect of your life is training to be a better scientist and a better person.

• How long did it take you to train? Was it shorter or longer than anticipated? If you had any setbacks, how did you deal with them?

It took 4 years to graduate from college and so far it has been 3.5 years roughly at Mayo. I don’t like predicting stuff, but if I was to predict I would say my time to degree at Mayo would be average—a little around 5-5.5 years. I would say it was what I thought it would be—pretty much what I anticipated. I haven’t had any major setbacks so far, and I hope that continues. But I would approach them the way I approach any setbacks in life—with hard work and a smile. I believe everything happens for a reason and would approach it with an attitude of learning something.

• What advice would you give to someone interested in following a similar career path?

 

Every time I get this question, as the SURF students last summer and my lab tech, Kim, can attest to, I often get very passionate in my response. But I will save the speeches today in this interview. I would simply say you have to love what you do. It is too much work to just be lukewarm to the idea of being a scientist. Yes, some days, your going to think, “Why did I do this?” But on the whole, you should love it, want to do it. This isn’t really a job you can punch a clock absent mindedly for 40 years and be successful. If you want a reenactment of my speech—talk to Kim, I’m sure she will do it for you.

• What would you have done differently in preparing for your career?

mmm…I don’t know if I would have done anything to different. I would advise people doing this to get as much experience as possible before signing on to grad school. These experiences will either reaffirm your desire to do this, point you in the direction to what kind of science you want to do, or make you think twice about going into this.

• How much do you like what you do? Why? Is it what you imagined it would be? If not, how have you adapted?

I love that you asked this question. I love what I do…well most days. I think its important. I’m not saying its always sunny and golden, but I honestly love what I do everyday. I like who I work with and when I wake up most days, I like going in and tackling the questions we do on a regular basis. Most of my training has been what I imagined it to be—I don’t think 100% has been what I thought it would be, but that’s the unpredictable nature of all of this. Sometimes research takes you down a path your not expecting and many times that is a wonderful thing.

• How do you achieve career: life balance? Is this easy or hard to do? How many hours do you typically work per week?

 

I work around 45-50 hours/week at Mayo and depending on the week, I spend hours outside of Mayo reading articles for work, journal clubs, or whatever needs to get done. Total, on average, I spend 50-60 hours working. I achieve career:life balance through many means. I love baseball and I love the Twins, so I go to games through my family’s season tickets. I also play golf at area golf courses about once a week. I work hard to get what I need done M-F, so I have the weekends to myself. Admittedly, that always doesn’t work, but I try my best. I also use my 15 vacation days very wisely through the year for me to rest my mind. But as many a grad student knows, you never really stop thinking about the project. Although, when I’m lining up a must make 15 footer par putt, I’m pretty good at blocking out my Mayo life.

• What strategies have you figured out over time to help you succeed?

I learned a long time ago, if I write down what I need to do, generally it gets done. It might not get done the day it gets put on the paper, but it gets done sooner then when I don’t write it down. I also learned that reading science is easier with a cup of coffee. My friends help me to succeed in my career:life balance.

• How do you see your field changing in the next 5-10 years?

Where is Immunology going in the next 5-10 years? Great question. Even though I come at this from the prospective of studying the early stages in the development of the immune system, I will try to comment on Immunology on the whole. Or at least what I hope happens. I think we will be moving towards studying human immunology and focusing on what is relevant in human disease. There are many situations where the mouse and the human don’t match up, but we have to study the mouse because it’s the best model system to simulate and manipulate. I think we are going to continue to unlock the molecular mechanisms behind the immune system’s response to all kinds of human disease. In development, I think we are going to start putting the whole together—we all study our favorite molecules, but I think a focus on looking at how everything fits together to guide these processes will be a big part of moving forward. Immunology is an amazing field that will take many leaps and bounds in the next 5-10 years, and hopefully along the way we figure out how to quiet the immune system in situations of lupus and ramp it up to fight cancer. We are only going to get better. It’s an exciting time.

• Anything else you would like to share?

Don’t be discouraged. Stay positive and work hard. No matter if you have a career in science or medicine or do something else, smile and realize better days are coming. Oh, also thanks for reading! It was a pleasure to share my thoughts with you today.

JJ (Blog Manager)

Increase of Women earning the majority of doctorates! and other exciting changes to enrollment and degrees….

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has reported the enrollment and degrees report for 2008-2009. There have been major differences in enrollment and degrees in 2009 compared to 2008. Here are some of the highlights!

1. Enrollment of new students at U.S. graduate schools grew 5.5% from 2008 to 2009, compared to 4.5% the previous year. Total enrollment grew 4.7% in 2009 after gaining 3.0% in 2008
2. Growth in both first-time and total graduate enrollment in 2009 was higher for men than for women, reversing a long-term trend (6.7% to 4.7%)
3. While women have long earned the majority of master’s degrees awarded in the U.S., the 2008-09 academic year was the first year ever that women earned the majority (50.4%) of doctorates as well. The one-year increase in doctorates was substantially stronger for women than for men, 6.3% vs. 1.0%. 
4. First-time enrollment growth for U.S. minority groups ranged from 6.2% for American Indian/Alaskan Natives to 9.3% for Asian/Pacific Islanders, compared to 5.3% for White, non-Hispanic students. 
5. Applications for admission to U.S. graduate schools grew 8.3% from 2008 to 2009.
6. The representation of minority groups in U.S. graduate schools continued to increase in 2009, rising from 28.3% to 29.1% of first-time domestic enrollment
7. The share of women students varied by citizenship and race/ethnicity: women comprised almost 71% of Black/African American first-time enrollment, compared to just over 42% of international students.

As one can see there definitely a shift in people enrolling and obtaining their doctorate degrees. Why? Well, this could be because of the competitiveness of jobs, women becoming more independent, and the acknowledgement of obtaining a great education.

As you read on my last post (see below), ”The Struggle of Women in Science”, you can see how we really need a change, as in 2009 it was the first year ever that women earned the majority (50.4%) of doctorates. I can already predict that there will be more women professors, researchers, and educators in many fields including science and that we (current women graduate students) are definitely apart of this group!  

What do you think??

Jess (Blog Manager)

The Struggle for Women in Science

As scientist we all know that life is not always handed to you and that it took a lot of hard work to get us where we are today. With this said, as a Woman in Science it may be harder than you think! The L’Oreal USA, known to many as the leading beauty company, in partnership with The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science as well as Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling ,  recently had a Congressional Briefing on Issues Affecting Women in Science.

WHY SHOULD WE CARE?  Well look at these results from newly-released survey of 1,300 female and male scientists, conducted by AAAS and commissioned by L’Oreal USA, on the barriers women encounter in pursuit of scientific careers. They conducted a survey research on male and female scientists who hold doctoral degrees and are registered users of Science online, including members of AAAS.

• Female scientists face unique, gender-based barriers in career advancement:
  • 61 percent of female scientists who participated in the study have personally struggled balancing life and career
  • More than half of female respondents (52 percent) have experienced gender bias
  • More than one in three female scientists who participated in the survey (37 percent) faced barriers in having/raising children  
  • Half of all female respondents (50 percent) cited challenges with child care support as a major barrier for individuals working in the science field
     
• Insurmountable barriers are driving female scientists from the field:
  • Nearly all women who participated in the survey (98 percent) know a female colleague who left the science field because she encountered barriers to her professional success
  • Balancing life and career and having/raising children were cited as the top two reasons why female colleagues left their science careers
  • Female respondents cited gender biases as the reason why female colleagues left the field almost twice as frequently as male colleagues (47 percent of females vs. 24 percent of males)
     
• Female scientists are making significant personal sacrifices to achieve professional goals:
  • Females respondents were less likely to be married or in a long-term relationship than men (78 percent of females vs. 91 percent of males)
  • Female respondents were much less likely to have children than their male counterparts who participated in the survey (53 percent of females vs. 77 percent of males)

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?  There are many barriers Woman in Science must face compared to their male counterpart as shown by these results. As a young woman in science I have to say these results are quite sad and depressing.

I do have to admit that 1) this fact is well known in the science field (as well as several other fields)  and 2) these types of surveys are opening scientist eyes to the barriers women currently face. A leading step is being taken by L’Oreal USA to try and change this and help Woman in Science pursue their research goals by creating a  L’Oreal USA’s For Women in Science program, which provides grants for the advancement of women in science and aims to address the issues related to the underrepresentation of women in the science fields. L’Oreal is planning on hosting a ceremony to award $300,000 in L’Oreal USA For Women in Science Fellowship grants to five postdoctoral female scientists, providing them with the resources to continue their groundbreaking research. Since 2004, L’Oreal USA does have  a nice track record and has previously awarded more than $1 million in fellowship grants to 35 Fellows. Finally, Science and the L’Oreal Foundation created a Women in Science Booklet focusing on 16 women in five different areas of biology research.

 Final Thought::::Is this what I have to look forward to???? I hope not! My question is what are WE doing to change this?

What are your thoughts on Women in Science? Are there other groups/organizations that are also helping Women in Science?

Yours truly, Jess (Blog Manager)