SCWIST
Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology, creating an environment where women and girls can pursue their interest, education and careers in STEM. #WomenInSTEM
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- Congratulations to BioRxiv co-founder, Dr. Richard Sever (@richardsever.bsky.social), who was featured on this year's #TIME100Health list. 🎉 Hear what he had to say about preprints and peer review in this episode of the Lab Coats & Life Podcast™: bit.ly/3Z7nOGw
- 🎉 We're very excited that our Chief Science and Strategic Officer, @richardsever.bsky.social, is included on this year's #TIME100HEALTH list! time.com/collections/... This recognition helps demonstrate the impact preprints in #bioRxiv & #medRxiv have on global health. #Time100Health #preprints
- Two months ago, Senamile Masango passed away at the age of 37. She was the first Black woman in South Africa to become a nuclear physicist, and a champion of STEM education for African girls. We don't know what day in May 1987 she was born, so we choose today to celebrate and remember. #WomenInSTEM
- Today we also celebrate the birthdays of mathematician Anna Pell Wheeler (1883), mathematician Cathleen Morawetz (1923), and psychologist Marsha Linehan (1943)! #WomenInSTEM #MathSky #PsychSky 🧮🧪
- This #InternationalDayOfImmunology, we imagined what it might look like if your immune cell personality followed you into the lab. 👣👀 Take our personality test and share your results: bit.ly/4jX5SGM
- This year’s #EarthDay theme, #OurPowerOurPlanet, calls for a global shift to clean energy. We believe science & innovation are key to tackling the climate crisis and have committed to the SBTi with a long-term goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. bit.ly/3Y4DwSt
- Dolores Shockley, the 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in pharmacology, and 1st to run a pharmacology department, was born 95 years ago today. She researched the neurotoxicity of environmental pollutants and potential drug treatments for cocaine addiction. #WomenInSTEM #BlackWomenInSTEM #MedSky 🧪
- Turkish chemist Ayşe Saffet Rıza Alpar was born 122 years ago today - she received her PhD from the University of Hamburg in 1932, returning to Turkey to build up its chemistry program from 1933 until her retirement in 1976, authoring multiple texts on industrial chemistry. #WomenInSTEM #ChemSky 🧪
- Marie Maynard Daly was born 104 years ago today. She did important early histone research, and in 1955 published an important paper on the link between cholesterol and heart disease. She passed away in 2003. tinyurl.com/46s85wzv #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #BlackWomenInSTEM 🧪
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- We're so excited to launch... STEMtattoos! 😜 Share your love of science and get a matching tattoo with your labmate. 😉
- Today we are overjoyed to announce the induction of mathematician Lovenia Deconge Watson into the #WomenInSTEM Archive. She has devoted her life to the improvement of math teaching at every level - here is her story! tinyurl.com/t7x665z2 #WomenInSTEM #BlackWomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth #MathSky
- “I belong, I’m capable, my achievements are real” I should use this as a mantra 🧪👩🔬
- Turkish entomologist Ayla Kalkandelen would have been 86 years old today. She specialized in the study of Auchenorrhyncha, and particularly in the "leafhoppers" or Cicadellidae which can act as vectors for plant disease. #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth #entomology #BugSky 🧪
- Happy 81st birthday to Brazilian mathematician Marilda Sotomayor! She has been a trailblazer in the area of game theory concerned with matching markets, which she started studying under David Gale in the 1980s, and subsequently brought back to Brazil. #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth 🧮
- When my experiment works, I celebrate by _____________. 🎉 🗨️ Texting my best friend 🍩 Buying a sweet treat 💃 Doing a happy dance Comment below on how YOU celebrate!
- Here are some nice mushrooms
- Psychologist Keturah Whitehurst was born OTD 113 years ago. One of the first Black women to work in academic psychology, she established Virginia State College's campus counseling program, and the Children's House at Fisk University. #WomenInSTEM #BlackWomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth #PsychSky
- 178 years ago, the great Anna Broomall was born. She established the first maternal health and prenatal care wards in the US, and introduced antiseptic procedures that dropped maternal mortality rates to .1%, some ten times less than the average. #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth #MedSky 🧪
- Psst... the annual #StemCellfie contest is just around the corner! Stay tuned for the official announcement and start preparing your cell images. 🤳🧫 For inspiration, take a look at these stunning images from last year's contest.
- This is Oakley, Kaos, and Charlie. They are proof that if you like something, you should get it in a couple colors. 13/10 for all
- The Irish landscape, its plants & animals, are a massive inspiration in my work. Here, for instance is the landscape of my sister’s farm. It’s an example of how important vibrant colours are both here & in my drawings - as you can see in this thread.
- Today would have been the 103rd birthday of Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro. She was a nutritionist and chemistry professor most associated for her years teaching at Alabama's Tuskegee University, and for her work on amino acid availability in food. #BlackWomenInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #Nutrition #ChemSky 🧪
- Happy 67th birthday to neurobiologist Brigitte Kieffer, whose work on opiate receptors in the early 1990s uncovered links between receptors associated with pain reduction and addiction & more recently the link between the density of certain receptors and depression #WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky #BookSky 🧪
- Today would have been the 104th birthday of Brazilian mathematician Marília Chaves Peixoto, the 1st woman in Brazil to earn a PhD in math, and a researcher into the conditions for stable fluid flow over a surface. She passed away in 1961 at the age of just 39. #WomeninSTEM #MathSky #HistSci 🧪🧮
- Why do I keep getting tagged in posts about Snoop Dogg and Eminem? Ohhh….. they’re tagging the wrong Dr Dre 😭
- Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!
- Unapologetically black in 2025!
- SCWIST is hosting IGNITE: STEM Networking Night, where professionals can connect, receive mentorship, and engage in meaningful conversations. Learn more: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ignite-ste...
- Join IGNITE: STEM Networking Night and help create real change in STEM! What’s in store: 🔹 Inspiring panel with STEM leaders 🔹 Systems Change workshop 🔹 Mentorship & networking with pros 🔹 Discussions on creating meaningful change Secure your free spot: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ignite-ste...
- Today is my father's birthday. A retired emeritus professor of biochemistry and a personal inspiration to me becoming a scientist. After completing his PhD in Upsalla university in 1978 he returned to Cameroon and went on to train a whole generation of African biochemists.
- Celebrate #ValentinesDay with STEMCELL’s Sweethearts! 💕 Swipe to meet the pairs we’re swooning over. 😍
- Hearts for everyone! Love is in the air from the Heart Nebula! 💗 #ValentinesDay Image Credit: Adam Jensen
- Today in Black History: On Feb. 9, 1995, NASA astronaut Bernard Harris became the first Black man to walk in space. “Bernard Harris stepped out of the space shuttle Discovery in orbit on February 9, 1995.” #BlackHistoryMonth www.history.com/this-day-in-...
- Mr. Benjamin Banneker (1731-?) was an inventor who created the first known clock in the US. He was also a mathematician, astronomer, writer, and land surveyor. Mr. Banneker taught himself advanced math from borrowed textbooks. He was a genius. #BlackHistoryMonth
- Dr. Patricia Bath invented laserphaco, a device and technique to remove cataracts. It performed all steps of cataract removal: making the incision, destroying the lens and vacuuming out the fractured pieces. Dr. Bath is the first Black woman physician to receive a medical patent. #BlackHistoryMonth
- If you read Black books (which you better) here are some must follow accounts! #blackhistorymonthat://did:plc:x5ygzlxvk4kdqa6xropbwii3/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lglxudb4dw2n
- In 2023, Autumn Lockwood became the first Black woman (and fourth overall) to coach in the Super Bowl. At Super Bowl LIX (Eagles vs Chiefs) she will coach in her second Super Bowl. Keep soaring, Autumn Lockwood ✨ #BlackHistoryMonth 🧵 1/4
- #BlackHistoryMonth Frederick McKinley Jones developed refrigeration equipment. His creation, the Thermo King. He became the first African American to receive the National Medal of Technology.
- Voices making waves: Lynda Yorke Dr Lynda Yorke is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, and Degree Programme Director at @bugeography.bsky.social. She is a Quaternary geomorphologist focusing her research on the intersection of climate change, cultural heritage, and coastal communities.
- Voices making waves: Aude Vincent Aude is a hydrogeologist and author interested in the anthropic impacts on water resources and the water cycle. She currently works as a water protection officer in Sweden, and researches the history of women in #geology as a side project!
- 🥼 A new personalized method reduces the time spent tailoring RNA drugs—from months to weeks. In a @nature.com paper, scientists used patient-derived cardiac #organoids to predict how rare genetic diseases respond to treatments. via @science.org
- me pretending I can see a pellet after centrifuging
- This is courage. #BlackHistoryMonth
- Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3gat://did:plc:ja7mpieif4l6kub2homjnb2d/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lapmcp52rh22
- “I joined the elite group of 7% females & 1% Black female pilots in the world. It’s an exhilarating, yet surreal feeling to introduce myself to the world as a Pilot.” ~ Miracle Izuchukwu 🔗 shorturl.at/fJ7rA #BlackWomenMakeHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
- Love this from @edyong209.bsky.social 👇 A new study that looks at uncredited contributions of #WomeninSTEM to genetics research was inspired by the film "Hidden Figures". How scientists are portrayed in society matters; the stories we tell matter. #WomeninScience #scicomm #movies 🧪
- Quiz time! What kind of turtle is this? AND what do you think it does during the wintertime? #education #quiz #herpetology #womeninscience #womeninstem #turtles #outdoors #naturelover
- Women in science and research remain underrepresented. I worked in neonatology before devoting my career to scientific research in HIV and infectious disease. All great minds and compassionate hearts are welcome. Humanity needs us. #science #UNESCO #womeninscience #STEM
- I GOT INTO LAW SCHOOL WITH A FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP WTHHH
- i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
