As the majority of the speakers/tutors in that list are from the STFC, Diamond and other developers associated with CCP4, maybe the issue isn't just lazy scheduling by the organisers, but who has been put forward by the institutes concerned and the gender balance within their teams.
Andy Purkiss On Wed, 2020-02-05 at 12:48 +0000, Susan Lea wrote: > ‘Role’ models are not what are needed - just a better representation > of our community. This is lazy scheduling and in a community where > there have always been influential women we should do better - CCP4 > has let the whole community down by allowing their name to be > associated with this. > Perhaps we could encourage the speakers to do as many of my > colleagues have started to do - ask who else is speaking at a meeting > and refuse to participate if the list does not reflect the > community. > > Susan > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 5 Feb 2020, at 07:38, Silvia Onesti <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Maybe CCP4 should explicitely ask for gender balance before > > sponsoring a workshop? > > > > Silvia > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > Silvia Onesti - Head of Structural Biology > > > > Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. > > AREA Science Park, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste ITALY > > > > Email: [email protected] > > Tel. +39 040 3758451 Mob +39 366 6878001 > > > > http://www.elettra.trieste.it/People/SilviaOnesti > > http://www.elettra.trieste.it/labs/structural-biology > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > > > > > > > On 5 Feb 2020, at 03:09, Alejandro Buschiazzo < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Thank you for your comment, we cannot agree more. > > > > > > We are aware of this, and still are in the process of inviting a > > > few more speakers. > > > We shall thus bring more women on board, and achieve a balanced > > > group! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Alejandro (on behalf of the organizers) > > > > > > > > > El 4 feb. 2020, a la(s) 22:02, Edward Snell < > > > [email protected]> escribió: > > > > > > > It is great that this workshop is occurring but I couldn't help > > > > but notice that there seem to be a lot of male speakers and > > > > tutors. I was wondering if it might be appropriate to add some > > > > female role models. There are some great candidates? > > > > > > > > > > > > From: CCP4 bulletin board <[email protected]> on behalf of > > > > Alejandro Buschiazzo <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 7:30 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [ccp4bb] Macromolecular Crystallography workshop in > > > > South America 2020 > > > > > > > > Dear colleagues, > > > > > > > > We are pleased to announce the 8th South American > > > > Macromolecular Crystallography School: > > > > > > > > Macromolecular Crystallography School 2020 > > > > "Structural Biology to enhance high impact research in health > > > > and disease” > > > > > > > > To be held at the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo (Uruguay) > > > > - September 9-19, 2020 > > > > > > > > http://pasteur.uy/novedades/mx2020/ > > > > > > > > The application deadline is July 9, 2020. For further inquiries > > > > : [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > Main Topics: > > > > > · data processing; > > > > > · phasing and structure determination; > > > > > · model refinement and validation; > > > > > · introduction to crystallography + cryo-electron > > > > > microscopy integration > > > > > > > > Confirmed speakers and tutors (so far... a few more will join > > > > the crew): > > > > > > > > Alejandro Buschiazzo (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay) > > > > Paul Emsley (Laboratory of Molecular Biology MRC, Cambridge, > > > > UK) > > > > Rafael Junqueira Borges (Instituto de Biociências UNESP, > > > > Botucatu, Brazil) > > > > Ronan Keegan (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab - CCP4, Didcot, UK) > > > > Eugene Krissinel (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab - CCP4, Didcot, > > > > UK) > > > > Joāo Muniz (Instituto de Fisica de São Carlos, Brazil) > > > > Garib Murshudov (Laboratory of Molecular Biology > > > > MRC, Cambridge, UK) > > > > Colin Palmer (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab - CCP-EM, Didcot, > > > > UK) > > > > James Parkhurst (Diamond Light Source, Didcot, UK) > > > > Randy Read (University of Cambridge, UK) > > > > Kyle Stevenson (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab - CCP4, Didcot, > > > > UK) > > > > Clemens Vonrhein (Global Phasing Ltd, Cambridge, UK) > > > > > > > > Please find the application form and further contact > > > > information at http://pasteur.uy/novedades/mx2020/ > > > > (this www site will be updated regularly, so stay tuned!) > > > > > > > > This Workshop is supported by the Collaborative Computational > > > > Project Nº4 (CCP4, UK) & Science and Technology Facilities > > > > Council (UK); the Centro de Biologia Estructural del Mercosur > > > > (CeBEM); and the Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y > > > > Tecnologia para el Desarrollo (CYTED) through de MICROBES > > > > consortium. > > > > > > > > Organizers: > > > > Alejandro Buschiazzo, PhD. Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, > > > > Uruguay > > > > Kyle Stevenson, DPhil. CCP4, STFC Rutherford Appleton > > > > Laboratory, United Kingdom > > > > Richard Garratt, PhD. Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, USP, > > > > Brazil > > > > > > > > Applicants: > > > > 25 students will be selected, prioritizing advanced PhD, > > > > postdocs and young researchers. The Course will provide > > > > financial support covering registration fees, and for the case > > > > of those students coming from abroad, all local expenses > > > > (lodging, per diem and local transportation). Look in the www > > > > site for details on application procedures. > > > > > > > > The application deadline is July 9, 2020. > > > > > > > > Please address further inquiries to: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Looking forward to hosting you in Montevideo! > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > > > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > > > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 -- Andrew Purkiss Structural Biology STP The Francis Crick Institute ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
