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Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science. Please continue to share important news and opportunities with us so that we may share it with you and others who are committed to supporting the careers of exceptional women in science. Stay safe and sound,
Karla Shepard Rubinger  Susan Wojcicki, Former Chief of YouTube, Dies at 56.
Susan Wojcicki, who played a key role in Google’s creation and became one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent female executives with her leadership of YouTube, died on Friday. Her sister Anne was a founder of the genetic testing firm 23andMe. Read more. Groundbreaking poverty alleviation project expands with new Arnold Ventures, J-PAL North America collaboration. J-PAL North America, a regional office of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), will significantly expand its work to conduct rigorous research and strengthen evidence-based policymaking due to a new grant from long-time supporter and collaborator Arnold Ventures. Image: Laura Arnold, founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures (right) and MIT Professor Esther Duflo, scientific director of J-PAL, speak during J-PAL North America’s 10-year anniversary convening. Photo courtesy of J-PAL North America. Read more. Now open: Applications are currently being accepted for the Jefferson Science Fellowships. Quantum computing aims for diversity, one qubit at a time. Girls in Quantum is one of a handful of initiatives aimed at increasing representation in quantum computing, which is one of the fastest-growing disciplines in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Image: Irene Fernández de Fuentes (center) co-founded the Australian charity Quantum Women. Credit: Sydney Quantum Academy. Read more. $100M gift to establish William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences. Dr. Carolyn M. Hutter was selected as Director of the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination. Dr. Carolyn M. Hutter brings more than 20 years of experience in genetics and epidemiology as well as managing large research collaborations. She is currently the Director of the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Image credit: National Institutes of Health. Read more. This Researcher Is on a Crusade to Correct Wikipedia’s Gender Imbalance. Maxine Singer obituary: biologist who shaped genetic engineering and fought discrimination. The US molecular biologist Maxine Singer made discoveries about the role of enzymes in assembling genetic material. She became a key advocate for dialogue between scientists and society. In later life, as an influential scientific administrator, she championed the cause of marginalized people in science and founded innovative programmes to support science teaching in schools. She has died aged 93. Image credit: National Institutes of Health. Read more.
Clarissa May Babila on Using “Packages” from Cells to Diagnose Brain Diseases. Clarissa May Babila is part of the Wyss Diagnostics Accelerator, using extracellular vesicles to better understand diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, with the eventual goal of finding a way to diagnose them earlier. Learn more about Clarissa and her work in this month’s Humans of the Wyss. Image credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Read more. We are pleased to welcome the first members of our new Council of Corporate Leadership!
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