Announcing a trainee-organized symposium hosted by DASL (Diversity and Science Lecture Series) at UC San Diego. UCSF postdocs are welcome and encouraged to join. The event features:
- 20 incredible speakers doing cutting edge research in everything from microbiology to chemical ecology to developmental patterning to science education
- 4 illuminating panel sessions on dismantling racist, misogynist, ableist, and homophobic structures in STEM fields,
- 2 interactive networking events so you can meet other scientists striving for equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM, and
- an exciting keynote presentation by members of the Henrietta Lacks family with Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
We recommend you look at our list of speakers with their websites and research interest and the full schedule!
We invite you to join us by registering for free (UCSD welcomes and encourages UCSF postdocs to join!)
UC San Diego's Diversity and Science Lecture Series initiative aims to dismantle the discriminatory structures built into academia by highlighting science done by diverse scientists, normalizing conversations about diverse journeys into science, and championing young scientists everywhere.
DASL believes that representation is essential. By highlighting prestigious and successful scientists that come from a variety of backgrounds, DASL hopes to encourage ALL our students to continue in STEM. By normalizing conversations about background they hope to alter the ethos of silence and foster open communication between parties. Every one of the talks features the backstory of the person who has done the research. They want to talk about biology, but also want to highlight the humans underneath. No one is born a scientist; as a UCSD student said recently “Becoming a scientist is a continuous process; you don’t have to burst forth fully formed from Zeus' helmet with pipette in hand.” We all find our way here, and we hope that by normalizing discussions of our human journeys and backstories we can show budding scientists at all levels and from all backgrounds that they belong in our community.