Discover! Club: March 5th 2011

Joan Haran, Heather Strange, Jane Miller and Helen Greenslade from Cesagen, and Claudine Anderson from the Wales Gene Park are hosting a session of the Discover! Club in the Julian Hodge Training Room 1 on Saturday March 5th 2011 from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

They will:

• Present research on the representation of women scientists in the media
• Present research on women scientists' opinions about media representations of women scientists
• Discuss careers in social studies of science and science communications
• Display examples of media representations of women scientists and ask Discover! Club members for their opinions on which are positive and which are negative
• Assist Discover! Club members to create blogs or websites to attract more women to scientific careers.