I #ChooseToChallenge and be an ally for #WomenInSTEM @embl and @emblebi - I’ve always had great female scientists as bosses (Janet Thornton, Edith Heard), as peers (eg @nicolesoranzo, @jomcentyre) and working with me ( @HannahVMeyer @HannahCurrant1 as two from many)

Science thrives on challenge - inquiring, thoughtful, looking at data another way, and I've always been very data driven in trying to understand where biases come into science- like much of science we have a close 50:50 ratio male female at studentship but decreasing levels by PI

In our ( @Nick_Goldman, @Cornhelix others @embl) analysis we identified in-house the biases that come from long-listing to short-listing for PIs (the sex bias on hiring looks pretty much the same short-list to final appointment). So we've put efforts at this stage.

It's quite a long term thing to change, and this is just one thing we've done. I really enjoying working with the @embl EDI group (props to @Eileen_Furlong and others) to understand, challenge and change. This a long road, but I am glad we are walking down it.

I also like the concept of Allyship here - it provides a slot and role for men to get involved and not make #WomenInSTEM a "women only" thing - rather it is how science is organised, how we interact and how we recognise talent across many diverse formulations.