This year, guests had the opportunity to engage in a networking game that showed them just how much they had in common, before moving on to a session hosting some of our recent Prize Lecture winners and Society Committee members sharing what they wish they had known when they were starting out on their undergraduate degrees. Learning from others who have gone down the path can be so helpful for early career scientists, with one early career microbiologist commenting that it was “great to hear Dr Tansy Hammarton talking frankly about the challenges of career breaks from having children. It’s not something you hear much about and it’s so useful to early career women in STEM.”
展开▼
