Fede Berckx
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(She/Her) 🇧🇪🇸🇪Postdoc @SLU - root microbiomes/plant-microbe interactions - scientific illustrations
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On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples.
1. Women are credited less in science than men.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1. Women are credited less in science than men.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Women are credited less in science than men - Nature
The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.
www.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples.
1. Women are credited less in science than men.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1. Women are credited less in science than men.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am glad to report that a new paper from my time in Stockholm is published. My previous self who hated learning the TCA cycle by heart got proven wrong. Instead, we found that Frankia cluster-2 it is not cycle, explaining their low cultivatability. 🥳
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Host-dependent specialized metabolism of nitrogen export in actinorhizal nodules induced by diazotrophic Actinomycetota Frankia cluster-2
Frankia cluster-2 shows several gene losses related to the tricarboxylic acid cycle. We have hypothesized that this is associated with their specialized me
academic.oup.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:47 AM
I am glad to report that a new paper from my time in Stockholm is published. My previous self who hated learning the TCA cycle by heart got proven wrong. Instead, we found that Frankia cluster-2 it is not cycle, explaining their low cultivatability. 🥳
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...