All Moungi Bawendi cared about as a postdoc was how a material’s properties evolve as it progresses from a few atoms to bulk. What happens in the middle? “My curiosity wasn’t motivated by anything visionary. We just really wanted to know!”✍🏾#LINO25 www.lindau-nobel.org/blog-antibod...

Yesterday, Nobel laureate Gregory Winter described the moment he realised commercialisation was needed if his humanised antibodies were to benefit the broader public, but he did not expect to become embroiled in a patent battle. First report from #LINO25 www.lindau-nobel.org/blog-antibod...

Our science ecosystem is full of complex stories like this. So many women in science feel indebted to their father/husband for their support. It's heartwarming to hear but I still resist valourising men for what I think is the bare minimum. So challenging sometimes to reconcile diff realities. (n/n)

'I started getting more involved in drawing, other social and voluntary activities... It took me that long but today I know this was for the best'. She was a masters student at the time of marriage. She said that today her husband is her PhD student daughter's biggest cheerleader 🙃(3/n)

& that meant no question of her taking up a job. 'At the time I couldnt fathom the idea of not working. I was depressed & angry for 7 years. Then I had a realisation from within that my real happiness lay in the success of my husband and daughter... (2/n)

The story also includes some lovely tidbits about how Mansi Mungee tumbled into the world of moths & even starred in a spectacular movie about these creatures. I'm determined to watch the film somehow, soon.

Why weren’t you in the audience to back me :’)

Wasnt trying to be tongue in cheek! Genuinely wondering if my jadedness has made me inconsiderate 😅

He suggested that we should project men as part of the solution rather than the ones to blame.
My first instinct was to roll my eyes, but i donno anymore. Should we be more sensitive of male scientists’ feelings? 😌