Global Young Academy welcomes new members from 24 countries and 27 nationalities from around the world
Under the leadership of Menattallah Elserafy (Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt) the 71-member Selection Committee of the GYA has finalised the selection of 39 new members to join the GYA in June 2022 for a tenure of five years. The GYA new member cohort includes representatives from 24 individual countries, from all GYA general […]
New GYA incubator on the UN SDGs
For the 2022 top-up funding period, GYA members will be active in 17 working groups and two Incubators within the three GYA Themes of Science & Society, Research Environment, and Science Education and Outreach. Moreover, a new GYA incubator on “The UN SDGs at the GYA” has been established on the initiative of Encieh Erfani (IASBS, Iran). The […]
“My mother is a biologist and I grew up helping her measure and write down data in tables for her experiments, and listening to her explain fascinating phenomena”
My mother is a biologist and I grew up helping her measure and write down data in tables for her experiments, and listening to her explain fascinating phenomena to little children visiting the marine science museum. My mother is also the daughter of a teacher, which makes me a third-generation educator. As a child, I […]
Transforming Science | ALLEA – The Annual Meeting of European Academies
Transforming Science: Pathways Towards Sustainability and Trustworthiness is the 2022 Symposium of the Annual Meeting of European Academies. The themes of the Symposium are the following: Science for the Future, Science-Policy Relations in an Age of Complexity, Transforming Research Cultures, and Climate Sustainability in the Academic System. The event will take place on May 11-12, […]
Call for proposals: Interdisciplinary Research in Groups, Bielefeld University, Germany
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) is Bielefeld University’s Institute for Advanced Study. It offers time, space, and funding for outstanding interdisciplinary research as well as ideal working conditions for intensive collaboration. They invite scholars from all fields and countries post-PhD to propose an interdisciplinary research project to be conducted at ZiF with a curated […]
Roula Inglesi-Lotz about developing and connecting the next generation of researchers
In this interview in Options magazine, GYA Co-Chair Roula Inglesi-Lotz speaks about engaging with scientists globally, unfamiliar backgrounds and scientific systems, and ensuring gender and generational inclusivity.
“Follow your passion – know that you can achieve anything!”
This little girl became intrigued by the brain and curious about unraveling the neural mechanism underlying mental health conditions in 6th grade when her best friend suffered from anorexia. She pursued her passion, became a first-generation university student, worked hard, and became a professor and neuroscientist examining the neural mechanisms of stress-induced mental illness. She […]
“My parents told me I could be anything I wanted”
As a girl, growing up, I loved reading books and was an introvert. I had a beautiful loving family where my parents told me I could be anything I wanted and allowed me and my sisters all the flexibility we could have. And that is what I did. I loved maths and sciences and only […]
“Speaking out and having our own thoughts were deemed disrespectful. Doing one’s best was never good enough, in school and at work alike”
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has been challenging, but being confined at home for such a long time allowed me to reflect on my journey as a woman in science, a mother with young kids, in a traditionally steadfast society. I am Oon Chern Ein, an associate professor in molecular oncology in Malaysia. Growing up, […]
“Curiosity led me to be passionate about exploring the unknown by testing hypotheses and doing experiments.”
I am still this smiling but stubborn little girl at 4 years of age. I am the youngest of a large (and loud) family and grew up in a small city with 20,000 inhabitants in South America (Brazil). My mother is Italian, my dad is first nation Brazilian, my husband is half Japanese and half […]
“I was raised with the conviction that I could achieve anything I aimed for, regardless of my gender.”
As a molecular biologist, I have a deep interest in understanding how life works at the cellular and molecular levels. I have worked in research projects in the fields of microbiome, cancer, synthetic biology and recoding. I am also interested in translating research outputs into products that provide solutions to the needs of our societies […]
From lab to science policy advisor
GYA member Alma Hernández-Mondragón explains how she has pursued a career outside the laboratory, at the science–policy interface. Read the article here
