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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
17
SEPTEMBER
2017
Importantly, we need to continually question
whether we are treating our students, post-docs,
and peers with encouragement and respect. The
other day, a female undergraduate biochemistry
major with a high GPA told me that her male
advisor thought that she should focus on a career
in writing and not science once she graduates. I
had different advice!
What is the one thing that can be done right
away?
While some countries have experienced recent
setbacks regarding gender bias, we need to be
persistent in encouraging equality both in and out
of the lab. Nonscientists may not be aware of the
many opportunities there are for their daughters
in science, or aware of the problems they might
encounter. We need to encourage women at all
levels so that our numbers will grow.
When
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(one of the nine
members of the United States Supreme Court)
was asked when she thinks there will be enough
women on the court, she replied “And my answer
is when there are nine.”
Members in the News
Amitabha Chattopadhyay
, Cen-
tre for Cellular and Molecular
Biology and Society member
since 1984, was named a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Biology.
Christopher N. Rowley
, Memo-
rial University of Newfound-
land and Society member
since 2010, received the
OpenEye Outstanding Junior
Faculty Award in Compu-
tational Chemistry awarded
by the American Chemical
Society.
The following members were named Fellows of the International EPR (ESR) Society:
Wolfgang Lubitz
, Max Planck
Institute for Chemical Energy
Conversion, and Society member
since 1987.
Betty Gaffney
, Florida State
University, and Society
member since 1995.
Jack Freed
, Cornell Univer-
sity, and Society member
since 1999.
Gunnar Jeschke
, ETH Zurich, and
Society member since 2008, was
awarded the International EPR
(ESR) Society’s Silver Medal in
Instrumentation.
B. Montgomery Pettitt
,
University of Texas, Medical
Branch and Society member
since 1991, was named a Local
Section Outreach Volunteer of
the Year by the ACS.