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When conferences provide childcare, science doesn’t “accommodate parents”. It retains talent.

Thanks Vivien Marx for including my voice in your @NatureMethods piece on conference childcare, access, & why affordability is still the choke point.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Conference daycare
Nature Methods - Not all conferences offer childcare, but when they do, these scientists, who are also mothers, rejoice. The toys are pretty good, too.
www.nature.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Last chance to apply for our infectious disease modelling practical course with @embo.org.

Funding is also available in the form of fee waivers, travel grants, accessibility, and childcare grants.

Apply by 26 May.

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You have until 25 May to apply for this @embo.org Practical Course introducing concepts, methods and tools for carrying out infectious disease modelling using genomics www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...

There is some financial assistance provided by EMBO - please see the course website for info

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May 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM