Last week I attended the British Society for Immunology Congress in lovely Edinburgh. At last a “real” in-person congress (the online option was also available) with real interactions with other scientists from all over the United Kingdom and some international guests. When I take part in big congresses like this, with parallel sessions on differentContinue reading “Immunology is cool!”
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Florence Nightingale: a pioneer in epidemiology and infectious disease control
Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Victorian age in England, or to be more precise, she was the first real nurse. She was the first to define nursery as a profession (for a long time exclusively for women), and to define its rules and principles in her book Notes on nursing for the labouringContinue reading “Florence Nightingale: a pioneer in epidemiology and infectious disease control”
Per aspera ad astra: failure and success in (and beyond) science
As scientists, we are familiar with the concept of failure. The experiments that do not work are more than those that actually do, the papers that need revisions and corrections exceed those published without any correction, the number of rejected grant applications is greatly larger than the number of applications that are accepted. The effortContinue reading “Per aspera ad astra: failure and success in (and beyond) science”
Giornata Internazionale delle Donne e delle Ragazze nella Scienza
L’11 febbraio di ogni anno si celebra la Giornata Internazionale delle donne e delle ragazze nella Scienza, proclamata dall’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite nel 2015 con l’obiettivo di promuovere pieno ed equo accesso a donne di tutte le età a scienza, tecnologia e innovazione. In occasione di questa ricorrenza, vi propongo i ritratti di 3Continue reading “Giornata Internazionale delle Donne e delle Ragazze nella Scienza”
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Every year, on February the 11th, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, declared by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2015 in order to promote full and equal access to science, technology, and innovation to women of all ages. With the occasion of this special date, I haveContinue reading “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”
Virus&Co. 