🚨We're going on tour!🚨 Join us for 1 of our "Report Launch" networking events: Edinburgh, Manchester, London, or the comfort of your own home! We will present the 'Carers in STEMM' survey findings, host panel discussions w/ policy markers, EDI advocates & fellow parents/carers. Spread the word!📣

👶✈️ Balancing caregiving and academic travel? Join Dr. Laura Pallett for "The Dual Demands of Academic Travel and Caregiving" 🗓️ Sept 25 | 🕒15:00 CEST 🔗https://tinyurl.com/yefis2025-ia2 Hosted by the Improving Academia group of yEFIS

1/3rd of the 3Lauras presented last week at the "New UCL Academics Group" - this new network is seeking to improve culture for the next generation of the scientists we are training, so was great to share of our work around caring responsibilities & travel opportunities. Thanks for the invite!

Fantastic to have 1 of the 3Lauras shortlisted for such a fantastic @britsocimm.bsky.social Award. Congratulations to the winners 👏

🚹 Report: #PaternityLeave policies vary in Europe but the UK's offer is "one of the worst in the developed world". 🇬🇧 2 weeks at £187.18 a week 🇪🇸 6 weeks with full pay 🇩🇰 24 weeks at full pay 🇸🇪 10 months: First 390 days up to SEK47,750 (£3,590) a month. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For those interested on the caregiving & science initiative, follow @carersinstemm.bsky.social and read their article about conference travel (very pertinent!!) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The news is out now 😉 We are proud to say we, the 3Lauras, have been awarded the @ukri.org “Advancing Culture” 2025 Impact Award for our work trying to improve caring provisions at conferences, grant funding & policy here at Carers in STEMM 👏 The recognition is fantastic - 🙏 !

@carersinstemm.bsky.social looking forward to this UKRI FLF session on academic travel and caregiving... very pertinent for me at present!

Great to feature among the other fantastic projects at the Annual #FLFConference

We’re excited to have @laurawolz.bsky.social and @carterlj.bsky.social from @carersinstemm.bsky.social with us today to tell us about their important work advocating for equitable and accessible support for those balancing caring and career. #LINEsymposium2025

🚅2 of the 3Lauras will be on tour next week🚅 We will be attending the @londoninfectionecr.bsky.social ECR-focussed LINE symposium to share some insights into our sector-wide survey. Looking forward to it. If you are attending and want to know more, come say hi 👋

2 of the 3Lauras will be attending this years @ukri.org FLF Annual Conference next week in Brighton to share some headline findings of our sector-wide #survey during what we hope will be an engaged & enlightening panel discussion. If you want to find out more, grab us for a coffee :-)

We're excited to share that 1 of our 3Lauras has been shortlisted as a finalist for @britsocimm.bsky.social's "Diversity & Inclusion Award" this year #BSIImmunologyAwards So great to see a fantastic line-up of initiatives seeking to improve inclusion in STEMM shortlisted for this 👏

Last week the 3Lauras drafted a report highlighting findings from our sector-wide survey of UK #researchers balancing caregiving & travel. The data have specifically informed a set of recommendations for the sector, to improve inclusivity & improve policy To read the report WATCH THIS SPACE! 📝

Dr. Laura Pallett from University College London 🇬🇧 will be presenting her work on "Tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells: master deciphers of the liver microenvironment". Check her recent study on this topic: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36697826/ @pallettlab.bsky.social #EMBOBarrierTissues

🎓 PhD in immunology (or related field) in Europe? Help yEFIS map PhD requirements across institutions! 🧪 For current PhD students & grads (last 3 yrs) 📝 Please share your experience in our short survey: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #PhD #Immunology #yEFIS #Academia #PhDLife #Survey

Thanks for the huge shout out to @carersinstemm.bsky.social - this is definitely the brainchild of the 3Lauras… so an additional shout out to @laurawolz.bsky.social and @carterlj.bsky.social My Lauras in crime 😆

Go give a follow to @carersinstemm.bsky.social to learn more on the amazing initiative that @pallettlab.bsky.social has been part of Carers in STEMM advocates for equitable & accessible support for those balancing caring and career in the world of academia

Today we workshopped the “survey” What happened: 3Lauras in 1 room, coffee & explorations into the data captured Outcome: Some stark statistics, but equally some fantastic insights into policy change & further advocacy work @carterlj.bsky.social @laurawolz.bsky.social @pallettlab.bsky.social

We've had lots of new followers recently, so we thought we'd re-introduce ourselves We are 3 scientists, all called Laura (who also happen to be mothers 😀) advocating for equitable & accessible support for those balancing caring and career. Get in touch, if you want to talk. Nice to meet you 👋

2 of the 3 Lauras will be present & correct for this @londoninfectionecr.bsky.social symposium. We really can’t wait to share data from our sector-wide survey with you all. Who’s coming!? hands up!

Thank you to the @universityofexeter.bsky.social Department of Physics & Astronomy’s Astrophysics Group for hosting @carterlj.bsky.social for an afternoon to discuss how we can better support academic carers who travel and preliminary results from our Carers in STEMM #survey

We have set up a LinkedIn Group for Carers in STEMM where you can find more about what we are getting up to 💻 Please join us 👇 www.linkedin.com/groups/13145...

As part of #CarersInSTEMM we are working to highlight available #funding and #grants for #academic carers wishing to participate in meetings, conferences & workshops. Please share links / information you are familiar with so we can try to increase the reach of these opportunities. Thank you!

It's time to say bye to our amazing Carers in STEMM Research Assistant @astrokammy.bsky.social Kammy has played an instrumental role in supporting our survey dissemination (#KammyonTour) and data processing 🙌 The 3Lauras wish you all the best for your travel adventures 🌎

Delighted to share that our co-founder @laurawolz.bsky.social has been appointed as the Interim Head of EDIA at the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Manchester from Jan 2025 🧪🔭🌱 Thank you for continuing to champion equality, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility!

Happy New Year from the 3 Lauras and Kammy 🎉 We are excited to start 2025, first up on our to do list is to finish processing the results from our #carers in #STEMM survey 📊 Stay tuned for some early take home results in the next few weeks

Excited to present the work of the 3Lauras (aka @carersinstemm.bsky.social) at the FLF Development Network “understanding inclusive leadership” on Monday. This will be the first glimpse of our survey! Continuing the conversation to improve research culture….🙌🙌

A total (momentary) deviation from science posting, but … Not sure who needs to see this but the stress of #ElfOnTheShelf is real for those of us less creative, time poor academics!! Share widely!! @carersinstemm.bsky.social ❤️

Did you catch our recent (ish!) article in Nature? #AcademicSky 🧪🔬 We called for change in how conference childcare costs are reimbursed, drawing on personal experience. We need to do better to support those balancing caregiving and career in #STEMM www.nature.com/articles/d41... Share widely

A while back we wrote an article calling for accelerated change in policy for those w/ caring responsibilities in #STEMM Sharing insights into the challenges, highlighting personal experiences & proposing a strategy to improve culture #AcademicSky Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Alright, the day has finally come! 📅 TODAY is the deadline for the #CarersInSTEMM Survey! Thank you so much to all the UK researchers and carers who have already filled it out 🙏 Stay tuned as we bring you news on our results! 📊 If you still want to take part, you can! Be quick! t.co/fpCZgDVrrG

Did you catch #KammyOnTour? 🚀 Kammy has been spreading the word about the #CarersInSTEMM Survey (did you see any of our posters in the wild?) and we need your help to keep the momentum! The survey deadline is TOMORROW - if you're a researcher and carer, time is almost up!⏱️ Survey; t.co/fpCZgDVrrG

You have 2 DAYS left to take the #CarersInSTEMM Survey! ⌛ If you're a UK-based STEMM researcher and carer (including parents!), take it while you still can! ⏲️ We want to hear your experiences - help us drive change and improve support for carers! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Hi everyone! 👋 As we're new to Bluesky, we thought it would be a good idea to introduce ourselves! 😁 You can find more details about all of us and the #CarersInSTEMM project on our website (carersinstemm.co.uk) A thread🧵😊

Calling all UK researchers and carers (including parents!) 🚨 The deadline for the #CarersInSTEMM Survey has been EXTENDED to 08/11/24 - and we want to hear from you! Tell us about your experiences and help us make a difference! Spread the word! 📣 Why wait? ⏰ Take the survey here: t.co/fpCZgDVrrG