Paving the Way in STEM

Last year, there were over one million women working in core-Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) roles in the UK – a first according to government data. Is this enough or do we still have a long way to go? A 1979 Caian, Erika Hagelberg who is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Oslo, shares her experience as a woman scientist: from early career and family life to her pioneering work on the extraction of DNA from ancient bones. She compares notes with Amy Dighe, a PhD student looking at the epidemiology of infectious diseases.

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