The ESO studentship was probably one of the best experiences of my academic career so far; recommend it 100%!
Please spread into your networks. Happy to answer questions or even host a student with one of my fellow #exoplanets people. Just get in touch!💙
This goes onto my reading list immediately ☺️
As one of the things I do @eso.org, I am part of the organising team for the Star-Planet Exchange meetings. We‘re always looking for speakers to tell us about #stellarastro and #exoplanets (or even both? 🤩).
If you pass through Munich any time soon, we‘d love to have you. Shoot me a message! 🪐⭐️
I support this. I‘m in love too.
The application for the ESO Summer Research Programme 2026 has just opened!
It‘s a six week programme in Garching close to Munich where pre-Ph.D students can work on a hands-on project.
Working at @eso.org is a fabulous experience, so please help me spread the word ✨
🔗 eso.org/sci/meetings...
… you’re fuelling my delusions 🥹😅
Thanks so much ☺️☺️
When @eso.org announces your dream job but your still too much of a science baby 😭
In case you consider applying, feel free to reach out. Happy to chat about ESO 💙🫶
#astronomy
Time to update that affiliation I guess! I‘m starting my fellowship @eso.org in Garching 🇩🇪 today! Wish me luck ❤️🤭
Congratulations to Dr Tobias Meier (@tgmeier.bsky.social) on his #ExoclimesVII poster presentation about the lava world K2-141b!
Congratulations to Dr Jake Taylor (@astrojake.bsky.social) on his poster at #ExoclimesVII concerning the JWST NIRISS/SOSS transmission spectrum of the super-Earth GJ 357b. The paper is published and can be read here: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
In case you’re interested in the paper(s) about WASP-121 b using the 4UT mode of ESPRESSO — or as I like to call it: ESPRESSO’s superpower — check out:
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025Natu...
I’ve had 6 years of French in school + my mom is from the French part of Switzerland and I can report: Québécois is a whole different beast 🤣
Shoot me a message so I can share them with you!
I can send you the full articles if you‘re interested ☺️
This makes me so sad. Congrats to your daughter for finishing her MA!
I chose a language class during high-school (past-me thought Latin was a good fit, spoiler: it wasn't), and I got bullied pretty bad among other things for "being a science nerd". Now I have a PhD in Astrophysics...
Exactly this! I grew up sharing all the toys with my little brother, and we just played with all of them in one large "landscape". Who says barbie cannot be part of a race car carpet landscape, right?
Nature study: when do girls fall behind in #maths? During their 1st year at primary school.
4 yr study, 2.6M French children. By comparing kids born a month apart but in diff school years they show it's education, not age, that triggers the gap☹️ 🧪👩🔬
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇Excellent 🧵
Totally agree with everything you just said. I would love to go to first-graders more often. I try speaking to lower grades whenever I can through skypeascientist.com, but it's hard...
*life. Of course, you got that ;)
So in summary, this article really spoke to me. This all starts early, and needs to be "fixed" in the mindset, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't (in fact we absolutely must) fight the gender gap at higher ages too!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What are your thoughts? 7/7
And let's be frank here. There is a REALLY minuscule part of the population that is born a genius. For the rest of us, it's all hard work. Some things are easier. Some are harder. That's just live. And that's the beauty of it, because we complement each other. 6/x
... the first part: stereotypes. Barbies, legos. The thing from above. If you hear it often enough you will believe that you are not good at something. If someone says you are talented at something, it sounds much more appealing than "if you work hard, you will get there". 5/x
"One possible cause is teachers and parents transmitting the stereotype that boys are better than girls at maths — or that boys’ success is due to talent and girls to hard work, undermining girls’ confidence, the authors write in the paper."
This one stuck with me... 4/x
“But this paper suggests that their experiences with the world are mattering more than anything else.”
It's society. It's what we say to kids. Barbies are for girls? Legos for boys? Girls are not good at maths? It all has an impact on the development of the gender gap. EARLY ON. 3/x
“If we want to stop girls from falling behind, we need to focus on their early experiences at school.”
So yes, while we absolutely HAVE TO address the gender gap in higher levels, e.g. in the academic career from my perspective, this already starts A LOT EARLIER. A positive experience is key! 2/x
I don't post super often here, but I just came by to share this news article with you (published alongside the paper in Nature yesterday).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
There are a couple of sentences in the news article that stuck with me more than anything:
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hahahah thank you!! ☺️
thanks so much Marshall! ☺️
