@drsaherahmed
All things research equity and inclusion https://www.saherahmed.com/ Visiting Scholar at The University of Cambridge Previously Head of EDI at the Wellcome Sanger Institute + EDI at The Institute of Physics Physicist, Mum and 🐈 owner
I do a lot of road running and my feet are not enjoying the experience 😭 I think it's time for a trainer update 👟 Any recommendations for good running shoes...? I'm looking for comfort, I'm not speedy 😅
🚨NEW FUNDING: Introducing the 2025 Round of the @wellcometrust.bsky.social Accelerator Awards! 🚨
Our funding scheme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani applications has reopened.
💰 £200,000 per researcher
🗓️ Up to two years
✅ Apply by 15 July 2025
⤵️https://lnkd.in/e6PT-TQR
I'm so honoured to be starting as a Visiting Scholar at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 😊Excited to grow my work in research equity, ethics and inclusion; learn from brilliant minds, and be part of such a thoughtful community 🤩 If you're working in this space—or just curious—I'd love to connect 😀
Oh no 😢 I hope you're still recovering well - sending all of my best wishes ❤️
KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences!
DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share.
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
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I said: "I believe that far from stepping away [from EDI], the UKRI and the UK scientific establishment more broadly should see the current situation as an opportunity to step up, to show global leadership in maintaining momentum towards a fairer and more effective innovation ecosystem."
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/trumps-...
"Building a more diverse scientific community is – in my opinion – a question of fairness and justice.." “It’s also a question of what is good for science and innovation." @profrachelgan.bsky.social 👐🏽
Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n
Today I am giving a lecture at Sheffield Hallam funded by @roysocchem.bsky.social exploring my life and times in chemistry, including a bit of our research alongside what it means to be an LGBT+ scientist.
It is possible to register for online attendance:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/catalysing...
Cool, cool, very cool. Not nightmare fuel. Not at all. Just some wicked cool spiders. Very cool.
Goodnight, interwebs. Sleep tight. Don't let the bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider bite.
Our paper on nurturing a #PositiveResearchCulture within your #research #team published by @wellcometrust.bsky.social gives useful tips for your lab. As well as making you a good team leader, nurturing culture pays off in building your science: 1/11
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-3...
Picture of life sized M&Ms walking happily. They are green, purple, brown and yellow
Selfie of Saher and a happy green M&M
Hopefully we can troop out of our offices soon ( like these happy M&Ms... 🤣) and have a bit of R&R. Happy holidays 🥳💚
Reading the paper in Cell about how to close the scissor plots in gender representation at senior academic positions, I feel just a touch of pessimism. Having reached a level of seniority (middle management) I didn’t think I ever would, I read these great ideas wanting more, much more /1.
I'm also someone who advocated and to some extent continues to advocate for a data driven approach to EDI. However, I didn't originally set out to be an advocate for data. I started out asking a simple question that I hoped would prompt targeted intervention & which happened to need data to answer.
The second edition of the Research Excellence Awards is now OPEN to applications. @blackinplantsci.bsky.social in partnership with @aabiologists.bsky.social are unlocking this prize to celebrate talent of Black and Black heritage working with plants in UK. Apply at blackinplantscience.org
**Black UK PhD students**
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
📖 Excited to share our new article, out now in @elife.bsky.social: elifesciences.org/articles/102... Our annotated readling list on neurodiversity is a result of the collaborative efforts of a fantastic, multidisciplinary & neurodiverse team
Triggered partly by John Lewis Christmas ads and partly by a conversation I had today…why do some people still think that marginalised people are now unfairly over-represented in positions of power and/or on TV, when all the data I’ve seen suggests this isn’t the case…?
**Black UK PhD students**
This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care.
**Tell everyone**
Agenda for the Munich for Women in Science event
Photo of Ele, Shomari and Saher, wrapped up in winter coats, standing outside. They are covered in a light dusting of snow.
Clip of snow surfers on the river. The banks are covered in a thick layer of snow
A photo of a snowy Christmas market
This time last year I was thrilled to be invited to speak at the first Munich for Women in Science Event 😊 Huge thanks to Ele Zeggini and @www.helmholtz-munich.de for the invitation 🙏🏽The snow then came and I got stuck in Munich 😅 Remember the adventures @shomarilw.bsky.social 😆
Love this @royalsociety.bsky.social 🤩 Further details 👇🏾
royalsociety.org/about-us/wor...
A big ginger and white cat looking in through some bi-fold windows, staring angrily at a smaller black and white cat. Cat standoff
Strange cat in the garden - Cruella the Cat is not happy 😾
go.bsky.app/PyBGpg8
Fabulous Post-Doc Fellowship opportunities 😍 Information on how to get in touch below 👇🏽
www.blackincancer.com/opportunities
Black in Cancer (not on BSky I think)
Interesting paper 👇🏾
Photo of an inside of a shop with lots of people crowding round Christmas gifts, tea, coffee, chocolates, biscuits. Lots of Christmas trees are visible. Interior of Fortnum and Masons, London
Selfie of me smiling to the camera, next to brightly decorated Christmas trees. Interior of Fortnum and Masons in London
Christmassy songs on the radio, Christmas trees and hustle and bustle in shops🌲 Eek- too soon 🫣
Thank you 🤗
