Instruct Instruct PartnerInstruct is delighted to host the Women in Science Workshop once again in Brussels.
As satellite to the Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Conference 2026 (IBSBC), Instruct-ERIC will be hosting a Women in Science Workshop, on 27 May.
The workshop will bring together researchers and policy makers from across structural biology and beyond, discussing the positive impacts of gender equity and diversity in science, as well as the mechanisms to achieve them.
The workshop will open with lunch at the Marriott hotel Grand Place in Brussels, then starting with talks at 13:00, as well as panel discussions and networking sessions.
Full programme:
| Time | Session | Speaker |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch and Registration | |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Welcome | Claudia Alén Amaro |
| 14:10 - 14:20 | EU Initiatives for Improving Gender Equality | Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva |
| 14:20 - 14:50 | Gender in sight, politics in play, science in trouble | Judith Juanhuix - ALBA Synchrotron |
| 14:50 - 15:00 | Increasing visibility, connection and representation for women in structural biology and structure-based drug discovery. | Ieva Drulyte - WeINSPIREBIO |
| 15:00 - 15:40 | Break | |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | In Search of the "Equaman": When, Where, and Why Men and Boys Support (or Resist) Gender Equality. | Natasza Kosakowska-Berezeka – University of Gdansk |
| 16:00 - 16:10 | Instruct-ERIC Supporting diversity in structural biology | Claudia Alén Amaro |
| 16:10 - 17:00 |
Panel Discussion Chair: Marylène Vandevenne - Robotein4Instruct |
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| 17:00 - 18:00 | Networking |
The Women in Science Workshop follows Instruct’s awarding of the European Commission Gender Equality Prize in the Newcomer Category for 2024.
Participants are also invited to register for the Biennial Structural Biology Conference taking place 28-29 May.
Instruct is also providing a Parent Travel Grant for the Workshop and Conference. Find out more about the grant and get funding here.
This follows the Women in Science workshop hosted in Madrid in 2019.
