Conference daycare Nature Methods - Not all conferences offer childcare, but when they do, these scientists, who are also mothers, rejoice. The toys are pretty good, too.

When conferences provide childcare, science doesn’t “accommodate parents”. It retains talent.

Thanks Vivien Marx for including my voice in your @NatureMethods piece on conference childcare, access, & why affordability is still the choke point.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Last chance to apply for our infectious disease modelling practical course with @embo.org.

Funding is also available in the form of fee waivers, travel grants, accessibility, and childcare grants.

Apply by 26 May.

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