Not to be missed: Scientific Excellence Through Diversity

"Scientific Excellence through Diversity." Series of seminars presents women and minority researchers whose diverse perspectives and interests have led to scientific discoveries that have benefited diverse communities. "Diversity and different points of view are good for science," said Mina Bissell, who will give the first talk Oct. 22 at 3:30 p.m. at the Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium. "It's not just because 50% of this society is made up of women — I think that women do bring different insights to science." Bissell, a cancer researcher from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is the recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Science award from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. She will speak on "From 3D models to therapy: Putting the mammary grand and breast cancer in context." Open to all, the series is sponsored by the STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)-PLEDGE Graduate Student Diversity Group and funded by the Graduate Division.