Conversations with LGBT+ scientists about visibility, leadership and climbing the career ladder

Robert G Bristow; Joanne Engel; Izzy Jayasinghe; Martin Kampmann; Owen James Sansom; David M Bryant

doi:10.1242/jcs.259880

Conversations with LGBT+ scientists about visibility, leadership and climbing the career ladder

J Cell Sci. 2022 Feb 15;135(4):jcs259880. doi: 10.1242/jcs.259880. Epub 2022 Feb 21.

Authors

Robert G Bristow¹, Joanne Engel², Izzy Jayasinghe³, Martin Kampmann⁴, Owen James Sansom^{5

6}, David M Bryant^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ CRUK Manchester Institute and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M20 4GJ, UK.
² Department of Medicine, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
³ Division of Molecular & Cellular Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
⁴ Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
⁵ Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK.
⁶ Institute of Cancer Sciences, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.

PMID: 35188214
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259880

Abstract

February is LGBT+ history month, and to celebrate, Journal of Cell Science Editorial Advisory Board member David Bryant organised a conversation with a selection of scientists to explore their experiences of being LGBT+ in academia.

Keywords: EDI; Equality; LGBT+; LGBT+ history month; LGBTQ+; diversity and inclusion.

MeSH terms

Career Mobility
Communication
Humans
Leadership*
Sexual and Gender Minorities*

Grants and funding

MR/T040769/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom