Membership

I have been on Alba's mailing list for quite some time. I thoroughly enjoy the webinars and have also applied for the grant to attend FENS Forum 2024. Being part of a network that connects scientists from around the world and supports minorities sounds like a fantastic opportunity.

I am joining the ALBA network as a female junior scientist who would love to see the Academic world change towards a more inclusive and equal one.

Alba Network gives possibilities to underrepresented categories and I believe it is important to be part of this association as a young woman who has just started as an early researcher.

I identify with ALBA's values and mission, especially in terms of diversity. This would bring me personal and professional development, and I could bring my experience as an Amazonian scientist to ALBA, as I already do as a student representative of the Brazilian Society of Neurosciences and Behavior.

I would be honored to be part of this great team of neuroscientists whose mission is to enhance women in science achievements. Besides, I would be delighted to receive Alba's prince to attend the upcoming FENS conference

I've heard about Alba for the very first time at IBRO's World Conference in Granada. There was a booth where some very intelligent women explained to me the whole purpose of Alba and that I should join it. Ever since I've been thinking about it. I think I belong to Alba because my committed nature has made me a very hard-working student and it has led me to leave the country to finish my Ph.D. outside my original country: Brazil. I was awarded a scholarship to live abroad for one year with all costs covered by the federal government. This is how much my country believes and invests in my education. Not everyone can say that where I come from. Also, I hope that in the future I can teach in Brazil everything I learned around the world and return all the investment spent on my education in the form of knowledge for future generations.

In conclusion, my path can be more difficult for being a woman, Latina, queer, from a middle-incoming country and many other difficulties, but I'm still making space for myself and for future female neuroscientists. If I can make it, they can make it too. However, nobody achieve great results alone and I think that's why I belong with Alba.

I’m a Master and PhD Student in Biological Sciences, Biochemistry at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. I have been working on an investigation of oxidative stress, bioenergetics, mitochondrial quality control and interactions between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in different models of Huntington’s Disease and inherited metabolic disorders.

I strongly support making science openly accessible to all and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. Interdisciplinary lies at the core of neuroscience, with problems addressed using approaches from various scientific fields. Similarly, a more inclusive and diverse environment will foster new ideas and nurture creative collaborations.

I am applying for ALBA membership to help boost my career as a neuroscientist in Brazil. At the institution I am part of, unfortunelly, there are few opportunities to exchange information or visit other laboratories, or even learn other techniques to implement here at our context, so I believe that ALBA could provide opportunities for my scientific enrichment.

I am joining ALBA to support the promotion of diversity in neuroscience and to apply for a Travel Fellowship to attend FENS Forum 2024.

Joining Alba provides an opportunity to overcome linguistic barriers and join a community that values diversity. As the first woman in my family pursuing higher education and a research career, I face gender-based challenges exacerbated by limited maternity benefits in a male-dominated field.

I'm interested in understanding gender differences in drug responses and immune activation. As a woman in neuroscience, I feel the need to support any initiative to increment visibility of woman in sciences.

There are few (if any) initiatives to promote equity and diversity in brain research in my country.