Mission Statement

Female scientists are currently underrepresented at the Faculty of Life Sciences, particularly in Biology. The Women in Biology Initiative seeks to understand the underlying causes and to support the careers of female scientists at all levels, from students to professors. Our vision is to equalize the female-male employment status and leadership at the Faculty. 

Upcoming events:

  • The next Female Role Models Seminar with Ass.-Prof. Clarisse Palma da Silva will be on Wednesday, May 15th at 10:30, UBB SR 5.1!
  • We are organizing a new outreach activity, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Reading Circle. The topic of this semester is gender bias in academia. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 21th at 10:00, in the meeting room 5.091 of the University Biology Building. All genders are encouraged to attend! More information here.
  • Our next Synchronisation meeting will take place on Friday, May 24th at 12:00 - 13:00.
  • Save the date!! Join us for the WoBio Welcome Day 2024 at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna on Thursday, June 6th, from 3 pm!
  • For other events, you can also check our Events & Networking page. We look forward to seeing you!

News & Events

Event
 

Film screening and panel discussions March 7-14 via online stream

On the occasion of International Women’s Day we celebrate female scientists with a...

Awards
 

The talented female researcher, Dr. Lisa Horn-Péter from the department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology received one of the prestigious Marie...

Event
 

"Reproductive ecology of tropical frogs"

Friday, 5th of June 2020, 9:30 a.m.

Messerli Research Institute, Univ. of Veterinary Medicine

Dept....

Event
 

“Cell Biology in Crop Seeds”

Thursday, 4th of June 2020, 3:00 p.m.

Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Molecular Systems Biology University of...

News
 

Eva K Fischer

Tuesday, 17th of March 2020 10:00-11:00

Seminar room Cognitive Biology

News
 

Dr. nat. techn. Katarzyna Retzer

6th March 2020, 12:30

Seminar Room Marine Biology in UZA 1