Past Events
Here is a selection of our past events. To see upcoming events, click here.
We organise casual networking events to connect women in STEM in our region. As well as meeting new people we facilitate discussion on career paths, job opportunities, resources and support.
Networking
Outreach
We organise outreach events to speak to people of all ages and educational or professional backgrounds about the scientific work that is taking place here in Bern and Fribourg.
Women's visibility
Women are still underrepresented in STEM fields, especially at later career stages. We work to increase the visibility of women in science and the rights and opportunities of women in Switzerland.
Upcoming events
Workshop on academic mental health
Grächen, VS
Networking, Pod meeting
Our pod members gathered to attend a workshop by Dragonfly Mental Health on mental health and wellbeing for academics. The discussion topics included burnout, impostor syndrome, and power dynamics.
500WS in the pub
Theater ONO, Kramgasse, Bern, Switzerland
Outreach
Event information can be found in the flyer:
500WS in the pub
Theater ONO, Kramgasse, Bern, Switzerland
Outreach
Event information can be found in the flyer:
The Power of Networking
UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse, Bern, Switzerland
Networking
The Power of Networking
The exciting program included talks about the introduction to the quantum computer, networking activities and an open-ended apéro.
The event organized by Dr. Nezhla Aghaee consisted…
500WS Eat Lunch
Networking
500WS Eat Lunch with Sabine Höfler
Sabine Höfler is member of the scientific staff (promotion of early career researchers, dual career, work-life-balance) and also part of the Office for Gender Equality at…
500WS Eat Lunch
Networking
500WS Eat Lunch with Prof. Christine Peinelt
Prof. Dr. Christine Peinelt is co-director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBMM), president of the Life Sciences Switzerland Physiology section and delegate for…
500WS Eat Lunch
Networking
500WS Eat Lunch with Sophie Achermann
On November 11, we met with Sophie Achermann, COO of Alliance F, to discuss the activities of her organisation over lunch. Alliance F is…
500WS Eat Lunch
Networking
500WS Eat Lunch with Dr. Rachel Hevey
Dr. Rachel Hevey is a group leader in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Basel. Her research is focused on glycan…
Frauenstreik 2021
Bern, Switzerland
Women's rights and visibility
500 WS Bern-Fribourg @ Frauenstreik 2021, June 14
Join us!
We, 500 Women Scientists Bern-Fribourg, are planning join this year’s Frauenstreik on June 14, which will be quite different because…
500WS in the pub
Online
Outreach
Event information can be found in the flyer:
500WS in the pub
Theater ONO, Kramgasse, Bern, Switzerland
Outreach
Event information can be found in the flyer:
500WS Eat Lunch
Networking
500WS Eat Lunch with Dr. Irene Adrian Kalchauser
Dr. Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser is a newly appointed professor at the Center for Fish and Wildlife Health at the VetSuisse in Bern and a member of the Committee…
500WS Eat Lunch
Networking
500WS Eat Lunch with Dr. Emma Hodcroft
We are happy to announce that Emma Hodcroft, who is an epidemiologist from Basel and co-developer of nextstrain, an open-source project to track pathogen evolution in real-time.
Dr.…
500WS Eat Lunch
Networking
500WS Eat Lunch with Laura Lots
Laura Lots is a team member of the Gender Equality in Research Funding team of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Project coordinator of AcademiaNet,…
500WS in the pub
Theater ONO, Kramgasse, Bern, Switzerland
Outreach
Event information can be found in the flyer:
500WS in the pub
Outreach