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Women in chemistry

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The Women in Chemistry conference held on International Women’s Day was an opportunity to celebrate the varied careers of female chemists and showcase every step along the way. Suze Kundu emphasizes that successes, failures — and everything in between — are all intrinsically valuable.

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Kundu, S. Women in chemistry. Nat. Chem. 11, 603–604 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0285-y

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