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DEI conversations: more than a box-ticking exercise

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology volume 24, page 238 (2023)Cite this article

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I would like to start with a story. At first glance, the tale may seem trivial — familiar, but inconsequential when framed against the backdrop of our larger issues in academia. But bear with me, because I think that this is a story that speaks to a much bigger problem.

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F.M.D. is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC, #2003832) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation (#NNF20OC009705). The author thanks S. Chalmers and V. Ananthanarayanan for insightful discussions on DEI topics.

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  1. Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Felicity M. Davis

  2. Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

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    Felicity M. Davis

  4. EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Felicity M. Davis

  5. School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Felicity M. Davis

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Davis, F.M. DEI conversations: more than a box-ticking exercise. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 24, 238 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-022-00565-9

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