Suzana Herculano-Houzel
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Suzana Herculano-Houzel is a Brazilian neuroscientist working in comparative neuroanatomy.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 1972, Rio de Janeiro (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1992); master's, Case Western Reserve (1995); PhD in neuroscience, Paris VI (1999) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Book: The Human Advantage (MIT Press, 2016) (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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5 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Academic prizes are decided by old white men nominating their old white male colleagues. (opens korrents.com)
“Ultimately, decisions are made in rooms where old white men sit around a table and exchange the names of People They Know - who are bound to be their old white male colleagues.”
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Women in academia should seize positions of power whenever the opportunity arises. (opens korrents.com)
“Most importantly, when an opportunity arises for us to take positions of power, we SEIZE them.”
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Before trying to fix a falling metric, first understand the source of the decrease. (opens korrents.com)
“I say first make sure that you understand the source of the decrease, instead of rushing to fix something that maybe didn't need fixing - while you miss out on what actually did need fixing.”
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Academic prizes are decided by old white men nominating their old white male colleagues. (opens korrents.com)
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1 recommendation on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Catching Fire (opens rcmnd.app)
“I think he is pretty insistent that the major change was cooking with fire, hence the title of his book, Catching Fire.”
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Catching Fire (opens rcmnd.app)