A networking event for female, trans*, inter* and non-binary scientists.

Sofia Kirke Forslund-Startceva trained as a molecular biotechnologist and bioinformatician in her native Sweden, expanding into microbiome data analysis during her post-doc years at EMBL Heidelberg. Working on health associations of the gut microbiome, its interactions with medications and on the propagation of antibiotic resistance genes, Sofia took up a junior group leader position at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin in 2018, with her Host-Microbiome Factors in Cardiovascular Disease lab based at the Experimental and Clinical Research Centre (ECRC).

Her interest in DEI work in institutions reflect both her feminist convictions and her experiences as a neurodivergent LGBTQ++ individual living in nontraditional relationships.

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