The Margaret Savigear Lectures acknowledge the importance of role models to the next generation of scientists by explicitly increasing the visibility of women biologists and celebrates the importance of mentors.
The format is to invite inspirational female academics representing an early and a later career stage. This year we had two fantastic speakers: Dr Melissah Rowe from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), and Professor Jane Langdale from the University of Oxford.