{"id":93314,"date":"2020-11-19T17:34:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T23:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=93314"},"modified":"2020-11-19T18:27:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T00:27:08","slug":"scientists-discuss-the-importance-of-building-antiracist-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/scientists-discuss-the-importance-of-building-antiracist-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discuss the importance of building antiracist labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Marisa Sloan<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Scientists discuss the importance of building antiracist labs by MedillReports\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F931110505&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Racial and ethnic diversity in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) remains low, causing many academic leaders to seek guidance on how they can make their own labs more equitable and inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.1008210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paper<\/a>, published in the journal PLOS Computational Biology last month, provides just that.<\/p>\n<p>Co-authors Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe and Dr. Bala Chaudhary sat down to discuss their \u201cten simple rules for creating an antiracist lab\u201d \u2014 rules that range from leading informed discussions about racism in the lab to supporting Black, Indigenous, and students of color in their efforts to organize mentorship networks \u2014 and why they are needed more than ever right now.<\/p>\n<p>A protest sound bite was used with the permission of Natalie Eilbert.<\/p>\n<p><i>Marisa Sloan is a health, environment and science reporter at Medill. 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