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Women continue to face serious obstacles when pursuing a scientific career in Switzerland, with the juggle of family life and research particularly difficult. Research shows women are underrepresented in scientific and technological fields, and the higher up the ladder one climbs, the fewer the women. The crux: having children is a big disadvantage when it comes to building up a scientist’s essential body of research. “Science is like a bottomless pit. You can put endless hours into it. And basically it’s all-consuming,” said Susan Gasser, a leading biologist awarded this year’s European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Women in Science Award. “A single woman and single man pretty much start the race at the same point but it’s almost inevitable that most women have to take breaks for childbearing and raising. Then it’s all about a balancing act to stay at the forefront.” A woman will have to recognise fr

United statesAnja umbach danielSusan gasserEtiennette verreyResearch endEuropean molecular biology organizationEuropean commissionTechnological developmentSwiss federal commission for womenEuropean unionEc fifth framework programme for researchFederation of european biochemical societiesSwiss national science foundationNational research programmesEuropean biochemical societiesFriedrich miescher institute