Emily Holmes, who has recently joined the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit from Oxford University, will be speaking at the Royal Society’s Women in Science event being held on Friday 19 October 2012. Emily serves on the Royal Society’s EDAN (Equality and Diversity Advisory Network) committee and will take part in the panel discussion event led by Professor Uta Frith FRS debating why female scientists are less prominent than male scientists, and what might be done to improve the situation. This event is open to all and is free to attend, but there are a limited number of places and registration is essential. Please see the Royal Society page here for more info.