International Women’s Day 2025: accelerating action with BioTechniques

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, BioTechniques and our sister sites are hosting various engaging events and resources centered around this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’.

Our activities began with a series of insightful Panel discussions with industry leaders, researchers and activists, highlighting challenges and progress in gender equality within STEM fields.

BioTechniques’ discussion focused on the neuroscience of the contraceptive pill, exploring how the pill impacts the brain, the research gaps that currently exist as well as the techniques being used to answer these questions.

Bioanalysis Zone was joined by experts to discuss sex differences in drug metabolism and toxicology, investigating the challenges in identifying sex-related differences and future strategies to create a more inclusive approach to drug development and testing that benefits both men and women.

Oncology Central’s discussion was centered around addressing the critical issue of physician burnout, delving into the root causes of burnout, its profound impacts and practical solutions to support clinicians.

RegMedNet followed up with an exclusive interview with Lindsay Davies (CSO at NextCell Pharma; Stockholm, Sweden), to break down the science behind NextCell’s mesenchymal stromal cell therapy for type 1 diabetes. The conversation also highlights how growing evidence of sex-related differences will increasingly shape decisions in the development and testing of cell therapies.

Finally, each Digital Hub created a comprehensive resource list, including a selection of books, films, online communities and other educational materials, to empower and educate individuals and organizations to take meaningful action.

Through these initiatives, BioTechniques and our sister sites – RegMedNet, Bioanalysis Zone and Oncology Central – hope to showcase and amplify the incredible research and contributions of women across diverse fields in science, driving collective efforts toward a more inclusive and equitable world for women and girls everywhere.

On behalf of all our Digital Hubs, we would like to thank the incredible women who took the time to help us celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 and each and every person working towards advancing gender equity in STEM.

Without further ado, browse each of our activities below!

BioTechniques

Bioanalysis Zone

Oncology Central

RegMedNet

Resource list