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women in science - a documentary series
about Ukrainian female scientists.

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a documentary series about Ukrainian female scientists.

The story revolves around Masha – a 15 years old girl who is in love with science and is at the point of deciding who she wants to be. Masha is our guide to the fascinating stories of four Ukrainian female scientists. Each story is a separate documentary video, and together they are combined into a documentary series.
In each video, Masha asks scientists about their research, discoveries, hobbies, challenges on their path in STEM spheres as women, and how they overcame them.

Masha is an embodiment of the new generation in need of role models to follow.
These four videos are a short road movie into the world of Ukrainian science: starting from neurobiology and research on the ocean's internal waves to work with large predators and observation of sea giants.

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PhD in Molecular Biomedicine. Vira studies brain development disorders using stem cells at the University of California, Berkeley (USA). Her work will help children with genetic brain diseases that cause frequent epilepsy.

PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences, promoter of Mathematics, winner of the L'Oreal Award for Women in Science. Kateryna studies the internal waves of the ocean. She heads the section at the largest European geophysical conference in Vienna.

Zoologist, co-founder of Bila Skelia (White Rock) shelter for bears. Maryna studies large predators (wolves, bears) and is the chief zoologist at the Kyiv Zoo.

Marine biologist, research scientist, researcher at the National Antarctic Scientific Centre of Ukraine and Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of Sea. Oksana is the first woman to go on a winter expedition to the Akademik Vernadsky station over the last 20 years and spend 15 months there

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Organizational team

Ania Orekhova

INSCIENCE co-founder, WOMEN IN SCIENCE project coordinator

Olena Skyrta

INSCIENCE co-founder

Alesia Bolot

project manager

Anastasiia Krasnozhon

communications manager

Margaryta Ivanytska

communications manager

Anastasiia Vyshnevska

project manager

Oleksandra Lozovyk

communications manager

Kateryna Kviatkovska

project manager

Tania Kasian

gender consultant

Film crew

Yulia Kochetova

Director

Hrystyna Lyzogub

DOP

Ksenia Vynogradova

Location sound recordist

Dmytro Kuryliuk

First assistant camera, focus puller

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INSCIENCE promotes science and increases its value for society, business and the state. Large-scale popular science conferences, interactive lectures in unusual locations, extracurricular educational programme for teenagers, scientific start-ups exhibitions, special media projects, scientific parties. INSCIENCE's activities cover many areas united by a common goal - to promote the value of science among a broad audience.