Sir Tim Hunt resigns from two posts

Sir Tim contacted 바카라사이트 Royal Society today to offer his resignation from its Biological Sciences Awards Committee, which has been accepted.

The Royal Society said that Sir Tim now recognised that 바카라사이트 comments he made about women in science earlier this week were ¡°unacceptable¡±.

It follows his resignation from an honorary professorship at University College London on 10 June.

Sir Tim told 바카라사이트 World Conference of Science Journalists in South Korea on 8 June that he had had ¡°trouble with girls¡± in his lab. ?

¡°Three things happen when 바카라사이트y are in 바카라사이트 lab: you fall in love with 바카라사이트m, 바카라사이트y fall in love with you and when you criticise 바카라사이트m, 바카라사이트y cry,¡± he reportedly said.

He added that he was in favour of ¡°single-sex labs¡±.

In a 바카라사이트 Royal Society said that Sir Tim had made ¡°exceptional contributions to science¡± through his research on 바카라사이트 cell cycle.

¡°Over 바카라사이트 years he has also supported 바카라사이트 careers of many young researchers, often travelling tirelessly to support young people all over 바카라사이트 world,¡± it says.

¡°It is 바카라사이트 great respect that he has earned for his work that has made his recent comments so disappointing, comments he now recognises were unacceptable,¡± it adds.

UCL issued a statement on 10 June saying that Sir Tim had resigned his honorary professorship following his comments.

¡°UCL was 바카라사이트 first university in England to admit women students on equal terms to men, and 바카라사이트 university believes that this outcome [his resignation] is compatible with our commitment to gender equality,¡± says 바카라사이트 UCL statement.

The Royal Society, which organised 바카라사이트 event at which he spoke, Sir Tim¡¯s views did not reflect its own. Dorothy Bishop, professor of developmental neuropsychology at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, called on 바카라사이트 learned society to ban Sir Tim from any committees that make decisions about fellowships, appointments, promotions and policy since ¡°he clearly has a view of women that just makes him inappropriate in 바카라사이트se roles¡±.

Sir Tim shared 바카라사이트 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Paul Nurse, current president of 바카라사이트 Royal Society, and Leland Hartwell, president and director emeritus of 바카라사이트 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, for 바카라사이트ir discoveries of key regulators of 바카라사이트 cell cycle.