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"Exploration of Sulfonamides and Benzothiazoles as Peptide-Based Cleava" by Abigail Dalton
Abstract Cleavable linkers have demonstrated great potential in various applications of medicinal organic chemistry, such as in modern therapeutic development. Linkers are stable compounds that cleave in specific conditions to release molecular cargo. We have developed cleavable linkers based on nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions on sulfonamide and benzothiazole substrates in small molecule and in peptide studies.
Beyond 9 to 5: How online gig work can create more jobs for women
When Anum graduated as a software engineer in Pakistan, she struggled to find a job in her field. Not willing to give up, she decided to embark on an alternative career path: online gig work. Anum joined Fiverr, the most popular online gig work platform in Pakistan. After some initial challenges, Anum now runs her own freelance business specializing in graphic design and web development, and she helps other women succeed in the world of online freelancing.
Shifting gender norms for more equitable development
Norms matter. Whether we think women should work outside the home, control household income, hold positions of power, and more are all influenced by the social and gender norms. Yet we know very little about how to work with norms in a policy context. The draft World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030 identifies understanding and addressing social norms as critical for more equitable gender outcomes for Bank projects.
What motivates charitable giving?
As behavioral scientists to the World Bank, we at the Mind, Behavior, and Development (eMBeD) Unit tend to see behavioral science everywhere. With the holiday season fast approaching, it’s no surprise that we can apply behavioral science to any number of seasonally appropriate channels, including charitable giving. Reciprocity, it turns out, affects us at every age, and can be a good lesson for charitable giving campaigns.
How to apply a behavioral lens to increase women’s economic opportunity
Countries, communities, businesses, and economies can only achieve their full potential and address today’s challenges when girls, women and people of all gender identities have the same rights and opportunities. While recent decades have seen a narrowing of gender gaps, more innovative approaches are needed to tackle these persistent challenges.
This International Women’s Day, 3 things you can take from behavioral science for a more equitable world
Many insights from behavioral science apply directly towards better understanding and addressing inequalities between men and women, in education and health, ownership of assets, access to more and better jobs, and the capacity to act on one’s own behalf and interests. Here are three insights that stand out as critical to closing these inequalities by 2030.
What can policymakers learn from international organizations when it comes to behavioral science?
For staff at international organizations like the World Bank, overcoming shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic and rising levels of violence and fragility present unique opportunities for innovative operations and responsive policymaking. Tools and lessons from behavioral insights continue to expand as promising strategies for stakeholders seeking to tackle seemingly intractable problems.
Lessons in "Nudging" From the Developing World
This article is part of our special issue “Nudge Turns 10,” which explores the intersection of behavioral science and public policy. View the complete issue here. In 2013, the influence of Nudge and the success of the groups like the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) demonstrated that behavioral science was a powerful tool in the developed world.
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