1. WORK-LIFE BALANCE IN SAUDI ARABIA & HERE Marlene Belfort Friday, April 17 2015

3. LANDMARKS OF POST-GRAD LIFE A T I O N ADMINISTR IN SCIENCE A T I O N ADMINISTR PROFESSIONALDOMESTIC

4. LANDMARKS OF POST-GRAD LIFE 1968 - Grad school: UCI, Ca 1972 - PhD: UCI - Postdoc: Hebrew U, Northwestern 1977 - Research Scientist: NYSDOH - Assistant Professor 1987 - Professor 1997 - Election to NAS - Alice Evans Award 2007 - Distinguished Professor 2012 - Move to Biology A T I O N ADMINISTR IN SCIENCE A T I O N ADMINISTR PROFESSIONALDOMESTIC Marriage to Georges Belfort -3 Baby boys Irvine, Ca. Jerusalem, Israel - Boys grow into men Albany, NY - Empty nest - Writing, Administration - Grand babies (6.4) VIRAL/HOST INTERACTIONS REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION INTRONS IN BACTERIAL GENOMES MECHANISM, APPLICATION, EVOLUTION OF INTRONS+INTEINS

5. % academic biochemists Women Men GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, GOOD NEWS ASBMB Today February 2012 Prebaccalaureate Postbaccalaureate Postdoctoral Non-tenure-track Tenure-track Tenured 40 80 20 60 0 100

6. MUTUALLY REINFORCING ROLES OF MOTHERHOOD AND SCIENCE Developing common skills –Resourcefulness and problem-solving –Nurturing (children, students, post-docs) –Multi-tasking and juggling –Cooking up experiments and designing meals Equilibrium –Work/home life –Ups/downs –Thrills/spills –Outside opportunities/home comforts Belfort, ASM News 2003 Belfort, Current Biology 2001

7. WHAT IT TAKES Adaptability, flexibility Boundless reading Competence Compromises Energy, optimism, persistence Good fortune Passion, commitment, hard work Sacrifices (play and $) Support - partner, family, institution, community

8. BELFORT SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS

10. CASES Emotional Abyss; Physical Cause ? By MARLENE BELFORT Published: October 30, 2007

33. belfort babies MOLECULAR (LAB) BABIES

34. BIOLOGICAL BABIES

35. BIOLOGICAL GRANDBABIES