Frank Wants a Shiny Prize
Please God, don’t let it happen. Please don’t let Franky Collins win this stupid award. I don’t usually make pleas to you, but, given that this is a matter regarding a man of faithTM, I figured it’s a...
View ArticleWhere does your funding come from?
The Scientist blog reports that a representative of the National Science Foundation (NSF) was at the annual meeting of the America Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). The NSF representative pointed out a...
View ArticleSciencedebate 2008
Are you bothered by the total disregard for science shown by some US presidential candidates? Mike Huckabee does not heart evolution. Other candidates aren’t saying much. Would you like to see where...
View ArticleFrancis Collins Should not be Pres. Science Advisor
Matt Nisbet thinks that Francis Collins should be the next presidential science advisor. He does this after rejecting excellent popularizes of science, such as Neil deGrasse Tyson and E.O. Wilson, on...
View ArticleVarmus Screws the Pooch
Harold Varmus is one of the most high profile advocates of open access to biomedical research. As one of the cofounders of the Public Library of Science (PLoS), he has played an important role in...
View ArticleWho said this?
Someone was asked something along these lines by a member of some legislative body: How will your research help protect this country? That someone replied with something like this: It won’t, but it...
View ArticleGood-bye Frank!
Francis Collins, head of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), will be stepping down from that position in August. Collins has overseen the sequencing of the human genome, the HapMap...
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The Phylogenetics of Animal Testing
Phylogeny Friday — 30 May 2008 Research on animals in under attack throughout the world. Animal rights activists not only stage rallies against animal testing, but they also engage in criminal...
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They are NOT fruit flies
In the recent kerfuffle over Sarah Palin’s disparaging remarks about “fruit fly” research, an important point was missed by the general public, scientists, and even Drosophila geneticists: she wasn’t...
View ArticleEric Lander Teaches?
John Hawks points out that Eric Lander has been appointed to co-chair Obama’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology along with science adviser John Holdren and Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus....
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