Entries from May 2010

May 11, 2010

Off the Bench Begins

Darlings: This year has been a wild ride. I made the transition from bench scientist to program administrator/outreach maven/boss-type-person. I know some of you want to make a similar move, and I want to help you. So, I am starting a column called Off the Bench that will detail for you what this transition has [...]

May 6, 2010

Science Explained: Who’s your daddy (genetically speaking?)

The Neandertal genome has been sequenced!  It’s in tomorrow’s issue of Science. I don’t know what kind of dork it makes me that I just screamed this to my office so that they know (I was met with blank stares), but I don’t care.  I’m so excited about this.  It isn’t complete, but a method [...]