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 [...]
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 [...]
The March Night Lab will be held in May! I just got my Ph.D. and had to hold off on the events for a few months while I made my transition, but can’t wait to see you at the next event!
Science needs a new face, and with any luck, it will get it. Diversity in science is an ongoing issue, but today I was able to see the richness, perspective, and talent that we will see as the scientific workforce diversifies. A very talented young man, an engineering student, stepped up to the podium at [...]
Thanks to Bora Zivkovic for the shout out! I’ve been using this blog space (and hopping back on Talking Science)primarily to showcase my events-partly because I was finishing my Ph.D. and had just about no free time-but am excited to use this platform for other nefarious purposes, but I’m looking forward to learning from you!
Out to convince you that science is for everyone, Night Lab is going to amp back up after the new year. Get yourselves ready for a lineup of events that will get you thinking about science in a whole new way-and get you thinking, period. The first event will be on Sunday March 1st-we’ve covered [...]
The upcoming Night Lab on May 17th is being featured in the May issue of Chicago magazine! The event’s theme is the science of food and the neurobiology of taste. Details coming soon! I am writing my thesis and super-busy pulling the final details together, so won’t be posting a whole lot until after May [...]
I had the pleasure of hearing Al Gore speak at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference last week. We were not permitted to video or audio record any content from the conference, otherwise you can be assured that I would have posted video of the talk. It was a closed talk, [...]
My event was featured on WTTW (Chicago’s PBS station)-Laura Baginsky covered it on Chicago Tonight (thank you!). Come down to Schubas tomorrow to check it out. View the clip on the WTTW website-just scroll down to Timeout Chicago’s Weekend Picks and watch the clip!