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• 2012-05-30

  jtotheizzoe:

  I AM SCIENCE

  A little while back, I got the following question in my inbox:

  I’m 32, and I decided after high school that college wasn’t going anywhere, and so i played in a punk rock band for 12 years, and after a few years of cooling off and accepting my old-ness, i have decided that i would really like to pursue a science and/or science related career. Am I too old already? If not, what are some good options for a late-comer like myself? 

  So you’re a late-comer to the game, you didn’t do everything “by the book”, and you want to get into science. What does your path ahead look like?

  The same as everyone else’s.

  I know that sounds obscenely and insultingly simple, but it’s the truth. That’s also the message of the I Am Science movement, celebrated above in a video from The Story Collider to commemorate their second year anniversary (which features several awesome science folks that I know online!). Everyone in that video took a non-traditional path to the science career they have today, because there is no traditional path. None of them would want it any other way.

  They represent the tip of the iceberg. People just like them (and you) can be found on every campus. If you look in the newsrooms, classrooms and offices of the science world, you’ll find them too. In my department we have retired teachers returning for research degrees after the age of 50, we have former artists and musicians who never even graduated college, and we have veterans looking for more education after their military service.

  There is no “right way”. There’s a simple set of criteria for pursuing a career in science: Curiosity, focus, the ability to learn, and the desire to try. If you have that, then the standardized tests and applications will be a cinch. You’ll need some experience, which you can get through volunteering in local labs or by working as a research assistant for a short time. You’ll need to practice writing, and reading scientific papers. But you’re never too old to pursue a career in science. You can only be unwilling to try.

  Check out the original collection of I Am Science stories and the Story Collider audience submissions for inspiration. There’s more doors open to you than ever before.

  Sure, you may not end up a professor or winning a Nobel prize, but you can be a part of the journey to discovery. Science is a hell of a fun party, and as far as I’m concerned everyone’s invited.

  Source: jtotheizzoe

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  jtotheizzoe:

  I found my son’s killer.

  It took three years.

  But we did it.

  I should clarify one point: my son is very much alive.

  Yet, my wife Cristina and I have been found responsible for his death.

  
  That’s how Matt Might (of The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. fame) introduces us to his heart-wrenching tale of a sick child. Months of research, dozens of doctors’ visits and no answers found … only more questions. Time was, and is, running out for their son. 

  So they decided to go beyond the cutting edge, and have their genomes sequenced (the parts that encode proteins, anyway). Their son is patient zero of a never-before seen disorder, and the knowledge to save his life lies just beyond our reach.

  It’s a must-read, and a reminder of why we toil in labs across the world: To move that line a bit farther out, and help people like Matt and his son.

  If you’d like to help support this work, Matt is selling printed copies of his famous Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. with proceeds going to research to benefit genetic disorders.

  Source: jtotheizzoe

• 2012-05-28

  I love anything and everything done by Mirah.

  I wish I could see her live.

  One day, one day I will.

• 2012-05-26

  staceythinx:

  Science is lovely in silk (at least it is in the hands of Karen Kamenetzky).

  Kamenetzky on her work:

  I dye, paint and stitch cottons and silks to create boldly colored wallhangings inspired by microscopic/cellular imagery - a kind of visual invented biology with textiles. I find this imagery metaphorically rich since all change fundamentally happens on this infinitesimal level.

  (via scientificillustration)

  Source: karenkamenetzky.com

• 2012-05-22

  

  sciencejokes:

  askinnyblackman:

  
  Get it because it’s a CELL WALL

  HA

  http://sciencejokes.tumblr.com

  Source: buttsbutts

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• 2012-05-21

  

  funniest10k:

  Click here for the funnest blog you will EVER follow

  Source: uparupa

• 2012-05-18

  

  medicalschool:

  The surgical team takes their places before surgery commences. As the circulating nurse and scrub nurse assist the chief surgeon with draping, the anesthesia and heart-lung machine team readies their equipment. (Yale School of Medicine)

  Source: medicine.yale.edu

• 2012-05-15

  See you in September!

  

  I’m going to accept! Unless I run out of money…

  New country, new city. I’m so excited but also so very nervous at the same time.

  Woot!

• 2012-05-14

  

  micro-scopic:

  Dr. Mohammad K. Hajihosseini
  University of East Anglia, School of Biological Sciences
  Norwich, UK
  Specimen: Transgenic mouse
  Technique: Stereomicroscopy

  Source: olympusbioscapes.com