The newly opened Center for PostNatural History founded by Rich Pell in Pittsburgh is the first museum that seeks to catalog man-made biological organisms. Pell is not a scientist, but an artist, one member of a growing DIY community that is exploring–and making–a new meaning of life as we know it. Pell is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at…
ISG Assistant Professor Aaron Panofsky’s research was recently discussed as part of an article in Science Careers. The article explores how disease researchers can reach out to patients by building a relationship with a patient advocacy group.
ISG professor, Dr. Soraya de Chadarevian, recently published a paper entitled “Making of Entrepreneurial Science: Biotechnology in Britain”. Abstract: Monoclonal antibodies played a key role in the development of the biotechnology industry of the 1980s and 1990s. Investments in the sector and commercial returns have rivaled those of recombinant DNA technologies. Although the monoclonal antibody technology was first developed in Britain, the first…
Over a 14-month period molecular geneticist Michael Snyder of Stanford University analyzed his blood 20 different times to pluck out a wide variety of biochemical data depicting the status of his body’s immune system, metabolism, and gene activity. article in Science the initial study published in Cell
Congratulations to ISG Associate Professor Hannah Landecker on receiving a prestigious American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowship. She was one of 65 recipients out of 1191 applicants. About ACLS: The mission of the American Council of Learned Societies is “the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening…