Month: August 2014

Ask Me Anything on Stem Cells: Join me on Monday for Reddit AMA

Reddit-Journal-Science

For stem cell educational outreach I did a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” or Reddit AMA about 5-6 months ago on stem cells and the response was great. There were so many wonderful questions and comments. I only wished I could have gotten to all of them. In total there were more than 1,100 comments. Yeah, …

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Reflecting on Sasai tragedy, STAP, & flawed field of science

Yoshiki_Sasai_circa_2012

Today has been a dark day of mourning for science following the death by suicide of Dr. Yoshiki Sasai. I did not know Dr. Sasai personally, but was very impressed with his work. His suicide leaves me feeling very sad and it seems like an appropriate time for reflection. (update I did a post on suicides by …

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Stem cell tragedy: Yoshiki Sasai (笹井芳樹) commits suicide

Yoshiki_Sasai_circa_2012

Dr. Yoshiki Sasai (笹井芳樹) former Deputy Director of the RIKEN CDB and a senior author on the STAP papers, has reportedly died from suicide. Update: The Japan Times writes on this situation that Sasai was found hanging at RIKEN and there may have been a suicide note. Dr. Sasai was a top scholar in the stem …

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