Search Results for: stem cell conference

Delightful overview of ISSCR 2013 by guest blogger Dr. Susan Lim

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments

By Dr. Susan Lim A record 4100 delegates attended the 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), held at the Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston from 12-15 June 2013. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the Meeting featured 7 Plenary sessions including a Presidential Symposium, 20 concurrent scientific …

Delightful overview of ISSCR 2013 by guest blogger Dr. Susan Lim Read More »

Fears of academic scientists: elephant in the lab series

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments
The-Scream

What scares scientists? What fears keep them up at night worrying? What makes them scream (if only in their heads)? As part of my elephant in the lab series tackling difficult but important topics for scientists, today I am talking fear! Earlier posts in this series included taboo topics about iPS cells, the dirty dozen …

Fears of academic scientists: elephant in the lab series Read More »

Great letter on Guv Perry’s California visit video from the artist

February 1, 2021 / By / 6 Comments

On Monday, I made a big stink about Texas GOP Governor Rick Perry visiting a lab (that of Jeanne Loring) at Scripps Research Institute here in California because the lab in question is a leading group doing human embryonic stem cell (HESC) and Perry is a strong opponent of such research. I thought the visit …

Great letter on Guv Perry’s California visit video from the artist Read More »

Does the Vatican view the American pro-life community as a bunch of out of control bozos?

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment

Does the Vatican view the American pro-lifers as a bunch of wacky extremists? An article today certainly suggest this. What’s going on? The Vatican, Catholics more generally, and  “pro-lifers”, as designated by the Catholic website CatholicCulture.org are still apparently very much at odds over a now cancelled Vatican conference on stem cells that would have included …

Does the Vatican view the American pro-life community as a bunch of out of control bozos? Read More »

Science street smarts: how to succeed in science in the real world

February 1, 2021 / By

Some of the smartest people I have ever met in my life were scientists. But some of these same people made the dumbest mistakes I have ever seen in my life. Why? Their raw brainpower and knowledge of science is amazing, but they seemed to lack common sense and what I would call “science street …

Science street smarts: how to succeed in science in the real world Read More »

My Cancer: how I became an advocate too

February 1, 2021 / By / 9 Comments
IMG_0572

There is a kind of invisible cultural wall between patients such as cancer patients and biomedical scientists like me, but this wall does not have to exist and indeed it is a negative wall as patients, scientists, doctors, agencies, and advocates can achieve far more together than apart. But the wall is surprisingly strong. Last …

My Cancer: how I became an advocate too Read More »