S.U.P.E.R. 2013 scholars.
Here is our current crop of SUPER students in the Eye Research Institute. SUPER stands for Summer Undergraduate Program in Eye Research. We have eight newbies this summer, and as you can see they pretty much reflect the nature of our community and the trends in higher education. As we headed into the new century, we already knew that over 50% of science degrees were now being awarded to women. More and more professors in the sciences are also women, more than any time in our past and thus more role models exist to pave the way for our daughters who desire to be scientists and physicians. At this time, it is also not unusual that most graduating medical school students are now women. It is clear from our records of SUPER applications over the last decade that the women applying are more likely to have higher GPAs and thus do well in our initial selection of applicants for interviews. Our students are also from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, reflecting who we are in North America and Michigan.
June 15, 2013
June 2, 2013
Your Top Five Science Rant Reads in May 2013: Acai hype, Grapefruit dangers with medicines, Fabric Posters, Contact lens cleaning, Replacement for iWeb iDisk
Based on you, my readers: here were the blog posts that attracted the most attention during May 2013:
The scam nature of antioxidant drinks like Acai and Bilberry were of large interest.
KPM
The scam nature of antioxidant drinks like Acai and Bilberry were of large interest.
KPM
May 4, 2013
FABRIC POSTERS FOR SCIENCE MEETINGS.
LOOK. No more tubes. This poster I am presenting Monday at the ARVO meeting (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ) is printed on polyester fabric. Folded into my carry-on bag.
TODAY, Saturday, I am giving a talk on imaging amyloid plaques in the retinas of Alzheimer model mice. A method that is non-invasive and I hope will be added to a doctor's tool kit in the future. I am not even trying to make money from the idea. Imagine that :)
Ken Mitton.
Watch "Confetence science posters on fabric. Just iron!" on YouTube
April 8, 2013
A note on Margaret Thatcher. Prime Minister. Conservative. Scientist.
Margaret Thatcher just passed on. Who is she? Too young are you?
I recommend you check out a good article today in The Economist online HERE. Its a pretty good summary, although I do not agree with the sideline in the article that suggests businesses are over-regulated in general in the West. I don't think all of our investment banks trashed our economy in 2008 because of "over" regulation!
Margaret Thatcher not only did much around 1980 to show that women can run big old world powers (UK) as well as any man, but she was also a conservative politician who understood science. Likely, this is because she actually went to college and obtained a degree in Chemistry from Oxford.
As conservative as she was, she was not a hate monger nor dismissive of science as some liberal plot to harm business. She herself worked in the business of plastics and food products before turning to the study of Law to help her way into her growing passion for politics. While her mentor at Oxford, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, was liberal and Baroness Thatcher's political opposite, they discussed their differences as civilized academics and respected each other. Apparently, Thatcher placed her research mentor's portrait in her office upon becoming Prime Minister and they were always in communication.
This VERY economically conservative Prime Minister also did not run from the science of global warming. She was the first leader from a big economy to raise the issue, in a speech to the UN General Assembly in 1989.
Tough but not uncivilized.
I recommend you check out a good article today in The Economist online HERE. Its a pretty good summary, although I do not agree with the sideline in the article that suggests businesses are over-regulated in general in the West. I don't think all of our investment banks trashed our economy in 2008 because of "over" regulation!
Margaret Thatcher not only did much around 1980 to show that women can run big old world powers (UK) as well as any man, but she was also a conservative politician who understood science. Likely, this is because she actually went to college and obtained a degree in Chemistry from Oxford.
As conservative as she was, she was not a hate monger nor dismissive of science as some liberal plot to harm business. She herself worked in the business of plastics and food products before turning to the study of Law to help her way into her growing passion for politics. While her mentor at Oxford, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, was liberal and Baroness Thatcher's political opposite, they discussed their differences as civilized academics and respected each other. Apparently, Thatcher placed her research mentor's portrait in her office upon becoming Prime Minister and they were always in communication.
This VERY economically conservative Prime Minister also did not run from the science of global warming. She was the first leader from a big economy to raise the issue, in a speech to the UN General Assembly in 1989.
Tough but not uncivilized.
March 26, 2013
A good chat with Mandy Patinkin
Watch "Mandy Patinkin Talks Inigo Montoya And 'The Princess Bride'" on YouTube
Interviewed by Mr Strombolopolis.
You will like it. What is his favorite line from the movie? :)
March 21, 2013
Applied Guitar Science #1
Watch "Dr Mitton's Introduction to Electric Slide Guitar like Rocky Mountain Way" on YouTube
You can play more like Joe Walsh if you know some applied logical and scientific rules when playing electric slide guitar. Maybe good rock guitarists are naturally scientific?
PS. Practice with your guitar unplugged first.
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