Premature human engineering
The news buzz alive with excitement about human genome editing, even human germline engineering. Successful germline engineering requires (1) a technology …
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Deceptive Numbers
You want to estimate an important quantity. You compute an exact number purporting to estimate it. You compute another exact …
Increasingly direct evidence
The results in our Cell report are particularly satisfying to me since they bring clarity to a puzzle that I …
Chalk talks are awesome!
Interviews for tenure track positions are not to be feared but to be anticipated and enjoined. If your experience is anything like mine, you will meet many thoughtful colleagues and perhaps even start new collaborations. Enjoy the adventure!
Why I did not quit
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) asked why doctoral students do not give up their research despite the …
Science and failures of authority
One of the key milestones in the emergence of the scientific method was placing empirical evidence above authority. This shift …
Which publications are citable?
The number of references to a scientific publication is frequently used as an objective measure for the significance of the …
Valor
Very few human acts are more inspiring than courage and defiance in the face of insuperable evil. While such defiance and courage …
Ideas
I have heard many biomedical researchers express the opinion: “In biology, ideas are cheap. It is the doing that matters.” …
Evolving scientific culture
Scientific research depends crucially on the scientific culture. Unhealthy culture cannot support healthy research.
