http://closingthesciencegap.com An Outside-the-Box Attempt to Close the Gap Between Science and Society Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:21:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a fantastic video by Dr. David Agus, who makes a convincing argument to change how we view and study this disease. http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/a-paradigm-shift-in-cancer-research/ You are probably familiar with the ongoing debate concerning the ability of someone to patent mutations that occur within a sequence of a gene. Recently, this topic has been in headline news due the legal battle between different groups (including ACLU) and Myriad Genetics (the patent holders for the DNA sequence ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/policy/is-it-legal-to-patent-genes/ Making Data Talk Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press A cyber-seminar today (January 26th, 2010) from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Eastern. This cyber seminar is part of and kicks off a series of monthly events by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The goal of ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/close-the-gap/make-your-data-talk/ When we started this website, we sought to identify approaches that would help us in closing the widening gap between science and society. We decided our first approach will be ART. We are pleased to announce the launch of Science Art Gallery .com. The goals of Science Art Gallery ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/close-the-gap/using-art-to-close-the-science-gap/ Welcome to CTSciNet, the Clinical and Translational Science Network, which is a web-based social networking infrastructure developed by Science Careers, AAAS, and sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The objective of this network is to help scientists who are interested in becoming involved in the clinical and translational research field ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/clinical-and-translational-research-network/ According to a recent Science Careers article "Tooling Up: The Project Management Career Track", it certainly is! Although the article points out that it would be difficult to obtain such a position fresh out of graduate school, it discusses the career path that one scientist took from his graduate school years ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/careers/is-project-management-a-career-option-for-scientists/ Do you want to take a break from the bench? Do you want to apply your science skills and experience to serve society? For 36 years, the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships have provided a very unique opportunity for scientists to apply their knowledge and skills to federal policy, while learning ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/policy/science-policy-fellowships/ Below, I have embedded an amazing video at TED in June 2009. There are many reasons why I wanted to point out this video. Here are a few: 1. it is an amazing illustration of how we can learn from nature. 2. importance of interdisciplinary approaches to scientific research 3. dynamic nature of ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/close-the-gap/learning-from-the-gecko/ Although a few months old, I recently stumbled upon this clip from a 60 Minutes interview of a couple of neuro-scientists, who are in the preliminary phases of successfully identifying an individual's thoughts, intentions, and experiences. The implications of this are far-reaching; it could change the way we testify in courts, ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/science-fiction-is-now-a-reality/ Since before I started graduate school in August 2004, I have tremendously enjoyed Jorge Cham's comic strips, and I have been an avid follower of PhDComics.com. In his recent comic strip (below), Jorge cleverly illustrated the misrepresentation of research findings in the mass media. Please Enjoy: For more comic strips by ... http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/illustration-of-the-science-news-cycle/