Nowotny asks what does a social scientist do in the land of genomic promise? The promise (or contract) that binds science and scientists together is the expectation that the public have from scientists, and the scientists aspiration to produce something useful. The pursuit was one of laws, the laws of natural philosophy, but with the…
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Over the course of this week, a lot of the science I’ve written about was announced at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union, which has been going on in San Francisco. Several of the talks and press conference have been live streamed; the organizers accepted questions submitted from the remote audience, and most of…
I have been an active research scientist in bacterial genetics for over a decade, and a science blogger for about four years, with much of my research and writing focusing on various aspects of the lifestyles (and DNA) of bacteria. Yet in all the many hours I’ve devoted to staring at Gs, As, Ts and…
This year the Nobel Foundation launches a new format, the Nobel Week Dialogue. I feel honoured to get the opportunity to write about this event as a coordinator and part of the official english blogging team, consisting of Jim Caryl, Maria Delaney, Ashutosh Jogalekar and John Timmer and the swedish bloggers Eva Barkeman and Emil…
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Thanks to the Nobel Week Dialogue blogg team: @j_timmer @BLugger @jacaryl @mhdelaney (&me) http://t.co/0CxXtBQD #nwd12 http://t.co/Xe2n72Tq
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The most important question is not if a disease is caused by genetics or environment but our ability to cure it. #nwd12
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I wonder when people will stop seeing genetic differences as a problem and not an opportunity #nwd12
