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====== Miscellaneous news and stories ====== | ====== Miscellaneous news and stories ====== | ||
- | * **March 9, 2018** John Sulston, a visionary, fantastic scientist, and Nobel Prize winner | + | |
- | John mapped the lineage of cells in the nematode //C. elegans//, which made it possible for researchers to study the mechanisms of cell division during development of tissues and underlying processes. He also demonstrated that programmed cell death occurs as part of the normal development of animals. | + | {{ : |
+ | Sydney did the early work on //C. elegans// and demonstrated that these nematodes can be cultured in the lab, and mutations in genes affecting various phenotypes can be isolated and propagated in the laboratory. Together with John Sulston and Bob Horvitz, Sydney' | ||
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* **March 2, 2018** Bollywood takes on menstrual hygiene - A movie based on the biography of an Indian sanitary-pad innovator. [[https:// | * **March 2, 2018** Bollywood takes on menstrual hygiene - A movie based on the biography of an Indian sanitary-pad innovator. [[https:// | ||
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* **June 24, 2011** Sunrise over Atlantic ocean (captured from Toronto-London flight, June 5, 2010) | * **June 24, 2011** Sunrise over Atlantic ocean (captured from Toronto-London flight, June 5, 2010) | ||
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* **January 2008** Obituaries of two remarkable scientists who made major contributions to biological science using the fruit fly animal model // | * **January 2008** Obituaries of two remarkable scientists who made major contributions to biological science using the fruit fly animal model // | ||
* Edward Lewis (1918-2004) {{ : | * Edward Lewis (1918-2004) {{ : | ||
* Seymour Benzer (1921–2007) - Notice that Benzer was almost the same age as Lewis when he died {{ : | * Seymour Benzer (1921–2007) - Notice that Benzer was almost the same age as Lewis when he died {{ : | ||
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* **October 2007** Jim Watson' | * **October 2007** Jim Watson' | ||
In an interview with the London-based newspaper //Sunday Times//, published on October 14 2007, Dr. Watson commented that he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” and that “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really”.\\ | In an interview with the London-based newspaper //Sunday Times//, published on October 14 2007, Dr. Watson commented that he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” and that “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really”.\\ | ||
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The comments created a huge controversy and led to cancellation of his speaking program in UK to launch the new memoir //(Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science)//. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory New York (USA) terminated his Chancellor position. Also, Rockefeller University cancelled Dr. Watson' | The comments created a huge controversy and led to cancellation of his speaking program in UK to launch the new memoir //(Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science)//. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory New York (USA) terminated his Chancellor position. Also, Rockefeller University cancelled Dr. Watson' | ||
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