by Stacey Johnson | Feb 7, 2014
. Science communications – #scicomm for you Twitter fans – is an important aspect of what we do here at Signals Blog and even rates its own category. Science communications aims to educate the public (and sometimes scientists) about a science-related topic. A variety...
by Lisa Willemse | Jan 31, 2014
> By now, most readers will be familiar with this week’s announcement of a remarkable new discovery that mouse cells were made pluripotent using a relatively simple and quick acid bath technique. For those who aren’t, there’s reams of coverage,...
by Stacey Johnson | Jan 24, 2014
. My colleague, Casandra Gardner, PhD, was excited when she came across the image, below, of a plastic cell. Since my understanding of polymers is limited to what my university chem-eng boyfriend taught me many (many!) years ago, I thought Casey would do a much better...
by Lisa Willemse | Jan 17, 2014
> If you’ve ever wondered what makes a stem cell hasten its way down the mutational road to cancer, wonder no more. The answer is revenge – a kind of adolescent rebellion against parental (the body’s) and evoloutionary control. At least...
by Lisa Willemse | Jan 10, 2014
> Earlier this week, we tweeted some articles published online at Scientific American that provide some perspectives on the complexity and high costs of drug discovery – so far, two have been published, here and here. The tweet elicited a thought-provoking...
by Lisa Willemse | Jan 3, 2014
> What’s the end of a year without a recap, countdown or best of list? I admit that I enjoy reviewing lists of the events, films, music at the end of each year, to remind myself of what has passed and to see where my favourites stack up against the...
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