by Sara M. Nolte | Jul 30, 2013
. We know that success in research is dependent on public interest and funding, among a great many other things. Public interest helps drive long-term support, but to get that interest you need to generate excitement. So how do you excite people – many of whom are...
by Stacey Johnson | Jul 26, 2013
Today’s Right Turn is brought to you by Erin Sugar, communications intern at the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine. Erin’s love of hamburgers was not harmed by the viewing of this video. Culinary connoisseurs prep your palettes for the...
by Nick Dragojlovic | Jul 23, 2013
Would you use/support crowdfunding for research? Take the survey at the end of this post. . Biomedical research is expensive, and existing sources of funding often fall short. Profitable business models for the development of cell-based therapies are still being...
by Holly Wobma | Jul 16, 2013
. It’s probably safe to say that we all have some sort of genetic risk factor that runs in our families. For some its diabetes. For others it’s heart disease. For my family, it is mild hearing loss. In trying to make light of this, I sometimes tell myself, “Well, hey,...
by Stacey Johnson | Jul 12, 2013
. Jonathan Garlick, a professor at Tufts University near Boston, has been helping students connect to science through original rap lyrics that he composes and sings in class. Professor Garlick says rapping curriculum “immediately creates a common language that didn’t...
by David Brindley | Jul 9, 2013
. At the close of ISSCR2013, I left Boston bathed in an ochre sunset, and settled on a plane to reflect on what my most unexpected learning had been. My plane was bound not for home (London), but for Istanbul, where the TERMIS meeting was about to begin. As far as I’m...
by Lisa Willemse | Jul 5, 2013
. It was announced this week that a team of Japanese researchers had successfully restored liver function in mice using liver buds composed of human stem cells. Although preliminary, the researchers are optimistic that this technique could one day lead to a treatment...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | Jul 3, 2013
George Daley (File photo) Immediately after last month’s ISSCR meeting, George Daley travelled to the University of Toronto where he had been invited to be an external reviewer on a PhD thesis defense. While there, Daley spoke to a packed audience interested in what...
by Stacey Johnson | Jun 28, 2013
. If you watch TV, you’ve no doubt heard of the show “Big Bang Theory,” a popular, American sitcom about four über geeky science dudes and their daily shenanigans, frequently centred around finding love – in the early episodes – and now about keeping their lovers...
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