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Right Turn: Things you should know before ISSCR

. What’s small and blue and brings a smile to your face? No, not a Smurf and I’m not talking about a little blue pill either. It’s the little cartoon guy from Life Technologies and he has a mission for those who are ISSCR-bound (and even those who aren’t). Watch him...

Right Turn: Bringing stem cells to (fictional) life

> I’ve been thinking a fair bit about the “personalities” of stem cells in recent weeks — specifically, the characteristics of stem cells that might translate into a persona or a fictional character of some sort. It’s with good reason,...

Right Turn: From chemistry to biology: A plastic cell

. 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...