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New Biofuels Manifesto
University of Minnesota Professor David Tilman, Princeton University Visiting Scholar Tim Searchinger, Dartmouth Professor Lee Lynd and others involved in the debate over the environmental and social...
View ArticleThe BioGENEius Challenge: Priyen Patel
By Priyen Patel, 2011 U.S. National BioGENEius Media Award Winner Project Title: Over-the-Counter and In Your Water? The Most Effective Filtration of Pharmaceuticals Project Description: Research shows...
View ArticleThe BioGENEius Challenge: Prarthana Dalal
By Prarthana Dalal, 2011 International BioGENEius Challenge 1st Place Winner Project Title: Modeling of human non-deletional hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) conditions in β-globin...
View ArticleHoneybees, Butterflies, and Pesticides
Honeybees and butterflies occupy a sensitive space in many peoples’ hearts, and it is no question that there is a call to action to help restore populations. Lawmakers and scientists are working on...
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Standing up for Science!
Recent media coverage has spotlighted consumer skepticism of science. From this National Geographic article that explores “why so many reasonable people are skeptical of science” to a recent PEW study...
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Resolve to Focus on What Matters Most About Your Health (It’s Not GMOs)
At this time of year, you see lots of stories about making New Year’s resolutions: losing weight, improving one’s health, and just generally making changes in one’s life. Whether people can stick with...
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International Women’s Day: Women in Science and Food and Agriculture
In honor of today being International Women’s Day, and March representing National Women’s Month, I’d like to profile a few of the influential women working at the intersection of science and food and...
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Mommy, Ph.D.: Prescribing Lessons in Biotechnology, One Troll At a Time
Like many mothers, Alison Bernstein was overwhelmed with the information about what makes food safe. So overwhelmed, in fact, she thought “everything was killing us, and everything was destroying her.”...
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Six Tips to Evaluating that Exciting Science Article You Just Read
Almost every day you see a new study out there with a major scientific breakthrough or paper telling you that something is bad for you. That’s certainly the case with GMOs. But how do you know what to...
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Bread with Reduced-Gluten Wheat? Researchers Successfully Map Wheat Genome
In 2006, plant researchers successfully mapped the genome of rice, the first crop to be sequenced. Today, the list of plants that have had their whole genomes mapped is extensive – from algae to papaya...
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