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Life is found at every temperature and under very condition on this planet. Fish live deep in the ocean and survive with anti-freeze proteins, bacteria and worms on the edge of volcanic ocean vents....
This week we’re excited to welcome Liz Silva (@lizatucsf) as curator! Liz manages a new career exploration program at UCSF called Motivating INformed Decisions (MIND). MIND is one of 17 experimental programs across the...
Neuropsychologist Jens Foell (@fMRI_guy) joined Real Scientists at the beginning of December from sunny Florida. In addition to sharing with us loads of information about neuroimaging and the psychology of pain, it seems Jens also...
Biologist and postdoctoral fellow Gary McDowell (@BiophysicalFrog) joined RealScientists in December. Gary began the week from the annual ASCB meeting in San Diego, where he was talking about his work on the left/right patterns...
Continuing with our celebrations for Real Scientists’ third birthday, we have a special returning curator, Marah Hardt (@marahh20). We welcome Marah back to the curator’s role to talk more about her studies of underwater...
Chief Medical Physicist of the Australian Capital Territory, Sean Geoghegan (@SeanGeoghegan) joined RealScientists in November. Sean began his week tweeting from the Engineering and the Physical Sciences in Medicine Conference in Wellington and despite having...
Cell biologist Leigh Nicholson @smeighfickelson joined RealScientists in November. Applying her background in reproductive biology to cancer research, Leigh covered a wide range of topics from embracing mathematics as a scientist, to the array of supermarket...
This week, we welcome Professor Kim Cobb (@coralsncaves), Georgia Power Chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, USA. Kim is an award winning scientist whose research uses corals and cave stalagmites to probe...
Archaeologist Carly Monks (@_CarlyMonks) shared with us the true breadth of the field of archaeology during her time at RealScientists. With a background in cultural heritage management, Carly’s work focuses on landscape and natural resource management...
Organic and medicinal chemist Martin Stoermer joined RealScientists in October. Martin covered a fascinating range of topics from drug design in academia, to dealing with career disruptions and a SPECTACULAR triglyceride cake made with what appears to...