Wow, a good crop of new National Academy of Science members, including Gia Voeltz and Danesh Moazed! http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2023-nas-election.html
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Professor at University of Toronto, Biochemistry Dept. Studies mRNA processing, mRNA translation, genomic evolution, junk DNA, junk RNA.
It' a bit too small to read, but there are blurbs on the jacket from @Kat_Arney, Ford Doolittle, Joe Felsenstein and @LeeCMcIntyre.
For anyone interested in the Function Wars, Larry Moran's upcoming book is a must read. It will be out later in the month, but until then, please see this: https://whatsinyourgenome.blogspot.com/2023/05/prologue.html
At least there is some recognition in the media about what is going to go down later today. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01453-8
As is typically the case, the public understanding of these events is clouded in half-truths.
An excellent article by @matthewcobb on the real contributions of Rosalind Franklin to the elucidation of the double helical structure of DNA. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01313-5
THIS! Where @zachbbionerd announces his new Youtube series where he will vlog his entire science project - from data collection, to analysis, to shepherding his manuscript through peer review. Good luck! https://youtu.be/UENteAE5lsQ
Demystifying Evolutionary Biology: My Summer Plans
