September 12, 2004
Triathlon to benefit The Myelin Project
On September 19, 2004, the 8th Annual Hammerfest Triathlon will be held in Branford Connecticut to benefit The Myelin Project. Applications can be found here.
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January 27, 2003
Beauty Ability
Here's a site that will be of interest to the ladies: Beauty Ability. I bought a copy of Wheelchair Fashion 101 a few months ago, and thought it quite good. I'm glad to see such books are starting to emerge, even if the major dead-tree publishers still don't recognize their value. (Warning: breast implants and sex are discussed graphically, with pictures. Ok, I'll wait here while you go click on the link...)
My personal beauty tip: only buy Nice Shoes. Hey, it's not like I have to walk in them; they're only there for show. So I get the good-looking ones that would kill a walkie. (Even though I'm small, I've found a good source: Cinderella of Boston!)
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January 23, 2003
Grants to support neuromuscular research
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is accepting applications for both development grants and grants to support research on treatments for muscular dystrophy and related diseases of the neuromuscular system. Generally, development grants are intended to expand the number of researchers in the field by supporting investigators who, under the guidance of a senior researcher, will be given the flexibility to conduct a neuromuscular-disease research project.
- Who is eligible: researchers at colleges and universities, or other medical and research institutions, who have a doctorate in medicine, science, or philosophy. Applicants outside of the United States are eligible for research grants if, in addition to the above criteria, their country of residence has inadequate sources of financial support for biomedical research or their project requires the collaboration of an American investigator supported by the association. Applicants for development grants must have at least 18 months of postdoctoral training.
- Deadline to request applications: June 15. Deadline for applications: July 15.
- Total amount to be awarded and number of awards: not specified.
- Amount of individual awards: up to $45,000 per year for development grants; there is no limit on funds for research grants. All grants are for one to three years.
View the full text of the announcement on the association's World Wide Web site.
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December 01, 2002
World AIDS Day
Today is World AIDS Day, and I'm participating in Link and Think in observance. If you ask me, they can't cure AIDS (and cancer, and diabetes, and leukemia, etc.) fast enough... some of these diseases make Dejerine-Sottas look like a walk in the park.
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November 17, 2002
Double helix bracelets
I love cool science stuff like this. It's a double helix bracelet from Carolyn Forsman Conversation Piece Jewelry, available online or in the MoMA Design Store. Available in silver, hematite, rainbow, and metallic red, fuchsia, royal, lime, and jade. (Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this site in any way, though I wish I was.)
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October 04, 2002
MIT Gives Out Free Education
As a public service, MIT is starting to put nearly all of their course materials online, free and open to the public. The first courses have been posted, and the rest will follow over a period of ten years. You don't get an MIT diploma for following along with the courses, but you can bet I'm going to take advantage of this to learn more about genetics and other topics that interest me. Boy, the academic world has come a long way since I was in college...
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September 18, 2002
GenoChoice.com
I was Googling in search of images of nucleotides when I stumbled across several images from the movie Gattaca, and with them, a promotional website for the movie: GenoChoice.com. It's all purely fictional, but if you click on the "Designer Babies" link, you'll be presented with a thumbprint DNA analysis, and the option to "upgrade" your embryo to remove the probabilities of a list of diseases. Charcot-Marie-Tooth was on my list at a 10% probability (that's all?!) and could be upgraded for a mere $4,123.
All told, the bill for my designer baby came to $115,938, but the biggest laugh I got from the Gattaca publicity stunt was the line at bottom of the invoice: "Your insurance will cover the cost of this procedure". Ha!
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August 19, 2002
Genomic Art
Interesting gallery of Genomic Art.
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