Searching for zen within genomes
When Siddhartha Gautama fled his princely upbringing in India, it was his disillusionment and confusion that spurred a quest for knowledge. When he reached enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, he gained...
View ArticleThe #Phylotastic hackathon, akin to scientific fashion week
This week I'm attending the Phylotastic! Hackathon at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in Durham, NC. I've never participated in a hackathon before, and I wasn't quite sure what to...
View Article#Phylotastic Day 2: Collaborative Creativity
Unlike the world of art + design, creative science is rarely a one-man show. Sure, you could lock yourself away in a room and commit to work diligently until hypothesis X is validated or disproven. But...
View Article#Phylotastic Day 3: It's business time, 'cause I'm wearing my business socks
The first day of coding is always the most productive. You're starting out with a clean slate, inspired and motivated to dive right in. You haven't come up against errors, barriers, broken links, or...
View Article#Phylotastic Day 4: Slooowly grinding forward
There comes a point in all projects where things almost grind to a halt. After the frantic coding and early progress on Wednesday, Day 4 of the Phylotastic hackathon was peppered with...
View Article#Phylotastic: Day 5, to Infinity and Beyond!
The final day of the Phylotastic hackathon (and the subsequent weeks afterward) passed in a hectic flurry. We pulled off our runway show, and now we're getting ready to ship the prêt-à-porter...
View ArticleDiana Vreeland, fashion legend: "The eye has to travel"
SO EXCITED about the new Diana Vreeland documentary being released this fall. Here's a teaser for you: Vreeland was a fashion visionary, completing reigns at Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and the...
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Has the Big Bang Theory corrupted Men's fashion?
I'm all about clothing diversity and taking fashion risks, but there's one A/W 2012 trend that just has me dumbstruck. Colored jeans...for MEN!? I got an Express flyer in the mail with the following...
View ArticleA diatribe on fashion and "Princess Scientists"
I normally keep my mouth shut on "gender and science" issues, but Princess Scientist has taken things one step too far.How is promoting "princess scientists" different from barraging young girls with...
View ArticleFrançoise Gilot: "Art is not a communicable disease"
I was flipping through a pile of old Vogue magazines this weekend, and came across a wonderful article about Françoise Gilot, former mistress of Pablo Picasso and prolific painter in her own right....
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Portraits of Street Fashion - the Sartorialist
I've recently become obsessed with the Sartorialist. This fabulous blog is run by photographer Scott Schuman, who aims to create "a two-way dialogue about the world of fashion and its relationship to...
View Article"Ethel": HBO gives us (another) new look at the Kennedys
I can't say I'm much of a Kennedy aficionado (although growing up in Massachusetts, I suppose I am by default) - but having read another great article in Vogue, I do want to see the new HBO documentary...
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Puccini's Tosca: The parallels of exploration in opera and science
A few weeks ago, @forestdim and I ventured to the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, armed with tickets to see Giacomo Puccini's Tosca.The weather was perfect, our seats were fabulous. There...
View ArticleBefore Professor comes Postdoc: Lower career rung, just as much job stress
If being professor is the "Least Stressful Job of 2013", then being a postdoc is just as carefree and joyous.Its one of those mornings where I woke up stressed at 6am (and its a Sunday, of course). My...
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101 Things to Learn in Art School - A Book for Scientists
I was thrilled to receive this book under the Christmas tree, "101 Things to Learn in Art School" by Kit White.Its an inexpensive, chunky little book that I had originally thumbed through in a museum...
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#scioStyle at #scio13 - Impressions Matter: Embracing art & design in...
@LizNeely and I are excitedly preparing for our upcoming session at ScienceOnline2013, entitled "Impressions Matter: Embracing art & design in research and science communication" (scheduled for the...
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AAAS/NSF Visualization Challenge - 2012 winners
This morning I've been perusing the winners of this year's International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, run by the National Science Foundation and Science magazine. All the content...
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Artsy: a new site for discovering art on the internet
Artsy has been my guilty pleasure for a few months now - perfect for procrastination, but also very educational and a great way to keep track of my favorite artists.How to describe Artsy? Think of...
View ArticleThe interplay of science and society, as told by Brecht's "A Life of Galileo"
Alice Bell over at the New Left Project has some great reflections about a new Royal Shakespeare Company production of Bertolt Brecht's play, A Life of Galileo, running through the end of this month in...
View Article"Truth Values" - a one-woman show about Gender and Science
I've been dying to see this one-woman show ever since I met Gioia De Cari at a party on the Upper East Side last Christmas (sidenote: This is why I love parties. You never know who you'll meet.)The...
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