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The Egyptian goddess Isis was celebrated as the ideal wife and mother. The blogger known as Dr. Isis has some fancy-sounding degrees and is a physiologist at a major research university working on some terribly impressive stuff. She blogs about balancing her research career with the demands of raising small children, how to succeed as a woman in academia, and anything else she finds interesting. Also, she blogs about shoes. In fact, she blogs a lot about shoes.
...And behold, he raised the motherfucking Jameson on high as Isis bedecked her feet in glory, and the masses were sated. -- The Holy Gospel According to PhysioProf
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Category: Diversity in Science
In the interest of fairness and, dare I say it, civility, a representative from Intel responded to this post in the comments section and I want to be sure that all of my readers (especially those who may avoid the...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 3:39 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Diversity in Science
En esta edición del carnaval de la diversidad en ciencia, se destacan los logros de los científicos hispanos. Hay una serie de distinguidos científicos hispanos, incluyendo varios que han ganado el premio Nobel (haga clic aquí para obtener más información...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 9:46 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Diversity in Science
Time Magazine has an article out this edition on the decline in traditionally Hispanic names in the United States. The article highlights the fall in popularity of names like Guillermo or Juanita. It's specifically this paragraph, though, that I want...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 11:26 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Diversity in Science
Being, basically, the hottest female scientist at ScienceBlogs is not easy, and in order to do smoking hot science, I have had to learn a lot of really important lessons. Some of them I have been learned quickly -- for...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 3:23 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Diversity in Science
Back from a couple of month hiatus, the Diversity in Science Carnival is being hosted this month by DrugMonkey! This month's carnival honors Hispanic scientists and coincides with National Hispanic Heritage Month. HHM was first established as an observance by...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 10:41 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Calling out Asshats
Dr. Isis has slipped and fallen into a sea of white male privilege, spewing forth from d00ds who think that Dr. Isis has totally done off the deep end... Figure 1: Except Isis's shoes are much hotter.I have apparently also...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 7:38 PM • 119 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Stuff You Send Me
Now, Dr. Isis will never say that physiology is not the best scientific discipline in the universe. But how would Dr. Isis be able to say that without her astronomy sisters to describe the nature of the universe so that...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 5:05 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Diversity in Science
Sandy at Discovering Biology has a great post up right now on the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM) Act. Under this initiative, immigrant children in the country illegally would be eligible to apply for permanent residency...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 9:57 PM • 72 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physiology
[Update]: The APS provided me with a high quality image of their announcement. I've added it to this post so that you can read it in its high quality hotness. Lately I have been reading some application materials and...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 7:09 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Diversity in Science
The new edition of Diversity in Science, celebrating the accomplishments of women scientists, is up over at Thus Spake Zuska. The collection of posts is amazing and I can think of no better choice than the Godmother of Science...
Posted by Isis the Scientist at 8:19 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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