Frank N. Foods reports that Biofortified, a science-based blog about plant genetics, gathered more votes than the closest challenger on the changemaker "GMO risk or rescue" competition by a 2-to-1 margin. How did this happen? The science blogging community Pharyngulated the competition thanks to a post by PZ Myers. When the opposition protested in a somewhat unethical manner, PZ hit them again. Although the votes are not final, it looks like biofortified may have won the grand prize- a conversation wtih Michael Pollan about plant genetics. Thanks everyone for your support.
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Pamela Ronald is Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of
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engineered rice for resistance to diseases and flooding,
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We pharyngulated 'em
Posted on: October 30, 2009 4:48 AM, by Pamela Ronald
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I did my bit :)
Posted by: PeterM | October 31, 2009 2:37 AM
Thank you PeterM and thank you all science bloggers. It was amazing to see the power of the community. Together we can change the world.
Posted by: Pam Ronald | October 31, 2009 10:19 AM
On a completely unrelated note:
You might want to replace the 227KB 1960x3010 image of yourself with a much smaller 5-10K one of the right size (150x230). Not only will it load faster, it will also look better because web browsers typically don't use the best (read: slowest) downscaling algorithms.
Posted by: Peter Lund | November 6, 2009 5:02 PM