This excellent New York Times article describes Eric Lander's journey in science to his position today as not only one of the great genome researchers but a terrific teacher and human being.
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John Hawks points out that Eric Lander has been appointed to co-chair Obama's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology along with science adviser John Holdren and Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus. Here's how the AP article describes Lander:
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the truth is that promoting science isn't just about providing resources – it's about protecting free and open inquiry. It's about ensuring that facts and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology. It's about listening to what…
Looks like this season's lecture series has started.
Yesterday evening I saw a talk by Eric Lander, head of the Broad Institute. Now normally I do not blog about my results and I do not blog about what I hear at seminars. It just doesn't feel right. Scientists work very hard at obtaining results…
Yes kiddies, we want you to study more math, and then help us out here with biology. You don't have to be Lander. It's OK to be a biologist who actually studied enough, rather than one who became a biologist to flee analytic thinking.
Lander says they knew no scientists as he grew up. But I am the same age as Lander, and would say that even as 9 year olds, wanting to be scientists was more common then than now. Scientists were respected, often famous. It was going to be exciting days. I fear that now, the fact that hard thinking might be required, makes it less attractive.
I like her because she's famous
I like her because she's famous