Eva Amsen, Author at the Node

Eva Amsen

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SDB meeting in Albuquerque

Posted by Eva Amsen, on 5 August 2010

Today is the first day of the SDB meeting in Albuquerque. The program looks amazing, and I’m looking forward to many of the talks. The meeting is held jointly with ...

Would you like a zebrafish with your tea?

Posted by Eva Amsen, on 4 August 2010

Model organisms never looked so delicious… The baking blog Not So Humble Pie features science cookies made by the author or by her fans. Many of the cookies are biology-themed, ...

The Intestinal Crypt

Posted by Eva Amsen, on 2 August 2010

It’s not often that the introductory part of a research talk is beautiful as well as informative, but Hans Clevers achieves both by using this video about the intestinal crypt ...

Too many postdocs and PhD students?

Posted by Eva Amsen, on 23 July 2010

There was a nice piece on the Naturejobs site this week, written by postdoc Katherine Sixt. She describes how she started to realize that not every postdoc will eventually become ...

Science on Screen

Posted by Eva Amsen, on 20 July 2010

If you’re annoyed by the unconvincing lab work on shows like CSI, and would like to show the world what real scientists are like, why not make a film yourself? ...

Hi Caroline! Hope you're off to a good start and that you're enjoying my old desk... :)

by Eva Amsen in New Reviews Editor at Development! on March 22, 2013

I think I just question the entire thing. I don't think prizes were the best way to show support of life science research. According to the Guardian piece (and an older one abut the physics prize), they seem to think that showing that science can be glamorous and rewarding would motivate young scientists. It seems to suggest that they think that a lack of motivation or a lack of dreams is currently keeping people from going into the life sciences and pursuing the noble fight against various diseases, when in fact there are more people interested in working in biomedical research than there are currently positions for. I'm happy for the winners, and it's a really great selection of people, but I don't think anyone else became extra motivated to work harder on their own research with the dream of being one of the winners later. And even if they did, how WOULD they work harder when either they or their collaborators are having trouble just keeping their labs running? Related: "Philantropy: You're Doing it Wrong" http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/12/25/philanthropy-youre-doing-it-wrong/

by Eva Amsen in Breakthrough Prize floors winners with sheer amount of money on February 21, 2013

Hi Daniel, Emma already spoke for EuroStemCell, but this *might* be something we'd consider covering on the Node in general. The only problem is that there factually *isn't* much to write about. Your comment says it all, really: he sued the Nobel Assembly, the assembly said they didn't know him, and nothing seems to have happened after that. It's a bit hard for us (at the Node) to write about with so little info, but if a researcher in the field wanted to write an opinion post about it, and focus on the papers and patents that are in question, they're more than welcome to!

by Eva Amsen in Stem cells at school, plus new fact sheets on EuroStemCell on February 14, 2013

See also the interview with Roger Barker about this same paper https://thenode.biologists.com/an-interview-with-roger-barker/ , and the videos on EuroStemCell http://www.eurostemcell.org/story/studying-huntingtons-disease-using-stem-cells-lab

by Eva Amsen in Hope for Huntington’s on January 15, 2013

Thanks for your update, Mahim! For anyone else interested in a travelling fellowship, the deadline for the current round of applications is December 31st! More info: https://thenode.biologists.com/travelling-fellowships-3/

by Eva Amsen in Academic Visit to Oxford University : Thanks to Development Travelling Fellowship on December 18, 2012