Articles by Erica Westly

In fewer than 15 years, nanomedicine has gone from fantasy to reality.

In fewer than 15 years, nanomedicine has gone from fantasy to reality.

Researchers are facing legal snags when applying for grants from non-profits

By Erica Westly Drive-thru lab Dubin-Thaler’s mobile microscopy lab. Courtesy of Ben Dubin-Thaler It’s a cloudy May afternoon in the Bronx, and cell biologist Ben Dubin-Thaler is standing in his cramped 1974 General Motors “Fishbowl” bus with a small group of seventh graders, ready to talk microscopy. “The first slide we’re going to look at is an onion skin,” he says to the group. “Now, w

Consider attending scaled-down, local research symposia to speak the language of your model organism

Credit: Courtesy of kabils / www.flickr.com/creativecommons" /> Credit: Courtesy of kabils / www.flickr.com/creativecommons On their own, the symptoms don't sound deadly: despondence, weight loss, fatigue. But after a few months, or in some cases a few years, all birds with proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) wind up dead. PDD began appearing in veterinary clinics in the 1970s. It eventually spread to parrots wo

A poster illustrating anatomy and photosynthesis in corn, by Michael Franklin, Rochester Institute of Technology, on Purrington's Flickr page. Credit: COURTESY OF Michael Franklin / Rochester Institute of Technology" />A poster illustrating anatomy and photosynthesis in corn, by Michael Franklin, Rochester Institute of Technology, on Purrington's Flickr page. Credit: COURTESY OF Michael Franklin / Rochester Institute of Technology