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I Know These People

nosugrefneb — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:14:39 +0000

An old classmate of mine is making big news!

I Know These People

nosugrefneb — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:47:56 +0000

A friend and fellow singer of mine in Invoxication appeared in the local Chicago movie, The Break-Up, several months back as a singer in the Tone Rangers. Seems to be making the rounds again, even if the movie was kind of crappy. He’s the dude with long hair and glasses.

I Know These People

nosugrefneb — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:51:26 +0000

I recently wrote at The Differential about a conversation I once had with an alumnus of the lab I worked in during college, who was, at the time, a young, hotshot neurologist who was involved with the treatment of many high profile patients, Christopher Reeve easily the best known among them. Now, he’s just an older, hotter-shotter version of that in a different city.

The Washington Post recently featured him and a few patients of his in their HD podcast.

More Shubin

nosugrefneb — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:12:18 +0000

Dr. Shubin is at it again. He has a guest post up on Pharyngula today discussing his thoughts on his visit with Stephen Colbert.

Let’s see: landmark discovery…book deal…Colbert Report…guest on Pharyngula… I think the only logical thing left to do would be to have him guest-post on this weblog.

I Know These People

nosugrefneb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:13:54 +0000

Another brush with fame. Neil Shubin, a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago and the provost of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, recently appeared on the Colbert Report. He actually did surprisingly well, given how much Colbert tends to rip people apart and generally mess with their heads.

These days, Shubin is probably one of the best known contemporary evolutionary biologists out there, what with his discovery of Tiktaalik, his recent book, and and his subsequent (inter) national media appearances.

As it happens, he was my anatomy professor in medical school and one of the best, most enthusiastic teachers I’ve ever had. (I also play racquetball in a court adjacent to his occasionally.)

If Mike Huckabee is elected President, and the majority of the country hasn’t emigrated elsewhere as a result, I nominate this guy to be science advisor.