In the Spring of 2018, I was in the audience of a public Town Hall in the FL Keys discussing the use of innovative mosquito control technologies. I was representing MosquitoMate with their patented Wolbachia male mosquito release technology. Wolbachia utilizes a mechanism known as cytoplasmic incompatibility that can reduce insect populations, in our case…
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Why does it take so long to make a vaccine for COVID-19?
Image Credit: Ted S. Warren, AP With all the (mis)information out there, vaccines are definitely one of the most widely misattributed subjects. Regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic, why can’t we just make a drug or compound that cures or vaccinates anyone from infection? Vaccine varieties The problem isn’t making a new drug or compound to…
How to crush your next presentation and develop your public speaking skills
Think of the last seminar or talk at a conference you attended. What stands out? For me, I usually think about the impact and significance of the data, or how relevant it applies to my field of study. However, how well did the speaker present and discuss the data? Was it in a narrative fashion…
PhD’s and Politics Series Part 3: Science awareness in the USA.
The rise of the anti-science movement has perpetuated an unfortunate belief in some Americans that scientists are responsible for vast conspiracies including (but not limited to) the danger of vaccines or hiding a cure for cancer. So what gives? How do scientists more effectively educate and bring scientific awareness to non-scientific communities? A 2017 poll…
The disparity of STEM eduction in rural vs. urban school systems
About a month ago, the US House of Representatives Committee on Space, Science, and Technology introduced legislation that will improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in rural school systems. The bill has bipartisan support, and provides funding for the necessary tools and infrastructure like high-speed Internet and computers. The bill also supports STEM-based teaching…
Ted Talks Part 1: Nanorobots
Last week I was fortunate to attend the TED talks at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. It was the first ever TED event with exclusively science-related talks. Over the coming weeks, I am going to discuss some of the topics presented by the speakers. Today’s post, will be about nanorobots. Dr. Paul…