About Me
I am an Associate Professor of Microbiology at NYU School of Medicine at New York. My research interests are understanding how human immune system works, HIV infection and pathogenesis, hematopoetic stem cells, aging of the immune system and reprogramming the differentiation programs of lymphocytes.
I am also very much interested in accelerating technological advances and their potential future impact. Especially I believe exponential advances in biology, nanotechnology and computer science are merging and creating a synergistic and remarkable progress in technology. I aim to follow and contribute to these advances with the hope that they will have positive impact on our health, greatly increasing our lifespans, enhancing our standard of living and improving our environment.
June 1, 2006 at 1:28 pm
[...] Själv önskar jag mig tydliga signaler om vem det är som skriver, eller är det bara nu för att jag sitter med en särskild uppgift som det känns så? Jag tror inte det. Källkritiken är densamma. Jag vill kunna lita på den jag läser något av och anonymitet sänder ut starka varningssignaler till mig. Kanske gäller detta inte om jag skulle följa någons mer personliga dagbok om vilka filmer personen sett och vad man gillar för konst, men faktiskt tror jag att det ändå är ganska inrotat i mitt sätt att bedöma information på nätet att vilja veta mer än någons smeknamn/pseudonym eller avatar. Ibland finns det en “about me”, men egentligen kan man skriva vad som helst här. Hur vet jag att pseudonymen snowcrash verkligen är associate professor tex när jag läser hans/hennes text om sig själv på: http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/about-me/ ? [...]
September 17, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Found your blog while scanning BOTD..
Very cool site.. At last a central clearing site for tracking the rapid advances in biology and life extension. Too bad I’m not a biologist and only a guy who is interested in technology concepts and trends. Pretty hard to read some of the details in these articles.. but that just means I’m showing off my ignorance.. ugh!
Would like to live long enough to take advantage of some of these COOL developments!
Anyways.. congratulations on your high listing in BOTD..
When you get a chance I invite you to browse my blog as well. : )
Cheers, GL
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October 15, 2006 at 7:41 am
Wow, great blog. I’m nearing completion of a molecular biology degree and this site could keep me busy for hours. I
November 6, 2006 at 3:42 am
Hi, this is a comment for you, it doesn’t need to be published. You may be interested in these interviews around the new field on Brain Fitness:
On Cognitive Simulations: Interview with Prof. Daniel Gopher
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/11/02/cognitive-simulations-for-basketball-game-intelligence-interview-with-prof-daniel-gopher/
On Working Memory Training and RoboMemo: interview with Dr. Torkel Klingberg
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/25/working-memory-training-and-robomemo-interview-with-dr-torkel-klingberg/
On Learning
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/12/an-ape-can-do-this-can-we-not/
Best regards,
Alvaro
November 21, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Thought you might find this interesting: http://visions.umr.edu/2006/06/a_somber_anniversary.html
February 9, 2007 at 3:23 am
What an excellent site! Thank you very much for putting so much effort into this! Im actually studying for Step 1 right now and wanted to distract myself on the net for a bit. I just happened to come across your blog and my distraction became a review in leukocyte extravasation! That animation is remarkable! Where is it comming from? Lord knows my Immuno prof did not explain things as clearly as the animation! And youve chose then most interesting topics to post about. Im definatly going to be a frequent visitor.
Thanks again!
Lucas
February 11, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Found your blog also while scanning BOTD on wordpress.com.
Very good blog!
February 11, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Wow! Such a coincident. Was i just checking one of the top blogs in WordPress and your posting caught my attention, so here am i! I like your blog it’s informative =) Something for me to read and co-relate with my studies!
Thank you prof!
March 11, 2007 at 4:03 am
have you read about the effect of gluatathione with respect to hiv?
March 11, 2007 at 4:05 am
thanks for the info. ill add it to my collection. ill need to get a new hard drive soon …or write a book.
b
April 30, 2007 at 10:33 pm
what a good blog..congrulations..!!!
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May 14, 2007 at 1:40 am
[...] 其实这儿我要说的是一件事， 就是一群纳米级的跳水健将(DNA, 蛋白质等等)在纳米跳板上叱诧风云(见图，引自纽约大学医学院的一位副教授的博客)，同时它们在跳板上的举动却也透露着它们的信息（体重）。 [...]
May 29, 2007 at 4:00 am
Please allow me to copy the videos to my educational website. Appreciate it if OK. Luis
August 9, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Your blog is super.
Thank you for providing thought-provoking topics.
August 19, 2007 at 1:28 am
I’m not even in this field or industry, but I thoroughly enjoy your blog. I find it fascinating, and even refer to it during conversations at the pub (”Did you know…”)!!
Thanks for presenting it all in such an approachable manner.
August 19, 2007 at 3:21 am
Thank you for all the very kind and supportive comments. Definitely gives me the motivation to continue this blog with renewed enthusiasm.
November 12, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Not many scientists are inspired to blog. You’re in a class of your own, which is good. The world has allowed non-scientists, who’re usually web-savvy, to contradict science for their own selfish ends. Look at the issue of genetically modified foods. Rather than grounding the debate on the science behind crop genetic engineering, critics instead excoriate corporations like Monsanto, Dupont and Bayer. Well, most people hate big corporations. Anti-biotech groups know this. Therefore, by shouting that GMOs is all about corporate greed, people tend to listen to them.
I am not a scientist myself, but for the last couple of years, I have been promoting public understanding of science through my blog, GMO Africa. I have been called all sorts of names, including ’shill.” I am from Africa where farmers still rely on antiquated farming methods. Any agricultural technology, including crop genetic engineering, I believe, can improve their lot. Unfortunately, there is a lot of hostility towards agricultural biotechnology, necessitated by highly inflammatory and misleading messages on GMOs by organizations like the Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. Yes, caution is necessary when it comes to handling GMOs, but it’s irrational to advise a continent like Africa not even to touch them.
I am always calling upon scientists to wake up and defend their innovations. Don’t allow illiterates, folks who can’t conduct the simplest of a lab experiment, to discredit your work.
January 7, 2008 at 3:37 am
Thank you for starting and , more important, maintaining and updating a very helpful site. I live and work in the Philippines, mainly in the field of education and learning. I think that our efforts to develop more effective and more appropriate learnings systems benefit from the exciting advances in neuro and biological sciences. Again, many thanks for this service.
January 8, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Interesting site…will be back.
January 9, 2008 at 3:53 am
Super site! Thanks - my son & I have had an interesting afternoon viewing several links on here including the Lego Rubik’s cube solver, the 3D on the human body (which he tried to guess what the visuals were) and several of the RSS links. Loved the articles on Nanotech & the RSS link to the Terasem Colloquium. Since hubby also reviewed a lot on here as well, I think this has now become a family fave! ‘Will be back.
January 9, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Hi! I am a medical student from Indonesia. I find your blog really interesting and useful! Thanks!
February 2, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Fantastic blog! I really appreciate that you decided to share all that information with the community. Thanks a lot!
March 17, 2008 at 8:39 am
im gonna add you as my link