Las Buenas Conciencias. Carlos Fuentes.
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Answer the following exercise:
The process of research never stands independently from the content of the research. As a student new to the field of research, and perhaps even to your owndiscipline’s preference (such as education, psychology, sociology, medicine, astronomy, physics, chemistry, etc) answer the following questions:
a) What areas within your discipline especially interest your?I’m interesting in medicine, mathematics and sciences
b) Who are some of the outstanding researchers in the field of your preference, and what is the focus of their work?
Ruzena Bajcsy:Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley In 1979 Bajcsy helped create robots that could sense and respond to their environment. She now heads aninnovative institute where researchers develop smart low-power sensors that both compute and communicate. Bajcsy believes the sensors will be "the next revolution in technology." They can monitor energyconsumption in buildings, watch for forest fires, or keep tabs on people by, for example, calling 911 if a person with Alzheimer's disease wanders from his home.
Elizabeth Blackburn Professor ofBiochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at San Francisco Each time a cell divides, its chromosomes shorten slightly. To protect vital genes from being lopped off, chromosomes are capped withtelomeres, blocks of DNA and protein. Telomeres are maintained by telomerase, an enzyme discovered by Blackburn (see story Why science must adapt to women) and biologist Carol Greider. In most healthycells, telomerase production eventually ceases, telomeres whittle down, and the cell dies. Blackburn's research has shown that in cancer cells, the enzyme never shuts off, and cells become immortal:"Telomerase is reactivated in about 90 percent of tumors. It is a great favorite of cancer cells," and thus a target for new drugs.
Dr. Friedberg is President of the International Association for...
The process of research never stands independently from the content of the research. As a student new to the field of research, and perhaps even to your owndiscipline’s preference (such as education, psychology, sociology, medicine, astronomy, physics, chemistry, etc) answer the following questions:
a) What areas within your discipline especially interest your?I’m interesting in medicine, mathematics and sciences
b) Who are some of the outstanding researchers in the field of your preference, and what is the focus of their work?
Ruzena Bajcsy:Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley In 1979 Bajcsy helped create robots that could sense and respond to their environment. She now heads aninnovative institute where researchers develop smart low-power sensors that both compute and communicate. Bajcsy believes the sensors will be "the next revolution in technology." They can monitor energyconsumption in buildings, watch for forest fires, or keep tabs on people by, for example, calling 911 if a person with Alzheimer's disease wanders from his home.
Elizabeth Blackburn Professor ofBiochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at San Francisco Each time a cell divides, its chromosomes shorten slightly. To protect vital genes from being lopped off, chromosomes are capped withtelomeres, blocks of DNA and protein. Telomeres are maintained by telomerase, an enzyme discovered by Blackburn (see story Why science must adapt to women) and biologist Carol Greider. In most healthycells, telomerase production eventually ceases, telomeres whittle down, and the cell dies. Blackburn's research has shown that in cancer cells, the enzyme never shuts off, and cells become immortal:"Telomerase is reactivated in about 90 percent of tumors. It is a great favorite of cancer cells," and thus a target for new drugs.
Dr. Friedberg is President of the International Association for...
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