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Geoff Hunt
Geoff Hunt is the 91亚色传媒's former outreach manager.
Articles by Geoff Hunt
Defying Stereotypes
So, a biochemist walks into a comedy club 鈥'
June 1, 2015
How did a Chinese immigrant who once studied neurotransmitters in fruit flies wind up on stage telling jokes at the expense of the second-highest ranking U.S. official? According to comedian Joe Wong, delivering jokes and getting data have more in c鈥
Defying Stereotypes
Analyze this: life as a sports journalist
May 1, 2015
With the analytical mind of a scientist, Jaffe is part of a new generation of baseball scribes more interested in using objective statistics than hagiographic mythology in their reporting and commentary.
Defying Stereotypes
A curious mind
May 1, 2015
Once the head of an oncogene research laboratory, novelist Stephanie Laurens has chartered an unusual career path to become one of the most successful romantic fiction authors today.
Defying Stereotypes
The other lives of cheerleaders
April 1, 2015
A select group of women with training in STEM and successful careers demonstrate that there is more to cheerleading than glitz and glamour.
Defying Stereotypes
The scoop on Jerry Greenfield
March 1, 2015
He poured his scientific training into the development of Ben & Jerry鈥檚 ice cream.
Defying Stereotypes
Beyond the finish line
Feb. 1, 2015
91亚色传媒's Geoffrey Hunt and Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay continue our "Defying stereotypes" series with this profile of Olympic runner Nick Symmonds.
Defying Stereotypes
The Hollywood experiment
Jan. 1, 2015
Kevin Grevioux, star of the 鈥淯nderworld鈥 movie series, moved from a laboratory to an actor鈥檚 trailer.
Defying Stereotypes
A quantum leap
Jan. 1, 2015
With a Ph.D. in theoretical physics, film director Mark Levinson鈥檚 résumé stands out from his Hollywood peers鈥
Defying Stereotypes
Put a smile around your neck
Dec. 1, 2014
For Raven Hanna, the motivation to launch a science-themed jewelry company came from a dark place.
Defying Stereotypes
鈥楽cience and art mix so beautifully together鈥
Dec. 1, 2014
Michelle Grey aims to develop initiatives that bring together science with the arts into one synergistic experience for the Neuehouse patrons.
Defying Stereotypes
鈥楳ore than pretty鈥
Nov. 1, 2014
Beauty. Glamour. Style. Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri has these qualities in abundance. She also has a degree in brain behavior and cognitive science.
Defying Stereotypes
Major league biochemist
Oct. 1, 2014
Boston Red Sox pitcher Craig Breslow proves that athletics and science are not mutually exclusive pursuits.
Defying Stereotypes
Against the grain
Sept. 1, 2014
Whether fronting the punk-rock band Bad Religion or delivering a lecture on evolution, Greg Graffin challenges his audiences to question convention.
Defying Stereotypes
A champion of the nerds
Sept. 1, 2014
Milo Aukerman is both a molecular biologist and the lead singer of the punk-rock band Descendents.
Defying Stereotypes
Keep 'em separated
Sept. 1, 2014
Dexter Holland, the lead singer of the punk-rock band The Offspring, has a lot of different interests. One of them is biology.
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鈥楴o one has been more dedicated to increasing the pipeline of minority scholars...鈥
March 27, 2012
Lovell Jones, a professor at both the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Houston, won the society鈥檚 Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award.
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Lauded for protein-folding work, 'encouragement of next generation鈥
March 27, 2012
Susan Marqusee, professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, won the society鈥檚 William C. Rose Award.
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Kornfeld鈥檚 work applauded for 鈥榬igor and scientific breadth'
March 27, 2012
Stuart Kornfeld, professor of medicine in the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, is honored for his seminal research in the field of glycobiology.
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Espenshade鈥檚 work called 鈥榖rilliantly conceived and flawlessly executed鈥
Feb. 23, 2012
The work of Peter Espenshade, associate professor of cell biology at Johns Hopkins University, was called "brilliantly conceived and flawlessly executed."
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Honig honored for his contributions through computational methods
Feb. 23, 2012
Barry Honig has won the 91亚色传媒's 2012 DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences
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Wang lauded as 鈥榦ne of the most highly original, bold and creative scientists鈥
Feb. 23, 2012
Xiaodong Wang, a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator now at the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing, was lauded as "one of the most highly original, bold and creative scientists."
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Kim Orth鈥檚 efforts 鈥榥othing short of dazzling鈥
Jan. 31, 2012
Kim Orth won the 2012 91亚色传媒 Young Investigator Award.
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Farnham honored for leadership and pioneering work
Jan. 31, 2012
Peggy Farnham is honored for her leadership and pioneering work analyzing transcriptional elements involved in regulation of cell-signaling pathways.
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Voet & Voet recognized for contributions to education
Jan. 31, 2012
Donald and Judith Voet of the University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College, respectively, have achieved "superstar status."
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Carman lauded for work on phospholipid synthesis regulation
Jan. 30, 2012
Rutgers University's George M. Carman received the 91亚色传媒's Avanti Award in Lipids for his seminal contributions to the understanding of lipid metabolism.
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Yale's Elisabetta Ullu wins inaugural Alice and C.C. Wang Award
Jan. 30, 2012
Ullu was recognized for her lab鈥檚 work with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which causes African sleeping sickness, to uncover a novel mechanism of gene silencing known as RNA interference.
Professional Development
What is science policy?
Oct. 25, 2010
Although many of us know people who work in science policy, what these jobs entail is often a mystery.