Where Science And Babeliciousness Meet
Here's a science broad I wish lived near me: the beautiful and brainy bioengineering instructor Joanne Manaster, of joannelovesscience.com and Gummi Bear-obliterating renown...all in the name of teaching science, and teaching that science can be exciting and fun.
Here's Joanne, doing the sexy lab lady variation on the sexy librarian:
Below, she's doing in the gummi little fellas with liquid nitrogen. Here's the description from the YouTube vid below:
Looking for more ways to obliterate gummy bears in scientific ways, Joanne freezes a gummy bear in liquid nitrogen. She also soaked a gummy bear over night to demonstrate the ability of gelatin to hold large amounts of water--and then she freezes that one too.She has a "control" gummy bear (not subjected to liquid nitrogen or water) and also minimizes "variables" by using gummy bears of the same color!
More on Joanne here:
I currently work as a laboratory teaching specialist and lecturer at the University of Illinois in UrbanaBasically, if you want to learn how to do a cell or molecular biology technique, I am able to teach you how, and give you the background information you need to understand it. And I'll probably do it with more humor and enthusiasm than you might expect someone who seriously knows her stuff to do it!
I teach histology (studying tissues and organs using a microscope) for the department of Cell and Developmental Biology. Ask anyone who knows me well, and they will agree that this is my favorite topic!
I teach mammalian cell culture techniques and the concepts of stem cells and tissue engineering in the Bioengineering Department. Since histology is a fairly static subject, this is how I keep fresh and dynamic with respect to research on mammalian tissues!
Over the summer (2008) I did some consulting/technical work with two labs in the Department of Bioengineering (Dr. Insana and Dr. Bhargava) trying to create 3D cell cultures of breast and prostate tissue, but not in the same culture.....hmmm, wait, that could be interesting, but probably not very useful.
...Which reminds me, if you're a rabbit with erectile dysfunction, you're in luck!
Is there anyone else who sees a problem with a Dr. Insana in the Department of Bioengineering?
Truth is stranger than fiction...
Radwaste at November 10, 2009 2:04 AM
I like the "Poor guy!" comment. That was fun.
BlogDog at November 10, 2009 6:10 AM
Love her - of course, she's a friend of my friend Barb Oakley! We've corresponded quite a bit -- she's great.
The best, though, was when Barb e-troduced me to Sally Satel (of AEI). I wrote to her, "While we've never met, I believe you have the kidney of a friend of mine." (Virginia Postrel donated a kidney to Sally.)
Amy Alkon at November 10, 2009 6:14 AM
Can she see Russia from her office? Hubba hubba.
Eric at November 10, 2009 9:14 AM
Why can't these people use proximity microphones?
By the way, Blair found another of those wickedly sincere video zombies. (McKibben's a real bad case, too: Non-blinking stare!)
This girl is cute, though.
Crid [CridComment @ gmail] at November 10, 2009 12:29 PM
That's good news for the rabbits. Other than eating Mr. McGregor's carrots, they're not really known for much else.
Conan the Grammarian at November 10, 2009 1:01 PM
Sadly, she is only okay looking, My aerobics instructors are good looking. I guess that's the way it is.
BOTU at November 10, 2009 2:04 PM
I think I know her. Not sure if it's her looks, or expression, but something is very familiar.
She's very cute for a labrat. Trust me.
momof4 at November 10, 2009 7:04 PM
I have concluded that BOTU is a weasel-man. What else could make him want to say things like that?
"Sadly, ... I guess that's the way it is."
Crid [CridComment @ gmail] at November 11, 2009 4:07 PM
I don't know what BOTU's talking about. I'd hit it.
brian at November 11, 2009 4:12 PM
"...trying to create 3D cell cultures of breast and prostate tissue, but not in the same culture.....hmmm, wait, that could be interesting, but probably not very useful."
(Blinks) Breasts that triple in volume when aroused? I think you could find a market for that.
ErikZ at November 13, 2009 2:23 PM
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