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July 23, 2002
NIGMS Scientist Relaxes, Relates and Releases with T'ai Chi
Connect to Chemistry
Research Festival Poster Deadline, Aug. 16
Course on Clinical Pharmacology Planned
Relief for Patients with Spinal Disorder
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Humble Cartoons Mediate World-Class Science By Rich McManus
One of the great secrets of modern biomedical science is that it can't
be prosecuted successfully in the absence of cartoons; virtually no
serious NIH lecture fails to include colorful artwork, which can
range from stick-figure crude to animated PowerPoint savvy. Most
often only incidentally comic, cartoons carry the heavy freight of
complex thinking, and can represent matters either hopelessly small
or abstract. From a limited vocabulary of arrows, circles and dots, a
skilled speaker, say Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard, who opened
the Florence S. Mahoney Lecture on Aging June 12 in Masur
Auditorium, can compress years of arduous investigation,
illuminating pathways governing everything from movement to
emotion.
The Making of a Medical 'Mosaic' By Carla Garnett
True story: A 39-year-old infectious disease doctor is driving north
from Bethesda through Connecticut one mid-August day when he
begins to experience a low-grade fever, nausea and vomiting. By the
time he reaches his destination of Portland, Me., on the following
day, his symptoms are worse. Not knowing what is wrong and
unable to continue his trip, he checks himself into the ER, suddenly
finding himself on the wrong end of the treatment table. He is
admitted for observation and testing.
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