Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Hey , Kuddos on your hard work and I'm psyched that we'll have another good thinker in science research in a few years. Now Margulis is actually at UMass not Amherst (UMass is IN Amherst, but Amherst is a different school altogether, indeed, one without graduate students). And no doubt she'll be retiring sometime soon, but you are right, evolutionary bent the whole way. And while Jill was clearly impressed with her thinking, guess what! She is one of MANY brilliant people out here in the research world ... you'll find the person that inspires you with the passion and enthusiasm for the kind of research you want to do. And when you do, it will be intoxicating... Anyway, another very cool and smart researcher in the world of infectious bugs is Ewald. Now HE was at Amherst but recently moved to University of Louisville in Kentucky. That dude is ahead of the curve, postulating infectious causes of things like heart disease, schizophrenia, and so forth. Better still, he has the methodical work to back up his " radical " hypotheses. If memory serves, he hypothesized the infectious nature of ulcers based on some older '40s & 50s research that had " evaporated. " His theory was poo-pooed until the discovery of h.pylori associated with ulcers... I suspect you may know of his work, but its always worth a second gander... In addition to advocating for infectious causes of " common " diseases, he also advocates for the judicious use of antibiotics -- correctly pointing out it is only one arm of a multifaceted attack on infectious diseases (preventative measures such as screens being even more efficacious and cost effective in the control of malaria for example). He also does work on how bugs develop resistance and so forth. Two thumbs up... but what a B*tCH of a field to be working in -- look at the skepticism around Lyme, a KNOWN infectious disease. This guy has gotten shellacked in his field by postulating these ideas given they are currently " known " to have other causes. Can you imagine the voodoo that Big Pharma rains on his ideas? Anyway, persistent & resiliant guy... There are so many researchers that deserve our admiration and yet we each have only met a relative few (even those of us who actually do science/medical research). Given that, we cannot artificially elevate the status of any one researcher. Sure, there are the cream of the crop, but even in those cases, they are always in good company... and then there are the unyet recognized brilliant rebels... > > > ERic, how old are you anyway----you're about to go to college? I > > > recall you're doing much better these days after abx etc. > > > > > > Why don't you go apprenctice yourself to Lynn Margulis? She's a > > > genius and works on spirochets (not bb in particular tho). She's > at > > > Amherst. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Sorry, thanx for the correction (UMass) I get sloppy sometimes. I love Ewald's work. Totally great. Lederberg is in that same camp too. (Getting on in years though.) YOu'd just have to be around Margulis to get that she's a force of nature and intellect...if I could live a few other lives, in one of them I'd apprentice to her. > > > > ERic, how old are you anyway----you're about to go to college? > I > > > > recall you're doing much better these days after abx etc. > > > > > > > > Why don't you go apprenctice yourself to Lynn Margulis? She's a > > > > genius and works on spirochets (not bb in particular tho). > She's > > at > > > > Amherst. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 --- In infections , " jill1313 " <jenbooks13@h...> wrote: > YOu'd just have to be around Margulis to get that she's a force of > nature and intellect...if I could live a few other lives, in one of > them I'd apprentice to her. > I am around -- until I had to go on disability, I was a faculty in this area. Yes, she is quite good, and fortunately one of many brilliant researchers in this valley/5 college region alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Oh crap. I did not know. I'm sorry you had to go on disability. Is that due to lyme or something else? > > > YOu'd just have to be around Margulis to get that she's a force of > > nature and intellect...if I could live a few other lives, in one of > > them I'd apprentice to her. > > > > I am around -- until I had to go on disability, I was a faculty in this area. Yes, she is > quite good, and fortunately one of many brilliant researchers in this valley/5 college > region alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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