This is what I do, and this is why I’ve been quiet
Sorry if this blog has been a little boring lately, I’ve been a bit preoccupied by my day job. This week was huge for scientific research in Quebec and in particular Université de Montréal. Firstly, I had the immense honour of organizing two international tele-press conferences (French then English) with Science - which included the pleasure of welcoming the AAAS’ Natasha Pinol and Ginger Pinholster to Montreal.
Here’s a snapshot of the big day (Nov 3, the same day Labuda’s article was published), taken in uMontreal’s videoconferencing room.
Unfortunately my iPhone camera isn’t that great, plus as you can imagine, taking photos wasn’t my number one priority (especially when Bell Canada disappointed me in a major way).
So what was the news? Well, why don’t I let the media tell you about it? For example:
- BBC - Pioneers boast high fertility, say scientists
- CBC - Frontier settlers had breeding boost
- MSNBC - ‘Living on the edge’ had fertility benefits for settlers
- Sueddeustche Zeitung - Fruchtbare PioniereKinder der Neugier
- Agencia EFE - Los primeros colonizadores tienen más éxito al transmitir sus genes
- La Presse - Des colons prolifiques au Saguenay
- ANSA - La storia della fertilità dai pionieri ad oggi è scritta nel Dna
Radio-Canada’s Chantal Srivastava also did extensive and in-depth interviews that I understand will be broadcast on Années-lumière this Sunday.
On a side note, SciPak, Science’s news service, is on Tumblr! Check it out - follow!
As if that wasn’t enough, world leading autism researcher Laurent Mottron published in Nature… the day before the press conference. The subject was amazing, so I obviously couldn’t resist the opportunity to put together and push out a release… and I’m so glad I did, because the media was also very interested in his thoughtful and unusual article!
- Los Angeles Times - Get over your bias against people with autism, scientist says
- Globe and Mail - The autistic advantage: Montreal team taps researchers’ potential
- Boston Globe - Some with autism have intellectual advantages, psychiatrist says
- Globo - Incluindo autistas na ciência
Both researchers have even more exciting and in-depth coverage coming up in the near future.
Anyway, so now you know why Rutherford Mansfield has been a little quiet! Thanks for your patience :) I have plenty more stuff cooking :D - STAY TUNED.
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unfuckwithable said:
I think my mother was tuning in on the press conference - she does research for WHO in Geneva and is, of course, a uMontréal alum. She mentioned something about it in passing…
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