if you happen to be heading to washington, d.c. over the next month (til 2/4/08), you may want to check out this art exhibit. some sample images can be found here.
if you won’t be traveling, there is an interesting review on the bioephemera blog.
this exhibit certainly might be of interest to start some class discussions on the ethics of domestication processes, breeding and ivf!
(quite a range of topics…)
for those interested in the other side of reproduction — the fao recently released the 2007 report on status of marker assisted selection among crops, livestock, fish and forestry. the pdf chapter containing case studies among the animal species can be downloaded directly here.
ASBMB and biomedical research very much need ten minutes of your time today to help insure that funding at the National Institutes of Health increases this year.As expected, the President vetoed the 2008 Labor/HHS/Education bill this morning, November 13. The bill contains over a 3 percent increase for the NIH, thus allowing the agency’s budget to keep up with inflation for the first time since 2003.It is very important that you contact your Member of Congress (and Senators) and urge him or her to vote to override the President’s veto. It is particularly important that you do so if you are represented by one of the following Republican House members:
- Dent, Charles (PA)
- English, Philip (PA)
- Murphy, Tim (PA)
- Peterson, John (PA)
- Platts, Todd (PA)
These individuals all voted in favor of the L/HHS funding bill earlier this year, and thus might be prevailed upon to vote to override the President’s veto. Thus, please take a few minutes to attend to this important matter.
Your message is simple (but use your own words):
Please vote to override the President’s veto of the L/HHS bill. It contains a 3 percent increase for the National Institutes of Health, which is the first increase since 2003 that matches inflation. The agency desperately needs these additional funds so biomedical research can continue to progress toward finding cures for disease.
All Members of Congress can be reached through the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202/224-3121.
You can send an e-mail to any Member of Congress through the House website at www.house.gov
At the top left of the House homepage is a link that says “Write your Representative.” Click on this and you will go to a dialog page. Simply fill in the boxes at this point.
You can also contact your Senator in much the same way, through the Senate website at www.senate.gov
We appreciate your willingness to do this on such short notice. If you have already received a note about this matter, we apologize for the redundancy.
Peter Farnham, CAE
Public Affairs Officer
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)[crossposted at here.]
