Scientists are entertaining – Part 2
It’s time once again to shine the spotlight on interesting things that scientists do. In our first installment, we looked at humor and funny science related pages, groups and blogs created by scientists in social media.
Today we look at “The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers” segments from the NOVA Series. They profile the lives of scientists and also reveal a “secret” hobby or passion outside of the lab.
One such scientist shares her home of St. Louis, MO with Sigma Life Science! Rachel Collins is a Microbiologist by day…and “Your Soul’s Tormentor” by night. She works culturing and studying microbes in the lab during her “Science Life” and then torments her wrestling opponents as MsChif.
Dave Sulzer of Columbia University is another scientist with a “secret life”. The Sulzer lab focuses on understanding the mechanisms that underlie diseases (Parkinson’s, schizophrenia, autism, and drug addiction) that occur in synapses in the cortex and basal ganglia. His lab was the first to visualize quanta, the basic building block of neurotransmission. For his secret, he conducts an orchestra of elephants. Pick up an elephant orchestra CD on Amazon.
Do you have a secret life outside the lab? Share with us in the comments, or by tweeting to #SecretSci.
