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People across the United States are preparing turkeys,  sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie, and many other delicious delicacies for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Feast.

One of the traditions for Thanksgiving, is to express gratitude for the happenings of the previous year.

Today, the Sigma Life Science blog staff would like to give thanks for the science community.  We took a chance this year on using social media to get in touch with the larger science community, and the reaction has been one of warm welcome and great discussion.

Pumpkin pie, like my mom is making (courtesy Wikimedia commons)

Here are just a few of the scientists who have participated in our Where Bio Begins world since January 2010! We thank them, and you all for being a part of this great year.

• Where does your bio begin? Thanks to all who entered fascinating photos, videos, and stories on how bio began for them!
• John Rinn – Harvard researcher solving the mysteries of large non-coding RNA’s, and making time for tricks and turns on the snow runs.
• Tara De Silva – by day she’s Probing White matter studying oligodendrocytes.  By night, she’s Finger…  Zinc Finger
• Beverly Chilton – She does Cancer research focusing on hormone regulation in the female reproductive system, and is a life long science fan.
• Frank Sleutels lab – Studying gene regulation and how it’s influenced by packaged chromatin in the nucleus. They find science as addictive as M&M’s!
• Dana Carroll-  a thought leader for using zinc finger nucleases in genome editing..and one of the most gracious and welcoming people I’ve ever met.
• Sarah Wyatt- Midwestern scientist who has worked with NASA studying gravitational biology