{"id":29717,"date":"2010-10-24T08:17:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T08:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/are-you-a-researcher-who-rocks-the-intersection\/"},"modified":"2010-10-24T08:17:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T08:17:44","slug":"are-you-a-researcher-who-rocks-the-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/are-you-a-researcher-who-rocks-the-intersection.php","title":{"rendered":"Are You A Researcher Who Rocks? | The Intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rock<\/a>Readers know well that here at the Intersection we care a great deal about increasing the public visibility of science, and trying to ensure that our researchers are recognized as the national heroes they are. That’s what Unscientific America <\/em>was all about.<\/p>

And that’s why I’ve decided to team up with an initiative that has dramatic potential to make Americans far more aware of science, and it’s importance to our future.<\/p>

That initiative is the Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Rock Stars of Science™ campaign<\/a>–whose most famous image is pictured at right.<\/p>

Geoffrey Beene<\/a> is a designer men’s clothing brand; its foundation funds philanthropic causes–many of them relating to the advancement of biomedical research and the search for cures for devastating diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s.<\/p>

For instance, in 2006 it founded the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center<\/a> at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), and has given over $ 110 million in value from Geoffrey Beene combined entities to innovative translational cancer research.<\/p>

Rock Stars of Science<\/a>™ is another Geoffrey Beene initiative, designed to raise the visibility of our leading researchers by pairing them with musicians–and showing that scientists rock <\/em>and are themselves celebrities and superstars. <\/span>To that end, it launched a spread in <\/a>GQ <\/a><\/em>magazine last summer<\/a>, depicting folks like Francis Collins jamming with Joe Perry. One key goal? Increase funding for medical research–and inspire young people to pursue scientific careers.<\/p>

The next installment of Rock Stars of Science™ is going to be in GQ<\/em>’s December “Men of the Year” issue. I’ve seen it–it’s going to get people talking. Stand by for more about that.<\/p>

But in the meantime, Rock Stars of Science™ has put a call out to any scientists who are also musicians, like Pardis Sabeti<\/a> or the Professors of Bluegrass,<\/a> or Andy Revkin’s “Uncle Wade”<\/a> (surely science journalists also count): Identify yourselves!<\/em> The Rock S.O.S.™ website is going to feature tons of videos of scientists performing music, and it’s calling for the submission of links to scientist-musician videos.<\/p>

Know of any musical scientists? Happen to be one yourself? You should send an email to info@rockstarsofscience.org<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong>Include: your name, e-mail address, short bio including research specialty & additional weblinks. And heck–post anything you may know of in the comments section here as well.<\/p>

(That includes you, Sheril. We all know you’re a drummer.)<\/p>

I can’t wait to start posting and watching some of these vids….to start off, here’s “Arlington<\/a>,” written by top science reporter Andy Revkin and performed by his band “Uncle Wade”:<\/p>

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