tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post5255029661719147208..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Crystal Tells Us about the Human GenomeLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-77056148976958206912014-08-22T08:25:16.124-04:002014-08-22T08:25:16.124-04:007 years late on it, I know - but before you all go...7 years late on it, I know - but before you all go bashing Crystal (real name, Crystal N Davis) around in some male-chauvinist manner, taking her for a dumb cow-girl wannabe, maybe you should look at her Linked-in profile first:<br /><br />www.linkedin.com/pub/crystal-n-davis/20/b55/b36<br /><br />And maybe her profile on her new employer's website, the Association of Biomolecular Research Facilities (ABRF):<br /><br />www.abrf.org/index.cfm/news.annDetails/1415.htm<br /><br />"Ms. Davis has previously served in the capacity of project and program management for the past eight years, specializing in strategic communications and coordination of highly complex ventures. She has managed outreach, research, and workflow efforts for Crystal Nichole Limited Marketing & Event Services, American Red Cross Biomedical Services Southwest Region, Texas A&M Forest Service, Congressional Research Service, and Texas A&M University's Department of Chemistry for the journal Organometallics."<br /><br />Impressive resume for somebody you're all happy to write off as a dumb bimbo.<br /><br />Maybe dig a little deeper, next time, before you go making asinine comments that make you all look like chauvinistic slobbering pigs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-72781588730798829702007-11-20T00:44:00.000-05:002007-11-20T00:44:00.000-05:00Yeah, I won't indulge in the, at best, irrelevant ...Yeah, I won't indulge in the, at best, irrelevant male-bonding passive-aggressive propositions. Why not focus on the science?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the big one that stuck out was this: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/292/5523/1903<BR/><BR/>There were a few others, but I still have work to do :|Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02590604089043425452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-91748545731655928232007-11-19T18:23:00.000-05:002007-11-19T18:23:00.000-05:00Makes your blood boil? Well yes I suppose I starte...Makes your blood boil? Well yes I suppose I started to feel a bit hot under the collar myself. Does she do talks on other molecular subjects like 'Crystal cleavage'?... perhaps I ought to try google...Timothy V Reeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913020911593893925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-16141067378210745952007-11-19T17:43:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:43:00.000-05:00What's all the fuss about? She seems to be spreadi...What's all the fuss about? She seems to be spreading less misinformation than John Mattick. But <I>those aren't pufferfish!</I> ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-91571641083708283332007-11-19T16:16:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:16:00.000-05:00Although there were lots of inaccuracies the worry...Although there were lots of inaccuracies the worrying thing is that Crystals explanations were actually better than that of the average 'science journalist'. Carl Zimmer excepted, most of them show less understanding of the matter at hand than Crystal does.Sigmundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262375488263086844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-2535434071514791282007-11-19T12:40:00.000-05:002007-11-19T12:40:00.000-05:00I suspect that this series will lead to some Intel...I suspect that this series will lead to some Intelligent Design followup on the part of Crystal. Why? Scientists "have never been able to, from an evolutionary standpoint, account for why 115 human genes are unique;" "never been able to link a genetic foundation for ADHD," etc.<BR/><BR/>I think it sounds achingly familiar. <BR/><BR/>In answer to your question, Larry, I think it hurts the understanding of science, unless some young farmers are inspired to study genetics so they can try to impress young Cheryl, and stumble upon how genetics really work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-57047908973047925682007-11-19T12:22:00.000-05:002007-11-19T12:22:00.000-05:00That's a nice set of uhhh... Encyclopedia Britanni...That's a nice set of uhhh... Encyclopedia Britannica's.John Dennehyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02522347714772131441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-62411849536542915262007-11-19T12:18:00.000-05:002007-11-19T12:18:00.000-05:00Hey, Crystal can sit on my lap and "explain" genet...Hey, Crystal can sit on my lap and "explain" genetics to me any time she wants. ;)Steve LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05315820864846104986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-81943133896757332742007-11-19T11:54:00.000-05:002007-11-19T11:54:00.000-05:00- Texas A&M University w/ a degree in agricultural...- Texas A&M University w/ a degree in agricultural leadership -<BR/><BR/>You need this degree to be a cow-girl?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-27640409782761382122007-11-19T11:50:00.000-05:002007-11-19T11:50:00.000-05:00I couldn't sit through the whole thing."a degree i...I couldn't sit through the whole thing.<BR/><BR/>"a degree in agricultural leadership and development"<BR/><BR/>I can guarantee that <I>that's</I> a rigorous major.<BR/>Reminds me of when I was teaching at a land-grant prairie university with a huge and dominant Ag school. Two of my students asked to be excused from an exam because they had to travel with their team to an out-of-state competition. "Oh yeah?," sez I, "what sport do you guys play?" "Uh, well, not really a sport so much. We're on the competitive Meat Judging team."<BR/>Maybe Crystal was a meat-judging cheerleader?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com