Science in Fiction – Women of Science

by Alyssa Lancaster Featured photo by Cait_Stewart. Used under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-SA 2.0) With the March for Science coming up, it’s a good time to analyze the public’s perception of science. Science governs the very fabric of our lives, and it should play a role in the policies put forth by our […]

Science in Rochester – A new tool for understanding ear damage

By Emma Grygotis Our ears are finely tuned instruments – intricate assemblies of cells, bones, and tissue that convert sound from the environment into electrical signals that are perceived by the brain. However, there is a downside to this sensitivity: ears are highly susceptible to damage. Many every day experiences, like loud music or treatment […]

A medical breakthrough – Experimental treatment for Huntington’s disease

By Carol Kellogg, Ph.D. Image: Illustration of the healthy and diseased huntingtin proteins. Huntington’s disease is a severe genetic disorder in which triplet repeats in inherited DNA result in a mutant protein that aggregates in cells and causes devastating symptoms (Image Credit: National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health used under a […]

Why We March in Solidarity With March For Our Lives

At the Rochester NY March for Science we applaud the student organizers of March For Our Lives: at Stoneman Douglas High School, locally here in Rochester and across the country. The United States has seen a swell in political activism throughout 2017 and 2018. The March for Science is among the movements that have organized, […]

Coming Together for Change

by Alyssa Lancaster Featured photo: Alyssa Lancaster (center) and fellow volunteers greet march attendees as they arrive at the first annual Rochester Science Expo(Photo used with permission, courtesy of Wanaruk Photography) 2017 was a year of change for me. I moved three hundred miles from my hometown. I got out of a toxic work environment […]