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Erez Lieberman-Aiden

Open for Questions: Erez Lieberman-Aiden

08.23.2010 - Developing a technique to study the 3-D structure of DNA is just one of the genomic problems this creative engineer chose to tackle.

Recent Interviews

Rebecca Ye. Credit: Water Environment Federation

Cogito Conversation: Rebecca Ye, U.S. Winner of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Cogito, 07.30.2010

This 17-year-old student from Maine found a quicker way to detect dangerous E. coli in our food and drinking water.
 
Cultured HeLa cells. Credit: Thomas Deerinck

Cogito Conversation: Immortal Cells and Bioethics

Cogito, 07.09.2010

The best-seller "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" raises many bioethical issues. Johns Hopkins bioethicist Debra Mathews is on Cogito to talk about them through July 1.
 
Writing

Cogito Conversation: Professional Science Writers

Cogito, 06.04.2010

For some people, a career in science doesn’t mean doing science, but writing about it. Talk to some science journalists about their career paths and this exciting field.
 
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Cogito Conversation: Katerina Aifantis, Engineering Superstar

Cogito, 05.14.2010

The youngest person to ever receive a European Research Council Starting Independent Researcher Grant, Katerina Aifantis is forging her own path to scientific success.

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