Comments on: The Science Unveiling http://scienceprogress.org/2008/12/the-science-unveiling/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SLC http://scienceprogress.org/2008/12/the-science-unveiling/comment-page-1/#comment-3699 SLC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:14:46 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/12/the-science-unveiling/#comment-3699 Does Mr. Mooney have any suggestions as to whom he might like to see as President Elect Obamas' science adviser? FWIW, it is my understanding that the current president of CalTech, Prof. Harold Varmus, has been an unofficial adviser to the Obama transition team. IMHO, Prof. Varmus, who formerly was head of the NIH, would make an excellent candidate for the science adviser role. Such an appointment would hearken back to the 1950s when then President Eisenhower called in the presidents of MIT and CalTech to provide him with scientific advice after the launch of Sputnik. Does Mr. Mooney have any suggestions as to whom he might like to see as President Elect Obamas’ science adviser? FWIW, it is my understanding that the current president of CalTech, Prof. Harold Varmus, has been an unofficial adviser to the Obama transition team. IMHO, Prof. Varmus, who formerly was head of the NIH, would make an excellent candidate for the science adviser role.

Such an appointment would hearken back to the 1950s when then President Eisenhower called in the presidents of MIT and CalTech to provide him with scientific advice after the launch of Sputnik.

]]> By: Tom Nichols http://scienceprogress.org/2008/12/the-science-unveiling/comment-page-1/#comment-3681 Tom Nichols Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:15:05 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/12/the-science-unveiling/#comment-3681 Wow Chris never ceases to amaze me, and inspire me with his logic which we should all share. The 1st scientist should be a prominant figure who could help establish firm rational research agendas, and in the case of stem cell research--establish regulations to help spur scientific innonations and bring cures to market. Wow Chris never ceases to amaze me, and inspire me with his logic which we should all share. The 1st scientist should be a prominant figure who could help establish firm rational research agendas, and in the case of stem cell research–establish regulations to help spur scientific innonations and bring cures to market.

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