Even by her own telling, Beatrice Gelber’s work was offbeat. It was October 1960, and Gelber had recently opened a facility called the Basic Health Research Institute in Tucson, Arizona. Described as an “enthusiastic psychologist” by the newspaper interviewing her about her work, Gelber explained how, several years earlier, she’d discovered an unexpected behavior in a protozoan called
Paramecium aurelia. This unicellular organism, she claimed, had shown it was capable of learning, a feat generally assumed to be restricted to what were considered higher organisms such as mammals and birds. Fellow scientists “all thought I was plain crazy when I started,” she told the
The state is asking you to wait a few days if you are in the 55+ category. Author: Matt Caron Updated: 5:16 PM EST March 1, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn On Monday, March 1st, another 660,000 Connecticut residents became eligible to receive the COVID vaccine. But the demand continues to outpace the supply.
VAMS and the CT 211 vaccine appointment assistance line were inundated with people. The state is asking you to wait a few days if you are in the 55+ category. Let’s start with the numbers. Here’s who’s eligible. 500,000 residents age 55 and over and 160,000 educators and childcare workers. But the state is only getting about 130,000 doses a week. The word of the month is, ‘patience.’
In this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Nicole Templeman, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Victoria. We discuss her most recent publication and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her lab.