Independent Research: Stories of setting off on our own
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
This week, we present two stories about young scientists setting off on their own. Part 1: As an undergrad, Frank Stabile lands an exciting summer research position in D.C., but soon he starts to notice something’s not right. Part 2: As a teenager, Deena Walker dreams of being a scientist, but her controlling boyfriend, and her own attitude toward her gender, get in the way. Frank A. Stabile is an evolutionary biologist in training at Yale University. He is currently a PhD student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, where he studies the evolution of feathers. In particular, he wants to understand how birds evolved to develop feathers and scales at the same time. Before Yale, Frank earned an undergraduate degree in biology at The College of New Jersey, where he spent several years in the woods catching birds to study feather replacement. He has several other interests that probably take up too much of his time, like history, politics, literature, and birding. Deena Walker is a postdoctoral fellow at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine where she studies the molecular mechanisms of addiction and depression. She recently moved to New York after finishing her PhD at The University of Texas at Austin in December 2012. When she's not in lab she enjoys practicing yoga and playing fetch with her dog in Central Park.
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| 0:28.6 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:31.8 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:33.6 | I felt... |
| 0:34.4 | I felt... |
| 0:34.6 | I was so... |
| 0:35.6 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:36.6 | I figured it out. |
| 0:39.3 | It was that golden moment. Because science was on my side. |
| 0:42.3 | Hi everyone, I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:53.3 | This week we're bringing stories of independent research, specifically two scientists trying |
| 0:58.0 | to leave home and pursue science on their own. |
| 1:00.0 | Our first story this week is from Frank Stabille. It was recorded in February 2017 in |
| 1:05.0 | Luce Hall on the Yale University campus and an event we produced in partnership with Yale |
| 1:10.0 | Women in Science, as well as the Yale Provost's Office and Center for Teaching and Learning. |
| 1:13.6 | So I'm here to tell you about the time of garbage can ruined the best summer experience in my life. |
| 1:20.6 | So to set the stage a little bit, I am, it's just after my junior year in college, and I am heading to Washington, D.C. with my family. |
| 1:28.9 | It's late May, really nice, sunny Saturday. And I'm super excited because we are moving, |
| 1:35.3 | I'm moving to this dorm room in George Washington University. And I still really can't believe it, |
| 1:40.4 | but somehow I got a summer research position at the National Museum of Natural History. |
| 1:45.0 | And I'm sure most of you know about it or have even been there, but in case you haven't, the museum is kind of a big deal. |
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