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Sensor Modeling and Simulation: Can it pass the Turing Test?

The VIMS workshop encompasses both virtual instruments and “virtual sensors”, but historically the latter are hardly represented in the program. This paper is not so much a research report as a friendly challenge to the VIMS community to begin thinking actively and creatively about this complementary aspect of our theme. In particular, it raises the question of what and how much we need to buil...

The Whole Side of It—An Interview with Neil Risch

Trying to track down Neil Risch is the stuff of legend. E-mails to him can bounce back with the comment line ‘‘overwhelmed by email.’’ Phone calls lead to voicemail, and faxes to a tepid response from his assistant. It’s not that he’s reclusive or off windsurfing, he’s simply a whirlwind of genetics ideas and activity. Indeed, when the University of California at San Francisco was looking for a...

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Stomach Wall Invasion: Can it be Foreseen?

Live, Learn, Pass It on

Introduction: The objective of this project was to engage survivor–advocates by describing their experiences living with lung cancer in an era of increasing treatment options. Methods: This was a qualitative engagement project with participants from a lung cancer advocacy organization’s survivor advisory board. Interviews were conducted, transcribed, and analyzed for stages and associated exper...

It Was Heaven: An Interview with Evelyn Witkin

Evelyn Witkin came of age at the dawn of bacterial genetics. In 1941 and with World War II looming, she began her PhD studies at Columbia University, and soon, with her very first experiment, she serendipitously cracked open a new field of research by discovering bacteria resistant to ultraviolet (UV) light. Witkin’s journey from UV resistance to DNA mutagenesis and repair spanned 50 years, tak...