Jacob’s The Statue Within: An Autobiography vs. Jacob’s Nobel laureate statement

-Jacobs, M

In this taxonomic paper Almeda is the first (to my knowledge) to find and report a relationship between a melastome, Clidemia hammelii, and a mite inhabiting its domatia. The genus of mite is Ololaelaps (Gamasida, familia Laelapidae) and G. W. Krantz (cited in Almeda, 1989) stated that this was an unusual habitat for this genus of mites because they are usually found on moss or leaf litter, or ...

Walter A. Jacobs, 1923

Ken Jacobs, Alchemist

, Experimenter , Engineer , and Nobel Laureate

The Nobel Foundation was established by the will of Alfred B. Nobel, engineer and chemist, who died in 1895. The will funded annual prizes to “those who shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” The prize in physics was to go to “the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention.” In 1912 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Nils Gustaf Dalén, an enginee...

Nobel laureate to grads : Find your passion

Finding your passion is key to success, Brian Kobilka, MD, said in a speech June 15 at the School of Medicine commencement. In his usual self-deprecating manner, the Stanford scientist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry last year, minimized his credentials and credited support from others for much of his success. “I believe my career to date is an example of how a relatively average ...