Jacqueline

Jacqueline, a true Floridian, wandered up to the tundra of Athens, Georgia to receive her PhD in computational quantum chemistry. Returning to her roots, she is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in Tampa in the field of computational biochemistry investigating the wonders of penicillin-like drugs. When she is not slaving over the computer, her varied interests include international travel, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, fancy food, (American) football, and Belgian quadrupels. She is also the founder of EligibleReceiver.com, a football blog with an exclusive female writing staff. Check out her sports ramblings there or follow her on Twitter @jhargis9.
  • Science

    Cindy and Alvin’s Deep Sea Adventure?

    Scientists dream about seeing the environment they research daily, however this isn’t feasible for many. Some of us get over it due to its impossibility, however for some fields it boils down to overcoming huge barriers. Deep sea oceanography presents obvious challenges: the depths, the pressure, the water… However, manned submersibles have made viewing great depths possible. Cindy Van Dover,…

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    Grown-up Sci-Origami: Crushing Hard on Folding@Home

    Summer is winding down and so is conference season for me. No, I haven’t been able to get to any skeptical cons, because I have been busy attending chemistry ones. I assume they are quite a bit different, but they tend to have just as much fun drinky time while talking about awesome, cutting edge science. Keep reading below the…

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  • Feminism

    Science Award for Women in Developing Countries

    Skepchick readers are an international bunch so I wanted to to quickly mention an interesting award I read about today. The Elsevier Foundation, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, and the Organization for Women in Sciences for the Developing World have teamed up to offer a $5,000 award for early career, women scientists. Their tagline is: “Celebrating the…

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  • Skepticism

    As the Science World Turns: July 2012 Edition

    Here is your short round up on of international science news from July 2012. Keep reading to seek answers to the following questions… What ingredients would be available if Top Chef happened 7 million years ago and what ingredients would the primate version use? [South Africa] How does vaccination relate to solving cholera epidemics? [Rwanda, Guinea, Haiti] Israel has a…

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  • Feminism

    The State of Harassment and Feminism in Computational Chemistry

    This week I am in Vermont attending a conference in computational chemistry. The nature of the meeting is to discuss cutting edge, unpublished research in an intimate environment. While I can’t reveal any of the fascinating progress in the field, I thought it would be interesting to discuss the harassment policy in place and the overall breadth of feminism present.…

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  • Skepticism

    2D Molecules in our 3D World — Answers!

    I sincerely apologize for delaying the answers to the quiz proposed in the ‘2D Molecules that Form Our 3D World‘  post. (I have been scrambling preparing for chemistry conference season and helping design sloth t-shirts for Women Thinking, inc.) If you still haven’t read the post and taken a stab at the questions, then check it out before reading below…

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  • Skepticism

    As the Science World Turns: June Edition

    Here is the first edition of As the Science World Turns. This new monthly feature is going to focus on science news stories outside of the US, in another effort to combat our American centric tendencies at Skepchick. Over the last month, I have been compiling science news stories from abroad. Here are a few that caught my attention this…

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  • Science

    Wine Forming Fashion, literally

    There are few things that I love more than wine, science, and fashion. Recently, a collaboration between Donna Franklin, a contemporary textile artist, and Gary Cass, a scientist at the University of Western Australia, has resulted in beautiful fabrics made from wine and other alcoholic beverages. They are hoping their Micro’be’ material could revolutionize organic fashion. To briefly outline the…

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