CALL OUT TO ALL RESEARCHERS WHO ROCK!
Rock Star Researchers, we want to hear from you! We know that scientists and musicians are intrinsically linked, and we know that you (secretly) love to rock out in your spare time. Secure you bragging rights by submitting links to online videos of you (and your crew) playing music. Be the missing link between research and rock!
Send links to: info@rockstarsofscience.org & include: your name, e-mail, short bio including research specialty & additional weblinks!
We look forward to hearing from you!
AMYGALOIDS:
Amygdaloids: The Amygdaloids are scientists who shed their scientific garb at night and take to the stage with songs about love and life peppered with insights drawn from research about mind and brain and mental disorders.
Joseph LeDoux and The Amygdaloids at 92nd Street Y
The Amygdaloids: Scientists who rock out
J. Oliver Greaves, Joe DiPrima, Tony Smith, John DiPrima, Patrick "Parsec" Brown, Craig Newswanger, Steve Ward, Andrew Mansberger:
Arc Attack: Creators of the original Singing Tesla Coils, the crew of ArcAttack uses their high tech wizardry to generate a truly 'electrifying' performance.
Princess Ojiaku:
Pink Flag: Comprised of Dork Flag, Lucky Flag and Sick Flag (Princess Ojiaku, Betsy Shane and Jessica Caesar), Pink Flag came together in a tin box in December of 2007, almost 30 years to the day after its namesake album was released.
Science With Moxie Blog
John Boggess, MD, Joanie Hope, MD, Nimesh Nagarsheth, MD, William "Rusty" Robinson, MD, John Soper, MD, Will Winter, MD:
N.E.D.: N.E.D. (No Evidence of Disease) is an exhilirating new band, consisting entirely of musically talented gynecologic cancer surgeons, who have come together to play a mix of original alternative rock songs with the goal of raising awareness about women's cancer issues.
Randy Jacobs, MD "Dr. J"
One Way Train: From Dr. J. I wrote this song for anyone who has lost a loved one. It might be death, or drugs, or illness. You know, death is not the only way you can lose someone you love. I used to live right above this train in San Clemente. It was really loud back then, but, now I miss it.
MICHAEL P. VOILAND, Ph.D:
Zydecopious: Their name means "ample amounts of zydeco," and that's what this new band promises dancers and listeners alike.
MikeMickXer: Blues, R&B, Rockabilly, Reggae, Funk and Old-time Rock & Roll!
Rachel Berman:
Clinical Girls: Formed in 2007, the noisy rock'n'roll quartet Clinical Girls have played a series of live shows in hometown Austin, Texas while working on their debut album for their record label Magic Orb Records. Clinical Girls features Rachel Berman (drums), Ross Otto (bass/guitar), Ben Breen (guitar/bass), and Brian Sullivan( guitar and vocals). All members are PhD students at the University of Texas and all but Breen, a historian, are completing degrees in Psychology.
Dr. Ellen Stevens:
all your science: All Your Science's largely instrumental pieces suggest a collaboration between Tortoise and Bedhead, its twisting guitar lines generally staid but never somnolent and its snappy rhythms always active but never self-aggrandizing.
4gre all your science website
Rich McLaughlin, PhD:
Pneurotics: As a band known as much for the neighborliness of its members as for its actual music, it's sometimes easy to forget how good The Pneurotics really are. Then comes Forty to act as a bold-faced reminder. Rich McLaughlin's well-worn vocals and meaty guitar - with well placed harmonies from his wife, Mimi - are more than enough to hold up. And in the instrumental "Song For Grace," we see in the subdued finger-picking of an extended acoustic solo, more than just a friendly neighborhood rock band.
Show Review: The Pneurotics, the Winter Sounds
Pneurotic on The Daily Tar Heel
CNN Report: Understanding Oil Plumes
Pardis Sabeti:
Thousand Days: Dr. Pardis Sabeti is an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, and a Senior Associate Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Dr. Sabeti is a computational geneticist who has developed methods to detect natural selection in humans and the pathogens that affect humans. In particular she studies malaria, Lassa fever, and Ebola fever. Dr. Sabeti completed her undergraduate degree at MIT and continued her education at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, before returning to earn her medical degree from Harvard Medical School where she was only the third woman to graduate summa cum laude. Dr. Sabeti is currently supported by a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award, a Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science and Engineering, and an NIH Innovator award, and awards from NIAID, TMTI, DTRA, and the Gates Foundation. Dr. Sabeti is the lead singer and writer for the rock band Thousand Days.
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