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La jornada agotadora de 60 horas: Desafíos y Oportunidades al Trabajar con el Láser de Electrones Libres de Rayos X 

Escrito por: Eilidh McClain
Editado por: Olivia Pifer Alge, Mena Davidson, Kristen Loesel, y Jennifer Baker
Ilustrado por: Jacquelyn Roberts
Traducido por: Juan Blume La Torre y Rocío Cisneros 

Inicio del experimento. Turno uno. 3 horas transcurridas.

¡Cucú! “La fase de escaneo ha concluido”.

Desde la sala de control en las instalaciones del Láser de Electrones Libres de Rayos X Europeo (XFEL) en Hamburgo, Alemania, pudimos escuchar el anuncio de que el escaneo ya había terminado. La primera vez que escuché el anuncio, no lo esperaba; es un sonido tan sutil que fácilmente podría pasar desapercibido e insignificante, lo cual contrasta notablemente con la importancia del laboratorio científico. Aunque inicialmente inesperado, este sonido se volvió un ritual familiar de celebración, marcando cada triunfo en nuestra serie de experimentos.

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Genetics and Global Policies

Written by: Christa Ventresca

Edited by: Christina Del Greco, Andres Rivera Ruiz, Kate Giffin, and Jennifer Baker

Illustrated by: Saaj Chattopadhyay

This is part three of a three-part blog series on genetic testing and its impacts on personal identity. Make sure to read parts one and two first!

As I’ve discussed in the last two blog posts, genetic testing is frequently seen as objective, and this view is promoted by genetic ancestry companies through their advertising (Parthasarathy, 2010). Yet when an ancestry test taker is incorporating genetic ancestry testing into their identity, most people see the results as flexible and reconfigure their identity through conversations with their community (Panofsky and Donovan, 2019; Marcon, Rachul, and Caulfield; 2021; and Nelson, 2008). 

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The Brains Behind the Operation: How Disrupted Epigenetics Can Lead to Pediatric Brain Tumors

Written and illustrated by: Dana Messinger

Edited by: Olivia Pifer Alge, Julia Donovan, and Jennifer Baker

In September 2014, Ann Arbor local Chad Carr, grandson of University of Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor just days before his 4th birthday. His mother rallied the community for support and the #ChadTough mantra raised national attention. Meanwhile, Chad underwent 30 rounds of radiation and a clinical trial, unfortunately passing just 15 months later at the age of 5. 

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