Herman Lent, scientist and citizen - II

Herman Lent, scientist and citizen--II.

Brazil and Science lost a unique figure on July 7, 2004, when Herman Lent died, at 93 years of age. Herman Lent was Emeritus Researcher of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, recipient of the Order of Scientific Merit in the category of Grã-Cruz in 2002, Member ofAcademia Brasileira de Ciências (Brazilian Academy of Sciences) and Lecturer and Researcher level 1A of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento C...

Herman Lent, scientist and citizen--I.

I am greatly honored to write about Dr. Herman Lent, a well-known researcher, professor of entomology, helminthology and above all a “Professor of Life”. A man who spread his knowledge and thoughts throughout his work, attitudes and way of life. His life, both personal and scientific, had two bases: honesty and strength. His expectations were always very high with regard to others but especiall...

Herman P. Schwan: a scientist and pioneer in biomedical engineering.

Scientist Citizen: An Interview with Bruce Alberts

As the PLoS Genetics editorial board prepared for its first scientific meeting in San Francisco, its leaders proposed that I conduct an interview ‘‘live’’ as a feature of the proceedings, and I knew immediately whom I wanted to snare: Bruce Alberts, our own UCSF (University of California San Francisco) faculty member extraordinaire, who had long been on my radar screen for an interview. Alberts...

Quantifying avian nest survival along an urbanization gradient using citizen- and scientist-generated data.

Despite the increasing pace of urbanization little is known about the factors that limit bird populations (i.e., population-level processes) within the urban/suburban land-use matrix. Here, we report rates of nest survival within the matrix of an urban land-use gradient in the greater Washington, D.C., USA, area for five common songbirds using data collected by scientists and citizens as part o...