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The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and the ASN Foundation are proud to announce the 2021 recipients of its scientific achievement awards. The 2021 ASN award recipients are an esteemed group of scientists whose contributions and dedication to advancing nutrition research, education and practice are inspiring, stated ASN President, Lindsay Allen, PhD. We are thrilled to shine the light on our members remarkable achievements.
As previously announced, due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns and uncertainty around travel restrictions, the ASN Board of Directors made the decision to host Nutrition 2021 as an interactive, engaging, and safe virtual event: NUTRITION 2021 LIVE ONLINE, June 7-10.
May 4, 2021 For many scientists working in academia, the idea of switching careers to industry can be intimidating. But many scientists are making the move and are finding corporate work to be just as rewarding. One of them is Anuraag Sarangi of medical communications firm Precisionscientia.
After receiving a PhD in neuroscience from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2009, Anuraag Sarangi s career path led him from basic research to the biopharma business, where he now works in medical communications.
During graduate school, Sarangi was focused on neuro-oncology research on novel molecular mechanisms regulating the growth of gliomas, which make up about 80% of all malignant brain tumors. The results of his research were published in
No. Not the Karen ones, you silly goose.
Specifically, Roth is none other than the Disaster Girl (shown above). Yes, the famous meme featuring a photo of a young girl smiling sinisterly at the camera while a house is burning down behind her – often followed by clever captions.
Roth, who is now a 21-year-old senior studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, had just recently sold the original Disaster Girl photo as a non-fungible token (NFT). The image was auctioned on the Foundation marketplace, where it was then sold to a collector called @3FMusic for a total of 180 Ethereum. At the time of purchase, the Ether was worth roughly US$ 475,000 (~RM 1,945,362) but as of today, it is now valued at a whopping US$ 565,020 (~RM 2,314,040).