I am putting this here because I want to refer to it later, and it’s on Twitter, not the most convenient medium for archiving a lengthy story, and because it’s important: Michael Eisen explains the importance of the human element in science.
Thirty years ago today my father died for defending truth and honesty in science https://t.co/sGTaw0W0t5
— Michael Eisen (@mbeisen) February 7, 2017
Howard J. Eisen studied steroid hormone receptors https://t.co/EEPCtBgnYX)
— Michael Eisen (@mbeisen) February 7, 2017
I spent the summer of 1986, following my freshman year in college, working at the NIH, and got to know a bit about my father's work
— Michael Eisen (@mbeisen) February 7, 2017
When I came home for Thanksgiving that fall, he was distracted, scribbling on papers and working out all sorts of stuff on pads of paper
— Michael Eisen (@mbeisen) February 7, 2017