Athena Andreadis

Athena Andreadis is an Associate Professor of Cell Biology at the Shriver Center for Mental Retardation at University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the author of To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of Star Trek.  She studies the gene regulatory mechanism known as alternative splicing. Athena writes on science and science fiction for The Harvard Review among other publications, while writing her own SF at the site Starship Reckless which she founded.

Home Page: http://www.umassmed.edu/shriver/faculty/andreadis.cfm

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Blogs

Astrogator's Logs

The Shifgrethor of Changelings

“At Least Songs…”

Should We Shout into the Darkness?

Dreamers of a Better Future, Unite!

The String Cuts Deeper than the Blade

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Books

To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of Star Trek by Athena Andreadis (1999)

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Articles

"The Shifgrethor of Changelings" Astrogator's Log  Apr 27, 2008

"Dreamers of a Better Future, Unite!" Astrogator’s Logs  Mar 16, 2008

"The String Cuts Deeper than the Blade" Astrogator's Logs  Sep 17, 2007

"It’s All in Your Head" Astrogator's Logs  Aug 8, 2007

"To Each His Own Gliese 581c" Astrogator's Logs  May 14, 2007

"Genetic Engineering and Space Exploration" Astrogator's Logs  Apr 29, 2007