The IEET is delighted to announce the appointment of a new fellow, Athena Andreadis Ph.D..  Athena will be writing on science and science fiction topics for the IEET.

Athena 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, and at the site Starship Reckless which she founded.

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