Beatrice Steinert's Essay is the Latest Cover Story for Aeon!

The Provost’s STEM Postdoctoral Program seeks out the type of minds that love to plumb the depths of STEM.  The hallmark of the program (and STEMJazz in general) is people who can make connections across what seem disparate areas and then effectively, even artistically, plant seeds in other peoples’ minds.

Beatrice’s essay profiling Victoria Foe and her work on “junk DNA” as a sort of molecular clock is the cover story for the latest issue of aeon! The science? It’s there. Foe’s life and times? It’s there. Foe felt like a friend after reading the article, a testament to Beatrice’s skills.

Beatrice’s essay lays out Foe’s life and times beautifully. It’s engaging and lucid, and there’s no excuse not to read it.