We have had a ton of fun this week as our teams have provided us with feedback on their first meetings and the team names they have chosen. Together, one scientist and one designer, who would otherwise likely have never met, have been sharing their work with one another and making plans for their Descience Runway 2014 creations. Team 50 is composed of Sherry (Shih-Hui) Chang and Pablo Rojas. Together, they coined the name “OBUBA” to represent their team and here’s why: "OBUBA

​Over 100 species of Plasmodium exist and infect various reptiles, birds, and mammals. As a graduate student I was thrilled to study one out of the four human malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum. I learned about its complex life cycle and how these single celled animals hijack both mosquitos and animals. When female mosquitos take a blood meal, parasites are introduced into the bloodstream and travel to the liver where they multiply. They then exit into the blood stream

LONDON, United Kingdom Closely following the milestones of one of the most promising projects and runaway events in the Boston area, Descience continues to enlighten us on its efforts to bridge the gap between science and fashion sparking the attention of future scientist in the talented ‘Generation Z’. AsPatricia Torregrosa Paredes, Science Director of Descience explains: “By using fashion as a means to explain science, we are generating a ‘think-outside-the-box’ momentum to

Teach Epic #41 Ulf Gehrmann, PhD, scientist, Institute Curie, Paris, France Nancy Volpe Beringer, designer, Drexel University, Philadelphia; fashion designer graduate student Welcome to Team Epic’s entrée into the language of analogies and the world of comedy. Who knew that the collaboration between a scientist and designer could also lead to a journey filled with so many laughable moments? First, full disclosure by the designer: I was the kind of student who always looked a