Speaking at Research Conferences

[Chris Pascale]

I've been invited to speak at 4 conferences this semester.

Last Friday was Boston University. Next weekend is U of Milwakuee, then my school, then a City U of NY campus.

BU was good enough to film.

Yes, my jacket collar is flipped up, and I feel very dumb for not realizing. I'm also self-conscious about my tie being a bit short and think I'll just ditch both those items for the next event.

But I do want to share here for anyone interested.

It's a 13-minute presentation on a very small part of the life of Charles Curtis, who I'm writing a biography about.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7177677993807376384/

[Toorg]

Congrats! It's a great thing when your work gets recognized.

I am finally reaching the point in my biology research career that I am getting invited to conferences to talk about my genetically engineered microbes. Won't be sharing my video links because I very strongly value online compartmentalization and anonymity though.

[Chris Pascale]

Congrats! It's a great thing when your work gets recognized.

I am finally reaching the point in my biology research career that I am getting invited to conferences to talk about my genetically engineered microbes. Won't be sharing my video links because I very strongly value online compartmentalization and anonymity though.

If you're anonymous here, no sense in ruining that.

That's great about your research.

[JupiterGreen]

Very cool, congratulations! And I've learned something about Charles Curtis too, thanks.

[GilesMM]

Is this for real?

[Chris Pascale]

Is this for real?

It's real, and fairly unbelievable on just about all points from birth to death; mostly because as you hear about it, you think how have I never heard of this guy?

When I started writing the biography in 2019 I thought it would take a year to get through the 1st draft. I didn't know his life was basically an incredible adventure story from the time his mother died when he was 3 until he left the White House at 73. He had a father, but Curtis and his sister were the 2nd of 3 families he'd abandoned, leading Charles to take in his youngest half-sister when her mother died. This was Dolly, for whom (and I swear this is true) the phrase "hello, Dolly!" comes from when Teddy Roosevelt's daughter, Alice, said it to her during a feud the latter had started during a slow news cycle right before the Great Depression.