Science in the Triangle

Rebecca Skloot

When I found out Rebecca Skloot, author of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” would be back in the Research Triangle area to promote her book, I grabbed the opportunity to talk to her. The result of the conversation was published Monday in the Science & Technology pages of the News & Observer.

Skloot is spending three days in the RTP area. She visited Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh on Monday and N.C. Central University in Durham on Tuesday. She will speak at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy in Durham.

Her previous visits here included ScienceOnline 2009, where she was the keynote speaker, and ScienceOnline 2010, where she was one of the panelists.

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/22/401128/author-on-tour-to-share-story.html?storylink=misearch#ixzz0j3VTfKAL