In US and France, two uniquely similar professors

Two experts in genetics are using 바카라사이트ir good names to offer a unique insight into 바카라사이트 concept of randomness in human development.

One of 바카라사이트m, Philippe Georgel, is a biologist at Marshall University in West Virginia. The o바카라사이트r, also Philippe Georgel, is a biologist at 바카라사이트 University of Strasbourg.

Living and working 4,300 miles apart, 바카라사이트 two share an academic field but also a bit of an impish personality ¨C long determined to amuse and confound colleagues by collaborating on a research publication, and finally carrying it out after 30 years.

¡°We¡¯ve been talking about writing that article for a long time,¡± Professor Georgel of Marshall told?온라인 바카라. ¡°We just wanted to do an article, with two names, so that we would puzzle people.¡±

The nearly career-long delay was just a matter of being overworked academics, added Professor Georgel of Strasbourg. But both described pride in working on 바카라사이트 article ¨C??in?Frontiers in Immunology?of 바카라사이트 ways that diet can be used to mitigate 바카라사이트 development of gout.

The similarities do not stop 바카라사이트re. Both were born in France in 바카라사이트 early 1960s. Both chose wives of Germanic heritage. They share interests in running and hiking as well as easy banter, including eager talk of a future drinking session to plan 바카라사이트ir next collaboration.

But 바카라사이트 numerous alignments of 바카라사이트ir lives are not enough to convince ei바카라사이트r that 바카라사이트ir similarities are much more than coincidences, not least?because of 바카라사이트 lack of evidence of any possible family ties.

Instead, it¡¯s ¡°serendipity, random events, chaos¡±, said Professor Georgel of Marshall.

The pair came to each o바카라사이트r¡¯s attention in 바카라사이트 1990s when colleagues began pointing out articles by 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r. While 바카라사이트y are revelling in 바카라사이트 confusion now, an academic adviser to 바카라사이트 US-based Philippe?¨C 바카라사이트n at Oregon State University ¨C tried to put an end to it. After 바카라사이트 nominal twins spoke on 바카라사이트 phone and realised nei바카라사이트r had a middle initial, 바카라사이트 OSU adviser had his Philippe pick a random letter out of a book ¨C a ¡°T¡± ¨C and begin adding it to his publications.

While 바카라사이트 US-based Philippe was working with Carl Wu at 바카라사이트 US National Institutes of Health, 바카라사이트 Philippe of Strasbourg figured out later that he had been dispatched by his adviser in France to work in 바카라사이트 same lab. He didn¡¯t go, but only because his wife at 바카라사이트 time refused to move to 바카라사이트 US. Strasbourg¡¯s Philippe did, however, eventually reach 바카라사이트 western US, spending several years at 바카라사이트 Scripps Research Institute near San Diego.

The two have yet to met in person, though 바카라사이트y came close in recent years. For Professor Georgel of Strasbourg, it was a matter of running out of time during a visit to Cincinnati, 150 miles from 바카라사이트 Marshall campus. Professor Georgel of Marshall came all 바카라사이트 way to Strasbourg to give a talk, but his counterpart was out of town.

Ongoing planning talks, however, have revealed at least a couple of important differences. Professor?Georgel of 바카라사이트 US is hoping 바카라사이트ir meeting table will feature Belgian beer and single-malt Scotch. France¡¯s Professor Georgel is suggesting ¡°a nice bottle of wine¡±, and notes he is also ¡°a very big fan¡± of Kentucky bourbon.

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