Jorge Cham and chili peppers

Jorge Cham, the creator of the hilarious and successful online comic strip, Piled Higher and Deeper (Ph.D.), just visited NMSU’s Chili Pepper Institute, and took video! Check it out.

PHD Tales from the Road – NMSU’s Chile Pepper Institute from PHD Comics on Vimeo.

Karl is a Ph.D. Candidate in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics at UW-Madison. In addition to his research on the genetics of sweet corn, he is also studying science communication and is working on several media projects about plant breeding. His favorite produce might just be squash.


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3 comments to Jorge Cham and chili peppers

  • Eric Baumholder

    But then, there’s the dark side — Genetic Chili: The Movie. And NMSU is targeted in this award-winning movie. Can destruction of field trials be next?

    • Personally, I like my chilis without genes. So much hotter that way! :-)

      Maybe some interesting interviews in the movie:

      Dr. Hanson : NMSU

      and

      Prof Seralini ; —– Uhhhh, never mind…..

      • Eric Baumholder

        Pdiff,

        What you’re talking about is the post-modernist journalistic requirement of ‘balance’ in reporting. Always have to present the other side.

        You know, like how every time the Hubbell Space Telescope project finds something new, they have to quote the Flat Earth Society.

        Ummm. I guess not. Oh well.

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