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·         JOSUE HIGAREDA SANCHEZ

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TECHNOLOGYCAL ADVANCES

There is no doubt that scientific advances depend not only on new ideas, conceptual leaps and paradigm shifts, but also to a large extent on technological advances that make these steps possible.

The discovery of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) increasingly sophisticated microscopes, and the development of in vitro assays that faithfully reproduce cellular functions are just a few examples of technical advances that have spurred on many areas of cell biology. Technologies that are easily adapted to simple and affordable everyday use in the laboratory have certainly changed the speed of scientific progress.

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology, for example- the simple elegance of which made many of us regret not having thought of it ourselves- has quickly evolved to the point where PCR machines are part of the standard laboratory equipment without which many experiments would be immensely time- consuming or simply not possible.

The importance of access to technological know-how is also reflected in the job market.

Researchers who can bring new techniques to an institute are well sought after, just has the availability of techniques and services facilities makes a research institute more attractive to scientist.

And it moves

It is perhaps modern imaging technologies that have had the biggest impact on the field of cell biology, and will unquestionably continue to do so. The trend is to label and monitor cells, organelles and molecules and their interaction, using increasingly sophisticated tools, in real time.

Not a meeting goes by without someone presenting a movie of their favorite protein dashing around a cell (sometimes even screened along with matching music), and these images are beginning to change our views of the dynamic nature of some of the most fundamental cell biological processes (See, for example, page 156 of these issue  ).

·         DIEGO RICARDO AYALA NUÑEZ

WHAT IS SCIENCE & TECNOLOGY STUDIES?

A light of the importance of science and technology (S&T) in the world today, there is a need for scholarly work on its social dimensions. The Department of Science & Technology Studies is dedicated to research and teaching about scientific knowledge and technology in its social context. In their research, faculty members examine S&T both in contemporary societies and through historical investigations. The goal is to build a body of theory and empirical findings about:

The social processes through which scientific and technical knowledge—whether packaged into texts, people, machines, images, or other forms—is created, evaluated, challenged, spread, transformed, and fitted into social relations.

The ways people use, reconfigure, and contest scientific knowledge and technology.

The normative issues entangled in scientific and technological developments.

The place of science and technology in the modern world. 

Through its teaching as well as its research, the department is playing a notable role in building the emerging discipline of Science & Technology Studies (STS). Founded in 1991, the department has an internationally-known Ph.D. Program devoted to training students to conduct advanced research. It also has two undergraduate majors, Biology & Society and Science & Technology Studies. 

The Biology & Society Major is designed for students who wish to combine training in biology with exposure to perspectives from the social sciences and humanities on the social, political and ethical aspects of modern biology.  This major is intended for students who have an interest in law, medicine, health services administration and other professional schools and for preparation for graduate programs in various fields.

The Science & Technology Studies Major furthers students’ understanding of the social and cultural meanings of science and technology.  It is ideal for students pursuing careers in law, public policy or management, as well as for scientists, engineers and others interested in science, technology and society.

The Minor in Science & Technology Studies also offers a way for undergraduates specializing in other fields to gain an appreciation for the social dimensions of science and technology.

·         JUAN MANUEL SOLTERO GUTIERREZ

SCIENCE

Science, technology and technology Gay-Achilles The technical reality is a human reality. We live in a world where technology sets the pace of progress and life patterns. These three keywords, science, art and technology are linked to specific activities of man and inextricably linked to the development of civilization. We will try to clarify the concepts of these three terms, covering both activities (research, development, execution) and the resulting product (knowledge, goods, services), which are a result of responses to the concerns and needs of man. This means that for man the world is the subject of inquiry and action. Considering this, we can talk about two very interlinked but substantially different fields linked to human activity: the field of science (inquiry) and the field of art and technology (stock) .The field This field science responds to the human desire to know and rationally understand the world around him and the phenomena associated therewith, desire that leads to scientifically investigate. Normally, the result of scientific research increases the body methodically formed and systematized knowledge. This human activity (scientific research) and the resulting product (scientific knowledge) is what we call science .In this field, motivation is the craving for knowledge, research activities and the resulting product is scientific knowledge. This field responds to the human desire to know and rationally understand the world around him and the phenomena associated therewith, desire that leads to scientifically investigate. Normally, the result of scientific research increases the body methodically formed and systematized knowledge .This human activity (scientific research) and the resultant product (scientific knowledge) is what we call science .In this field, motivation is the thirst for knowledge, the activity is research and the resulting product is scientific knowledge.

Activity Motivation ProductoAnsias knowledge scientific knowledge Scientific ResearchHere you go from the particular to the general, then as Bertrand Russell says: "science, but starts from the observation of the particular, it is not essentially linked to the particular, but to the general. A fact of science is not a mere fact, but a case "Mario Bunge .1Oen words:"Scientific knowledge is general places the unique facts in general pattern, the particular statements in broad outlines."The field of art and technology. This field, in turn, reflects the desire and the will of man to transform their environment. That is, transform the world around him, seeking new and better ways to meet their needs or desires. Primala in this field will make (build, design, create, manufacture, etc.). This human activity and its resulting product is what we call technique or technology, as appropriate.

In this field, the motivation is the satisfaction of needs or wants, the business is the development, design and / or execution and the resulting product are the goods and services or the methods and processes.