This week, Nature Careers ran a great feature about scientists who act as advisers for Hollywood blockbusters and hit TV shows: Media consulting: Entertaining science. The article touches on the experience several scientists have had with some big names: David Saltzberg and The Big Bang Theory, James Kakalios and The Amazing Spiderman, and Donna Nelson and Breaking Bad.
I decided to dig a little deeper into Donna’s story, and that of Dr David Kirby, a science communication professor at the University of Manchester, to find out a little more about the cultural differences between the lab and the media.