Talk:18826 Leifer

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This asteroid was named after me. Please don't delete it. You might be able to make the case that I am notable. Here are secondary sources that profile my scientific contributions:

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=single-worm-neurons
• http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68860/description/Making_a_worm_do_more_than_squirm
• http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/1/19/leifer-neurons-worms-elegans/
• http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/18/zapping-worm-brains-with-lasers-reveals-the-duty-of-each-neuron/

Please contact me if you would like additional secondary sources. Thank you. --Kramer (talk) 16:53, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

A brief (albeit outdated) biography is given at the JPL page about this asteroid: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=18826+Leifer

My current affiliation at Princeton University is listed: http://www.princeton.edu/genomics/lewis-sigler-fellows/

--Kramer (talk) 14:18, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Other evidence of notability: http://nyti.ms/11320Lp Kramer (talk) 14:52, 3 July 2013 (UTC)