I Am a Gun Owner

February 1, 2013

Jason Clarke

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20 COMMENTS

In Memphis February 1, 2013 At 15:11

Nice, diverse background. Martial arts and biology? And people call me a jack of all trades. Thanks for sharing. What is your published work about?
- jason clarke February 2, 2013 At 01:53
  
  renal development and renal birth defects.
- Rocksnake February 3, 2013 At 10:42
  
  Diversity is good. Ichthyology and Tae Kwon Do here.
jwm February 1, 2013 At 15:34

Welcome Jason. And Molon Labe back at you. Let them try.
- jason clarke February 2, 2013 At 01:54
  
  thanks.
Billy Wardlaw February 1, 2013 At 15:56

Brains + Brawn = Badass! Glad you’re on the team.
Ralph February 1, 2013 At 17:02

Brazilian Jiujitsu FTW!
- jason clarke February 2, 2013 At 02:24
  
  yes sirrrr! oss!
WildBillKelso February 1, 2013 At 18:03

Jason,
Molon Labe, ‘Tuga\Brasileiro? Bem-Vindo Amigo!
- jason clarke February 2, 2013 At 02:03
  
  sorry. i don’t speak portugese and i’m not of brazilian heritage. but i a have many brazilian friends, love brazilian food and love brazilian jim-jitsu.
AlphaGeek February 1, 2013 At 19:46

From one atheist martial-arts practitioner to another, I’m here to tell you that I fscking loved your portrait. So much awesome in one place, and not just because of confirmation bias. 🙂
- jason clarke February 2, 2013 At 02:05
  
  thanks. glad to be here.
g February 1, 2013 At 22:02

Scientist / martial artist is a pretty cool combo. Thank you for speaking out, and of course, thank you for your service, Jason!
- jason clarke February 2, 2013 At 02:40
  
  thanks. just glad to be able to do all of those things!
CarlosT February 2, 2013 At 01:36

Jason’s halfway to Buckaroo Banzai territory. Mad props to you.
- jason clarke February 2, 2013 At 02:17
  
  ha! i had never heard of that until your comment. had to google it. too funny.
jason clarke February 2, 2013 At 01:49

Great to be here with you all. Thanks for the interest in my bio. I try to stay as balanced as I can. I am a black belt in judo and a brown belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu. i’ve been in martial arts for 30 years. i use to fight mma a long time ago. i work for a Big 10 university in the midwest and run my bjj academy as my second “job” at night.

my research is about normal and abnormal kidney development at the molecular and genetic level. i also am a gene hunter for a renal birth defect called “bilateral renal agenesis”which is where the kidneys of the baby never formed/developed and this is a lethal condition. you can find my research publications on PubMed.
- Dan A February 3, 2013 At 01:03
  
  This might be a long shot but do you post on Terminal Lance?
  - jason clarke February 3, 2013 At 22:05
    
    negative. no idea what that is, but i will look into it.
    
    j
  - jason clarke February 4, 2013 At 00:03
    
    checked into “terminal lance”. no, i don’t post there.