Monthly Archives: August 2010

Lawson, Willetts and Equality

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Athene Donald

Dearie me, it really is the silly season. Dominic Lawson, in today’s Independent, writes a perfectly sane piece about the fact that if more girls go to university than in the past, then necessarily there are fewer places for boys … Continue reading →

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Proteins turn up in many guises

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Athene Donald

I have just come back from a brief trip to the Netherlands to discuss a project on protein aggregation at high concentrations with collaborators from NIZO (a Dutch food research organisation) and Eindhoven University.  This project – funded by a … Continue reading →

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Prizes for Women (only)?

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Athene Donald

  Do women need prizes simply because they are women and can’t compete with men for prizes more generally? AS Byatt  clearly feels that women-only prizes are demeaning and sexist according to a recent article in the Guardian following her … Continue reading →

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First, tentative steps

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Athene Donald

Welcome! I aim to use this site to post thoughts on work at the outer reaches of physics where it meets biology, and the challenges of working at that interface; some of my ideas and experiences as a senior woman … Continue reading →

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