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Author Archives: Erika Cule
Margaret McCartney at Skeptics in the Pub
Back in 2009, Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google, said in an interview I keep saying the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians. More recently, his review of Nate Silver‘s The Signal and the Noise, Larry … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Angry Glaswegian, Book review, Margaret McCartney, SITP, Skeptics in the pub, The Patient Paradox
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Dénouement
Last week: The ever-helpful @OccamT crew are giving @erikacule viva (thesis defense) tips & anecdotes via email. Hope we haven’t scared her too much… 13 March 2013 6:32 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite @enniscath Cath Ennis @enniscath we’ll drive her to vodka … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Life, PhD
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Science Online 2013 without the carbon footprint
Science Online 2013 kicked off yesterday in North Carolina. For those of us who are not able to make it to the conference in person, watch parties the world over facilitate virtual attendance. In the UK, Eva Amsen and I … Continue reading
Sacrifice and Submission
Narratives of sacrifice are woven into many stories about research. Nobel laureate Dr Barry Marshall famously drank a culture of Helicobacter pylori in order to demonstrate that the bacterium is indeed the causative agent of stomach ulcers. Closer to my … Continue reading
Impressions of ASHG 2012
Whilst most of the science blogosphere my science blogging colleagues were getting stuck in to Science Online London 2012, I was at the closing plenary of the 62nd meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. If solo12 is the home … Continue reading
An unexpected delight in the form of careers advice
This week I am attending the 62nd meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics here in San Francisco. Being a PhD student, I registered for several of the events aimed at Trainees. As well as attending talks, visiting posters, … Continue reading
Londoners by Craig Taylor and the A to Z
I moved to London in 2005. After a few weeks living here I concluded that the two most useful things to give a new visitor to the capital would be an Oyster card and a London A to Z. Now, having … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fun, Life
Tagged A to Z, Book review, Craig Taylor, Londoners, maps, Oyster card
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Talkin’ ’bout my PhD-work
For many (most?) PhD students, there comes a time when they must present their work at a conference, meeting or workshop. The student may have already spoken about their work within their department, for example at a departmental seminar. I … Continue reading
Posted in PhD
Tagged drama, giving a talk, Jurassic Park, PhD, presenting, Siblings, The Who
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You’re turning into your supervisor
This week I met up with some collaborators. This was the trip that led to a chance encounter with fellow OT blogger Austin: Small world, science – just bumped into @occamt‘s London-based PhD student blogger Erika Cule occamstypewriter.org/erikacule/ in the … Continue reading
