Author Archives: rpg

About rpg

Scientist, poet, gadfly

Keep on running

Posted on 21 April 2013 by rpg

What’s that bright light in the sky? We need Winter, because without it we would not appreciate Spring so much. Even so, Spring has been a long time coming to London. We had, apparently, the coldest Easter on record. But … Continue reading →

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Broken Teeth

Posted on 7 April 2013 by rpg

M’good friend Dr Gee apparently has a thing about bones. Anything he can do, I can do better, so, in the absence of any biological modelling this week, here’s one for you paleontologists: To me, it looks like a fossilized … Continue reading →

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Parklife

Posted on 28 March 2013 by rpg

If you’ve ever seen my Flickr stream you might realize I’m quite fond of birds. Even here in Zone 2 there are a lot of birds around—especially in our garden. Blue tits, great tits, long-tailed tits, robins, dunnocks, goldfinches, wrens, … Continue reading →

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On biological modelling

Posted on 24 March 2013 by rpg

Complement activation

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On biological modelling

Posted on 17 March 2013 by rpg

#5 Thylakoid

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On Biological Modelling

Posted on 10 March 2013 by rpg

#4 Nuclear Pore (internal) (oily spaghetti model)

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On biological modelling

Posted on 24 February 2013 by rpg

claimtoken-5139f785eddbf #3 Lipid raft

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Standard Model

Posted on 23 February 2013 by rpg

As Tyrant for Life one of my (self-appointed, obviously) responsibilities is to keep an eye on the goings-on over at our outpost in the Gamma Quadrant. So it was that on Thursday lunchtime that I was catching up on the … Continue reading →

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On biological modelling

Posted on 17 February 2013 by rpg

#2 The Nuclear Pore

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On biological modelling

Posted on 10 February 2013 by rpg

#1 The Ribosome

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