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Category Archives: Communication
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Carbon
I may not know much about Chemistry but I know what I like. And I like carbon. In fact, I’ve decided that it’s my favourite element. I’ll tell you why in the short video below, which is part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Protein Crystallography
Tagged Carbon, Royal Institution, science communication
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Write Right
If you thought I was done open access, think again. The taunting of the journal impact factor beast in recent posts was necessary because it is blocking the path to free dissemination of the research literature and the omnivorous creature … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Open Access
Tagged open access, PLOS ONE, Public engagement, Writing
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Here goes something: Occam’s Typewriter cornered
Well this is nice. Today Occam’s Typewriter opens a new cornershop, so to speak, at the Guardian. For me, this closes a social media circle that started over four years ago because I can trace my entry to the scientific … Continue reading
From the pedestal – take 3
Earlier this week I had an interesting email from Jesse Shore, President of Australian Science Communicators, about a blog post I wrote back in 2010. Jesse has kindly agreed to let me post our brief correspondence so I’ll let him … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Science, Scientific Life
Tagged peer review, science communication
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Jam Yesterday
On a grey day back in October I made my way along Albemarle Street to the Royal Institution for the filming of DemoJam, a lively and light-hearted program of science produced by Jonathan Sanderson and the rest of the gang … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Protein Crystallography, Science
Tagged RI Channel, Royal Institution, Video
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The past, The future and The Guardian
This week I got to visit a part of London that is for me a hallowed place – the offices of The Guardian newspaper. I was participating in a workshop for the people who had been short-listed for the Wellcome … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Science & Media
Tagged Guardian, Journalism, Publishing, science communication
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Meet me on a Monday
This is shameless, shameless self-promotion but I was interviewed back in May by Carl Carruthers for his Meet a Scientist Monday podcast, which has gone live today. The interview was long enough ago for me — being of advanced years … Continue reading
Perusing the Papers
Last night, having rounded off a busy week with a day of manual labour helping to repair my mother-in-law’s kitchen floor, I retired to bed early with the newspaper. Saturday’s Guardian, if you want to know. It was delightful. I … Continue reading
I’m a Scientist – making the film
Today sees the release of my new film: I’m a Scientist. It’s about scientists. Please take a look either here, or on the web-site that I have created specially for it*. The film was a long time coming. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Fun, Science, Science & Media, Scientific Life
Tagged film, Science, scientists
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Is Massively Collaborative Scientific Publishing Possible?
The job of a newspaper columnist is to agitate and George Monbiot did exactly that last week with a furious rant in The Guardian about academic publishers. It may have been an odd choice for most of his readers but … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Open Access, Science, Scientific Life
Tagged peer review, science publishing
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Coming Soon
Today sees the release of the new trailer of my latest and most ambitious film project. In doing so I am following the sound advice of Richard Hamming and forcing my own hand. With the trailer now on public view, I will … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Fun, Scientific Life
Tagged science communication, scientific life, Video
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Here comes Impact
In UK scientific circles and the wider realm of academia impact has been around for a while now. Grant forms incorporate large blank spaces in which applicants are required to outline their plans for ensuring that the work they hope … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Science, Science & Politics
Tagged impact, Science, Science Policy
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