Steve
I'm a biomedical researcher with a lab working on endocytic protein trafficking. I've recently (self)-published my first LabLit novel, "Matter Over Mind" (http://www.stevecaplan.net/). My second LabLit novel, "Welcome Home, Sir" has just been published by Anaphora Literary Press.
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Recent Posts
- After the storm
- My Life in Nebraska
- Women of the Wall: fighting inequality and discrimination at every opportunity
- Hi tech solutions for building demolition/renovation
- New meanings for protein structures-combining art and science
- The scientist as a squirrel
- Are scientists becoming an endangered species? The way we live–now
- Let My People Go!
- Parental pride–and a lesson in resilience by a brilliant scientist
- Science education: the generalist vs the specialist
- Captions invited (Please, fund me!)
- If you think you are sick of me now…
- Electronic evolution
- Experiments, hypotheses, volcanoes, newtons and free downloads
- Canada then and now: If you are sick, see a doctor!
- I (DON’T!) smell gas…
- Getting the boot–entropy in the absence of enforcement
- Legacy 2012
- More on creative self-promotion…
- Out of control
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LabLit- LabLit quote: Alice Roberts on geeks May 20, 2013Labels are unhelpful, one scientist claims […]
- Einstein gets a bad rap? The Day Without Yesterday May 11, 2013Pippa Goldschmidt enjoys Stuart Clark's latest novel […]
- Carboniferous wordplay: poetry by Dan Paquette May 5, 2013From the LabLit science verse series […]
- Why resistance is not futile, and what that means for cancer research April 23, 2013From the BSCB science writing competition […]
- Chasing the result: A stem cell scientist’s perspective April 23, 2013From the BSCB science writing competition […]
- LabLit quote: Alice Roberts on geeks May 20, 2013
HOW TO FIND ME?
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http://www.stevecaplan.netSteve’s science website
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Tag Archives: books
My Life in Nebraska
Years ago, when I still permitted myself a very tiny slice of time for television, I enjoyed the antics of Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer in the British comedy series, “As Time Goes By.” In particular, I wholly identified with … Continue reading
Posted in science, Uncategorized
Tagged as time goes by, author, books, libraries, Nebraska, Norfolk, novels, promotion, self-promotion
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If you think you are sick of me now…
I will write about topics that are dear to me, that have meaning. I promise. But not until the following blog. For now, those of you who dare click to read-on, will have to endure tales of my most recent … Continue reading
Vain in my veins
As part of my exhaustive (exhausting?) all-encompassing marketing of my two novels, “Welcome Home, Sir” and “Matter Over Mind,” I have undertaken a campaign to get my novels purchased and on the shelves of public libraries. Indeed, this is a … Continue reading
Art and Science–take 2
Last evening I had a wonderfully unique opportunity to sample a complex mixture of art, science and creativity at the elegant Orpheum Theatre in Omaha (circa 1927)–in the form of modern dance! If you can spare just a few moments … Continue reading
Posted in science, Uncategorized
Tagged art, author, books, creativity, in the news, Momix Botanica, Occam's Typewriter, Orpheum Theatre Omaha, science
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Reading honeymoon
Having recently reported that my second and new lablit novel, “Welcome Home, Sir” will be coming out in the near future, and now in the process of deciding between two disparate options for the plot and characters of novel #3, … Continue reading
Posted in humor, research, science, Uncategorized
Tagged achondroplastic dwarf, Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson, books, fiction, hilarity, Lablit, laughter, non-fiction, our one-and-only Henry Gee, reading, science, Simon Mawer
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Decisions, decisions…
Books have always been dear to me. As a child/young adult, I skipped directly to adult books and was known to read 7-8 different books in parallel (now 3-4 is my limit + audiobooks for the car, and the new … Continue reading
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Tagged "Matter Over Mind", agent, Anaphora Literary Press, author, books, decisions, Lablit, literary fiction, literature, novel, press, publish, publisher, publishing, science in fiction, Welcome Home Sir, writing
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