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- 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 […]
- Caught between scientists down the pub - Flea by Sam Meekings April 20, 2013From the LabLit short story series […]
- Einstein gets a bad rap? The Day Without Yesterday May 11, 2013
HOW TO FIND ME?
e-mail me at: scaplan[at]unmc.eduSteve on Twitter
Follow me on TWITTER: @caplansteveSee my personal website and reviews of my first novel, “Matter Over Mind”
http://www.stevecaplan.netSteve’s science website
http://www.unmc.edu/biochemistry/index.cfm?conref=3Facebook
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Tag Archives: Lablit
How far will you go to self-promote?
At the risk of going overboard… At least it’s clear to me that I wasn’t going to be a supermodel…
BOOK LAUNCH!
It’s finally here, the “Book Launch” for my new novel, “Welcome Home, Sir,” published by Anaphora Literary Press! After the 13 year struggle for publishing “Matter Over Mind,” this time I seem to have done it with the speed of … Continue reading
Posted in research, science
Tagged "Welcome Home, author, Book launch, Lablit, novel, post-traumatic stress disorder, publish, science, scientist, Sir"
10 Comments
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
12 Comments
Annibookery
This date one year ago marks the launch of my first novel “Matter Over Mind.” As I’ve been ‘scooped’ twice on this topic by Dr. Gee’s EXCERPT and then followed by his Uploads, Downloads, I will make this pathetic attempt … Continue reading
Posted in humor, research, science
Tagged academia, author, bipolar disorder, lab, Lablit, laboratory, novel, PI, post-doc, principal investigaotr, pure cynicism, realistic scientist characters portrayed, science, science in fiction, student
7 Comments
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
Posted in research, science
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
22 Comments
An imposter with a pen—part two
Rather than respond one by one to all of the kind wishes and wise words in response to “Imposter with a pen”, I thought that I’d add a brief blog to let you all know that I “survived” the book … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Uncategorized
Tagged authors, book-signing, Lablit, lectures, seminars, students
18 Comments
Hello OT!
Hello World! Or more specifically, Hello Occam’s Typewriter bloggers and readers! Actually, “Hello World!” sends shivers down my spine; after a hiatus of 20 years since learning Fortran and Pascal in university, my 8 year old son coaxed me back … Continue reading

