Daily Archives: 27 February 2011

Gaelic names are always the hardest to pronounce

Posted on 27 February 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m spending all weekend in the office, working on a couple of grants that are due tomorrow. Being even more in need of sanity breaks (such as this quick blogging break) than usual, I took a nice refreshing walk in … Continue reading →

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Patterns

Posted on 27 February 2011 by Henry Gee

The summer after my second year as an undergraduate I had the amazing opportunity of a summer job, working in the Natural History Museum, at the Department of Palaeontology. It was an excellent introduction to fossils for this wannabe palaeontologist. … Continue reading →

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The Perutz Effect

Posted on 27 February 2011 by Stephen

I have Jim Franks of Newton TV to thank for the opportunity to sit around a table with some of the current scientists at the world-famous MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology to talk about the legacy of its founder, Max … Continue reading →

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