Daily Archives: 31 January 2012

It’s in my guilt box…

Posted on 31 January 2012 by Sylvia McLain

A variant on the impostor syndrome (as blogged by Athene Donald) A few weeks ago I bumped into one of my colleagues at the University – he is in a different Department and is a young (ish) PI like myself. … Continue reading →

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It has not escaped our notice

Posted on 31 January 2012 by rpg

And this, boys and girls, is why a good copywriter is worth their weight in cock. I mean, gold.

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Guest post: Society Journals and the Research Works Act

Posted on 31 January 2012 by Stephen

My previous post on Elsevier and the Research Works Act (RWA) stimulated a conversation on Twitter with Benoit Bruneau about the possible impact on the journals of scientific societies of moves to open access publishing.  This is an aspect of … Continue reading →

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Lay it on the line

Posted on 31 January 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As I mentioned way back in 2008, I’m often called upon to write lay abstracts for my department’s grant applications and website, and – less often – for press releases and assorted other documents. This is still one of my … Continue reading →

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