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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Times past, and celebrity guests
Though perhaps I should have called this “The Old Neighbourhood” Many years ago – in the early 90s, to be precise – I went back as an adult, after more than two decades, to the Cape Cod village of Woods … Continue reading
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Conveying the Wrong Message [1]
This article first appeared in Times Higher Education as an Opinion piece on January 12th 2012. Our academic lives are strongly influenced by those individuals who write letters of reference for us as we aim to move up the career … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Equality, gendering, hiring, leakypipeline, reference letter
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2011 in books
Well, my attempts to form good habits related to my specific 2012 resolutions – plus my ongoing exercise and healthy eating goals – have already been derailed, although the goals themselves are still very achievable. I blame (in chronological order): … Continue reading
Posted in blog buddies, book review, family, grant wrangling, Medicine
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Response to RFI on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research
What a mouthful! Well, happy new year to everyone. I thought I’d make it a matter of public record that I support the continuation of public access to peer-reviewed scientific productions where it already exists, and the implementation of better … Continue reading
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Dealing with pressure…and men
Occam’s Typewriter has seemed like a home to me since I started this gig about a year ago. Always controversial, always avant-garde, always energizing. And it still is. But lately I’ve found that my energies for putting a tolerable piece … Continue reading
Posted in Dealing with Men, kindle, Literature, poetry, Pressure, reading, Research, science, stress
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Hawking history [6]
It was good to hear the reports of Stephen Hawking’s speech at his 70th birthday celebrations at the weekend. The Independent ran the story under the headline “I owe it all to my father” and noted that Hawking spoke movingly … Continue reading
Posted in chemotherapy, History, MRC, Parasitology
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At Speed – Mosport, July 2011 [6]
I warned you there’d be some car racing appearing here, and here’s the first of it. Don’t worry – I won’t be at any more races until the end of May, at the earliest. It’s partway through winter, and although … Continue reading
Posted in Hobbies, Mosport, Photography, racing
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Heroines and Role Models [11]
Recently I had a rather upset email from a younger colleague who was worried because she had publicly disagreed with me in a discussion and feared she had been ‘strident’. What made it worse, she said, was that I had … Continue reading
Posted in advice, aspirations, mentors, Research, Women in science
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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #33
Taken earlier today in North Charleston, SC. In the end I decided to dine elsewhere.
Posted in Silliness
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CromercRox
A little while ago I promised you an announcement. Well, here it is. Music has always been a big part of my life. I have been in, around, through and between rock bands (and blues bands, and pop bands, and … Continue reading
Posted in getting ones priorities right, if i could choose a young mans death, midlife crisis, Music, organ, stealer
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