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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Lady liberty: my new glove box
A few weeks ago I blogged about my new Schlenk Line and now there is a new addition to the lab. My newest piece of BIG kit arrived Monday (unannounced). After a few weeks of tender, at most Universities if … Continue reading
Posted in Glove box, MBraun, science equipment, Statue of Liberty
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Time to write a final report on a completed grant!
Don't worry, it's only a first draft
Posted in cancer research, career, communication, English language, grant wrangling, Instagram, photos, Silliness
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An Open Letter on Open Access to UK Research Councils
Short Version Please read the Wellcome Trust’s policy on open access. And then adopt it. Thank you.
Posted in Academic publishing, BBSRC, elsevier, Open Access, RCUK, science, Scientific Life, Wellcome Trust
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A rearward look at rewards: celebrations and celebrities
Last autumn I had the pleasure of attending the awards ceremonies for two science writing prizes. They are similar competitions but have individual characteristics and constraints: the Max Perutz prize is sponsored by the MRC, which is a taxpayer-funded organisation … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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In which they don’t make ‘em like they used to
Even though I initially trained as a virologist, it’s a little known factoid that I did my PhD in an old-fashioned Microbiology department – back in the days when “microbiology” really meant “bacteria”. We virologists populated a small unfashionable pocket … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgia, The profession of science
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Family Day – sans family
And so, another holiday weekend has come and gone. While our cousins to the south have been enjoying Presidents’ Day (a.k.a. “Washington’s Birthday”, and no, I’m not getting into that debate, thank you very much), we here in the Province … Continue reading
Posted in Family Day, Holiday, home, Photography
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Hockey Pool Update, Weeks 19 and 20
Many thanks to Chall and ScientistMother for hosting Weeks 17 and 18, respectively! I messed up a bit by thinking Ricardipus had signed up for Week 19, but he hadn’t – he’d just said that he could do it “some … Continue reading
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Quotas, Good and Bad
I have always felt that the idea of quotas – for increasing the number of women on FTSE100 Boards, for instance – is a bad idea because it implies women need help in order to get themselves into positions of … Continue reading
Posted in appointment committees, Equality, EU, Nicole Dewandre, positive action, positive discrimination, Women in science
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Flying (non) Visit
Just over a week ago, I had the opportunity to once again visit lovely Vancouver, Canada, a city I’ve frequently spent a day or so in for various grant-related review panels, strategy meetings, and the like. Always fly-in, fly-out, unfortunately … Continue reading
Posted in airports, sleeping, time zones, travel, Vancouver
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Elsevier Break Dance
Lately, it’s all been getting a bit intense. Not tetchy, as at the Scholarly Kitchen in recent days, but still pretty focused. Four of the last five posts here have all been about the arguments surrounding the Elsevier boycott and … Continue reading
Posted in elsevier, Fun, Open Access, Scientific Life
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