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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Is there a Point in Travel?
As my last post makes clear, I have been busy travelling recently. My trip encompassed visits to both New York and Boston, cities which in years past I have visited quite frequently. Boston is delightfully non-American: its streets are not … Continue reading
Posted in airmiles, Boston, conferences, Hilda Geiringer, Science Culture, Women in science
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Open letter to the Publishers Association: please amend your open access decision tree
Dear Publishers Association I ask that you amend the open access decision tree you created for incorporation into the guidance notes accompanying the Open Access (OA) policy announced by Research Councils UK (RCUK) in 2013. It may seem odd to … Continue reading
Posted in Open Access, Publishers' Association, RCUK
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In which Charles Fernyhough comes to Fiction Lab
One of the great things about being the LabLit Guru™ is that I am constantly receiving interesting books to look over. A stack of lab lit, yesterday – plus an intriguing hanger-on there at the bottom One of the not-so-great … Continue reading
Reminiscing On my Travels
I am often asked, what do College Masters do? Some people seem to think it is similar to being Warden of a Hall of Residence (i.e. sorting out broken light bulbs or disputes between neighbouring students), but it isn’t like … Continue reading
Posted in alumni, Boston, Churchill College, Communicating Science, New York, Women in science
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In which life imitates science – number 264
A scientist is never off-duty, even in a fabulous Michelin-starred restaurant on Charlotte Street. Spindle organization was never this tasty I think pretty much anyone with a cell biology background would have seen what I saw in this rhubarb confection: … Continue reading
Posted in Scientific thinking, Silliness
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Words and Images
As my last post said, I have been sitting on a lot of committees recently and consequently reading a lot of references. I am pleased to observe that it has been the men round the table who have been complaining … Continue reading
Posted in Alice Lee, Equality, GillianGehring, Hertha Ayrton, letters of reference, Women in science
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In which the postdoc sell-by date continues to shrivel: The MRC comes to its senses
How do you judge the worth of a researcher? In particular, can you tell how excellent she is by how quickly she gets from point A to point B in her career? Old postdocs may not be as stale as … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Science Funding, staring into the abyss, The profession of science, Women in science
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10 Things to Make You a Better Committee Member
I seem to have been sitting through a lot of committee meetings recently, of diverse kinds. Every committee meeting has its own dynamic – a grant-awarding meeting is very different in form from that of some sort of a departmental … Continue reading
Posted in committee work, paperwork, preparation, Science Culture
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Sweet Serendipitous Science
One of the best arguments for supporting basic science is that serendipitous discoveries — those not necessarily outlined in a grant proposal — have always been key to scientific progress. Many of us who lobby for basic science like to … Continue reading
Posted in allulose, Andrew Han, basic science, fructose, Izumori, Newsweek, penicillin, Research, science, sugars
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Choosing the Right Criteria
A year ago Cambridge University launched its book ‘The Meaning of Success’ and published a letter calling on the HE community to consider what the sector values and should be promoting, figuratively and, when it comes to people, literally. This … Continue reading
Posted in career progression, Equality, International Woman's Day, Meaning of Success, mobility, promotion, Women in science
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