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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Guilty of Rambling On
As a PhD student it is an exciting moment when you know you’re off to your first international conference. Whether or not you get to present (either orally or via a poster), there is still a thrill in just being … Continue reading
The Potholes in Life
As regular readers of this blog will know, I rely on my bike to get me around to the myriad committee meetings I need to attend across Cambridge. It is my lifeline to get me speedily to the railway station … Continue reading
Sold for a Mess of Pottage
A couple of weeks back I undertook another trip to Europe. A trip that got extended by nearly a day due to snow which disrupted my travel plans, thereby making it impossible for me to get back to the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture, Science Funding
Tagged EMBL, ERC, Frankfurt, Janet Thornton
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What Can I Do? Press for Progress….
What follows is a lightly edited version of the address I gave at the joint Churchill/Murray Edwards Colleges ‘Humanist Happenings’ last Sunday, in advance of International Women’s Day today. Today is International Women’s Day, with its theme of Press for … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Amplification, Bystander, International Women's Day, Women's Lib
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Nothing’s Wasted
No doubt the majority of my readers are far more familiar with TEDx talks than I am, and have watched many more than I have. They are a notion that has floated past me occasionally. I have been asked to … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science
Tagged media, memory, TEDx, Whitehall
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