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Eureka! – the Influence of Scientists on the CSR
The Eureka reception – hosted by the Times – was buzzing last night. This reception was to celebrate the 1st birthday of the Eureka Magazine and many of those named on the 100 most influential people in science a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Funding
Tagged Adrian Smith, CSR, David Willetts, Eureka 100 list, Mark Henderson, Science is Vital, Scientific Century, the Times
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Eureka! -Choosing the 100 Most Influential People in British Science
This piece also appears as a guestblog on the Times’s Science blog “Eureka Zone” (behind the paywall). When an invitation to join the panel to help draw up the Eureka100 powerlist in science arrived in my inbox, my fancy was … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Research, Science Culture
Tagged Brian Cox, David Mackay, Eureka, Evan Harris, influence, Paul Nurse
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An Evening Out
Last night I was at the IOP Awards’ Dinner in London. Following the recent revamp of all the IOP Awards about three years ago, a new subject award – appropriately called the Franklin Medal to celebrate Rosalind Franklin – was … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Research, Science Funding, Women in Science
Tagged Faraday Medal, Franklin Medal, IOP, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Phil Willis, Project Juno, Tom Duke
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Physics of Living Matter – More Thoughts on Interdisciplinary Working
Over the next couple of days I’ll be at the annual Physics of Living Matter conference. This is the 5th annual conference in Cambridge, and they have become a very firm fixture in many of our calendars. They serve to … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Interdisciplinary Science, Research
Tagged collaboration, interdisciplinary science, research, Sean Eddy, systems biology
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Am I having an Impact?
The scientific community is fairly sensitised to the word ‘impact’ by now, and many of us will have written Pathways to Impact Statements, and read some too. I sit on the REF Physics Pilot panel, so I have seen a … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Communicating Science, Research, Science Funding
Tagged impact, REF, starch
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