Category Archives: Research

Eureka! -Choosing the 100 Most Influential People in British Science

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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An Evening Out

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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Physics of Living Matter – More Thoughts on Interdisciplinary Working

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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Am I having an Impact?

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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Whither (or possibly even wither) BBSRC’s Committee C?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Athene Donald

I am now heading off to a hotel near Heathrow for a BBSRC committee meeting. These are always held in such delightful locations because of the need for a large enough hotel to fit all 4 committees plus the associated … Continue reading →

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