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What do We Lose if We Lose Access to the ERC?
This week I was in Brussels in my capacity as a Scientific Council Member of the European Research Council. One of the roles we are all expected to fulfil from time to time is as observer of the various panels … Continue reading
Moving Beyond a Silo Mentality
Wherever I turn currently I seem to come up against the questions that assessing interdisciplinary research throws up. Nature recently had a special issue highlighting some of the challenges and rewards, but taking a very broad brush approach. Its editorial … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Science Funding
Tagged committee meetings, ERC, refereeing, research councils
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Attacks on the Royal Society Miss the Point
This post was originally posted at ScienceGrrl. Another year, another occasion to thump the Royal Society for the make-up of its new fellows. This time it was Nature that screamed ‘Royal Society still trails the US National Academy in female … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged refereeing, research councils, Royal Society
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The Players in Physics Meets Biology
Today has been an interesting day at the Physics Meets Biology meeting, I mentioned a couple of days ago. The talks were diverse as one would expect from the community ranging from insect adhesion (Matthew Anyon from Hull), through the … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics
Tagged physics staff, research councils, science funding
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