Author Archives: rpg

About rpg

Scientist, poet, gadfly

On biological modelling

Posted on 17 March 2013 by rpg

#5 Thylakoid

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On Biological Modelling

Posted on 10 March 2013 by rpg

#4 Nuclear Pore (internal) (oily spaghetti model)

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On biological modelling

Posted on 24 February 2013 by rpg

claimtoken-5139f785eddbf #3 Lipid raft

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Standard Model

Posted on 23 February 2013 by rpg

As Tyrant for Life one of my (self-appointed, obviously) responsibilities is to keep an eye on the goings-on over at our outpost in the Gamma Quadrant. So it was that on Thursday lunchtime that I was catching up on the … Continue reading →

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On biological modelling

Posted on 17 February 2013 by rpg

#2 The Nuclear Pore

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On biological modelling

Posted on 10 February 2013 by rpg

#1 The Ribosome

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(Talkin’ ’bout) my generation

Posted on 9 February 2013 by rpg

Someone, somewhere, has been viewing my LinkedIn profile. I know this, see, because I’ve had a couple of calls and emails from various recruitment agencies, and I’ve seen that recruitment ‘specialists’ have left their footprints all over LinkedIn. One of … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Fantasy

Posted on 30 December 2012 by rpg

You know that thing you do where you read something, and completely misread a single word, and then go back and it’s normal and how it was meant to be? That happened to me a couple of days ago. I … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas

Posted on 25 December 2012 by rpg

Many moons ago, the much-missed Max Perutz would prowl the corridors of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Christmas Day, rounding up visiting and foreign post-docs, and drag them back to his house where Gisela would serve them Christmas dinner. … Continue reading →

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More to a sinner

Posted on 11 December 2012 by rpg

When people ask who were my influences, I find it difficult to give a straight answer. I cannot name a childhood hero in whose footsteps I wanted to follow, neither was there someone whose guidance or mentoring I’d particularly like … Continue reading →

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