Author Archives: rpg

About rpg

Scientist, poet, gadfly

Do you remember the first time?

Posted on 25 June 2012 by rpg

It is a thing of beauty. That should be enough.

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On a drop of water

Posted on 17 June 2012 by rpg

One of these days, I’ll treat myself to a proper camera attachment for my microscope. In the meantime, here’s what we can achieve by pointing the iPhone at one of the oculars. And a movie:

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On the road

Posted on 5 June 2012 by rpg

Protein Dimerization and Oligomerization in Biology is a textbook that can be yours for the princely sum of £126. I know this because last week I received an email from a cove in India wanting a copy of a chapter … Continue reading →

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Swimming lesson

Posted on 20 May 2012 by rpg

Ever since I saw an editorial in last Tuesday’s Evening Standard, I’ve been meaning to write a serious blogpost. However, ever since last Tuesday I’ve been a bit under the weather, and not really up to it (before you jump … Continue reading →

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No fishing

Posted on 5 May 2012 by rpg

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Gonna build a house

Posted on 10 April 2012 by rpg

Let’s pretend. Say you came to me and said that your family wanted a new house. And that you were contracting me and my firm of experienced architects and house-builders to do the job.

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One step beyond

Posted on 30 March 2012 by rpg

What did I really think when I made the decision to leave the lab and pursue a career using my other skills? To be honest, I don’t really know. I don’t really remember. “It seemed a good idea at the … Continue reading →

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Doing stuff with Ecological Networks

Posted on 29 March 2012 by rpg

A few months ago one of my former post-docs mentioned that he had been thinking about ecological networks. One common type of network is a bipartite network, for example a plant-frugivore network, where members of one group (e.g. frugivores) may … Continue reading →

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On why

Posted on 12 March 2012 by rpg

The other morning, between about 7.30 and 8.45, I had a long, involved and very realistic dream. In it, I visited the MRC LMB in Cambridge, to discover that it had been partly rebuilt into a modern, if not downright … Continue reading →

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What’s yours called?

Posted on 15 February 2012 by rpg

(This is a repost from the GranularIT Blog.) I couldn’t stand it no more. After my latest timelapse experiment (a frame every minute for three days; over 3 GB of photos), not to mention mucking around with stop-motion, I decided … Continue reading →

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