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Author Archives: rpg
Congratulations to Athene
On behalf of the entire Occam’s Typewriter crew, I’d like to extend congratulations to Athene Donald for her Lifetime Achievement Award from the UKRC: Professor Dame Athene Donald of the University of Cambridge was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award … Continue reading
On peer review, part 451 (b)
I had a conversation on twitter last night with m’learned friend Nige, who runs the most ethical small business I know of. He pointed me at this blog post by Richard Smith at the BMJ, What is post publication peer … Continue reading
Posted in day job, Literature, Nonsense, peer review, The stupid, it burns
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On diversity
I was in a minority last night, and not just because I was one of the few men at #talkfest, the third such event hosted by the Biochemical Society. Last night’s affair was addressing diversity in blogging. I’m not going … Continue reading
Posted in Ill-considered rants, People, Politics, Public Engagement, science, you
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Silence is Golden
It passed pretty much unnoticed amongst the other projects going on around here, but I wrote a short story the other week, and it’s up on LabLit: Silence is Golden. Gratifyingly, Tania Hershman asked me on Twitter whether there were … Continue reading
Posted in Lablit, Literature, wibbling, Writing
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On health and safety gorn mad
The graduate student came running into the lab. “The centrifuge is on fire!” We’re talking quite a while ago now.
Posted in fire extinguishers, health & safety, The stupid, it burns, wank
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Online women in science
Back in January I was in North Carolina to participate in the Borafest—that is, Science Online 2011. The main reason for going was a little project cooked up with Jenny Rohn and Karen James. To wit: we wanted to film … Continue reading
