Author Archives: Heather

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That French-American biomed researcher again.

Some words when one is speechless

Posted on 15 November 2015 by Heather

The current use of “no words” in its semaphoric online sense seems to date back to five or ten years ago. To you, there may seem to be a great difference between five and ten years ago. To me, two … Continue reading →

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Why a talented researcher – but a naive saleswoman – had to resort to #crowdfunding

Posted on 1 August 2014 by Heather

I went and wrote, go ahead, launch the campaign – unprepared, at the end of July. That said, we ARE going to succeed in raising the money we so desperately need to make concrete things happen in our lab: registering … Continue reading →

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Relative oblivion and revivals

Posted on 27 February 2014 by Heather

Penny Candy paperback edition, by Jean Kerr While on vacation in California, I had the U.S. version of a famous online bookstore locate and then send me a copy of a collection of essays I once enjoyed in the very … Continue reading →

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Research talks about large congenital melanocytic nevi

Posted on 6 February 2014 by Heather

Cross-posted from The Node: Limited time offer until 30 April 2014. Read on. As a developmental biologist, I have found my calling in applying what I have learned  about normal embryogenesis to better understanding the pathophysiology of various  human congenital … Continue reading →

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Response to RFI on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research

Posted on 11 January 2012 by Heather

What a mouthful! Well, happy new year to everyone. I thought I’d make it a matter of public record that I support the continuation of public access to peer-reviewed scientific productions where it already exists, and the implementation of better … Continue reading →

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Whupping photos in shape for biology journals

Posted on 25 April 2011 by Heather

The last time I purchased a piece of software to edit photographs, it was Photoshop 6 for PC. I had tried version 7, which did the job well, on others’ computers, but version 6 did the job, and did it … Continue reading →

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Expat scientists, Rare Disease Day 2011 and stupid politics

Posted on 20 February 2011 by Heather

I received notification through Facebook (who says LinkedIn is only for professional conversations, and Facebook only for silly pet antics?) from a Portuguese former colleague from my French Ph.D. lab, who has since gone to live in Germany, England, and … Continue reading →

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Open tabs

Posted on 28 January 2011 by Heather

Welcome, briefly captive audience before the next click that takes you far, far away to a server in Bangalore or Vladivostok. I am going to do a tab-and-link dump here (a.k.a.

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