Author Archives: Richard Wintle

About Richard Wintle

I am Canadian by heritage, and a molecular biologist and human geneticist by training. My day job is Assistant Director of a large genome centre, where I do various things along the lines of "keeping the wheels on". In my spare time, I tend to run around with a camera, often chasing horses, race cars, musicians, and occasionally, wildlife.

Comfort Zone

Posted on 28 November 2011 by Richard Wintle

Sometimes, it pays to step out of your comfort zone a little. I have a camera, and I like to use it. It’s employed for family events, weekends at the cottage, trips to the zoo, and the occasional conference. I … Continue reading →

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Week 7, in which we discover that Ricardipus perhaps isn’t quite as good at this hockey pool malarkey as he’s always claimed, but doesn’t quite learn to get over it yet.

Posted on 24 November 2011 by Richard Wintle

That was, and I believe this is the correct way to put it, The Week of TEH SUCKAGE™. Looking over the weekly stats, it seems that Beth smoked everyone, even the reliably excellent Lavaland. Mr. E Man (cleverly disguised here … Continue reading →

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Motorsport, Astrophysics, and a Nobel Laureate (peripherally) [10]

Posted on 6 November 2011 by Richard Wintle

One nice aspect of living (virtually) at Occam’s Typewriter is the diversity of authors. Though many (most? all?) have backgrounds present employment in science, the variety of topics in any given week provides for some fun reading. But there are … Continue reading →

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I am proud to be one of them. [4]

Posted on 26 October 2011 by Richard Wintle

On futzing around, looking for something else, I came across a letter to the editor of The Times, written by the redoubtable Lt. Colonel Alfred Daniel Wintle in 1946. Wintle, a fabulously eccentric yet quintessentially English gentleman (and yes, I … Continue reading →

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International Congress of Human Genetics – day 1 [7]

Posted on 11 October 2011 by Richard Wintle

This is where it will all happen… tomorrow. Well, day “minus one” really, since the thing doesn’t start until tomorrow. Nevertheless, I have braved the Canadian Nationalized Train Service, and am now, after a long and interesting discussion with a … Continue reading →

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Eye Candy Fractal Post [4]

Posted on 14 September 2011 by Richard Wintle

“Alien Honeycomb” Henry’s recent post about music had the quite unexpected (I expect) result of spurring me to think again about a couple of old hobbies I’ve neglected for a while. One, the creation of super-excellent* electronic music, is something … Continue reading →

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Essential Reading, August 2011. [4]

Posted on 27 August 2011 by Richard Wintle

I didn’t agree with many of his political views, but nevertheless with all good will I direct you to this: A letter to Canadians from the Honourable Jack Layton If you, or anyone you know, is battling cancer, you might … Continue reading →

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Science, fashion and the best stem cell dress you’ll (n)ever wear.

Posted on 5 August 2011 by Richard Wintle

A shameless cross-post from a topic I started at the Lablit forum. This wonderful dress is part of an exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre, entitled The Beauty of Stem Cells – Fashion Inspired by Stem Cell Research. Unfortunately, I … Continue reading →

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Science Policy and the Canadian Election – or maybe not.

Posted on 1 May 2011 by Richard Wintle

So we’re down to it – only one day left until the Canadian Federal Election, although many who are more organized than I am have already voted in the advance polls. As usual, our beloved national broadcaster has aggregated a … Continue reading →

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The Age of Fulfilment

Posted on 8 February 2011 by Richard Wintle

In which the author exhibits his cheap and lazy nature by faffling around a bit, eventually buying Jenny Rohn’s latest novel “The Honest Look” via several geographically separate countries. Another book by Jenny Rohn. One that I actually own already.

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