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Category Archives: conferences
I am evangelical about this
PhD students should* consider industry roles; academics should not dissuade them. Ten years ago today I began what I now refer to as my industry detour, a decade spent as a statistical consultant in the pharmaceutical industry. I went directly: … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in alternative careers, career, careers, conferences, Life, PhD, science careers
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To Travel or Not to Travel?
Now the academic year has come to an end, it is possible to start to reflect on the year past and what next year might, and I emphasise might, look like. This year has not been as full of Covid-stresses … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in carbon budgets, Communicating Science, conferences, hybrid meetings, Science Culture, Zoom
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Brilliance and Diversity
A couple of weeks ago I attended the annual conference of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, and a fascinating day it was. Everyone in the hall seemed delighted to be back to meeting in person, but there were several … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in conferences, Diane Coyle, education, Equality, manels, Stereotypes
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Giving Due Credit
Due Credit When I was setting out as a young PI, the standard thing to do (on acetates, once we’d moved on from 35mm slides) was to acknowledge co-workers – students or postdocs, or wider collaborators – via a simple … Continue reading
Posted in bad behaviour, conferences, Research, Science Culture, whistleblowing
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Making it up as I go along
Until recently, I dreaded public speaking. Hated it, even. No-one told me, when I set out to become a scientist, that presenting my work in front of an audience would be expected. Being scheduled to give a talk, to immediate … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, conferences, Fun, Improv, Life, presenting
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Will I not be ‘Important’?
This is the troubled question Jeremy Baumberg asks rhetorically in his recent book The Secret Life of Science when he discusses the vexed question of what happens if he decides not to attend some conference, along with ‘Will I no … Continue reading
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Guilty of Rambling On
As a PhD student it is an exciting moment when you know you’re off to your first international conference. Whether or not you get to present (either orally or via a poster), there is still a thrill in just being … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Keller, conferences, Research, Science Culture, speakers
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Making real change happen
For those of my readers who are new to my writing, karibuni. Stay with me. The video is for the sake of nostalgia. I am going through a nostalgic phase at the moment.
Posted in Blogging about having been at a conference, Change, conference, conferences, Inducing, Life
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Laying Ghosts to Rest
Many years ago I was invited to give one of the keynote talks at a conference in the USA. I was young and I was flattered. It was a Conference on Polymer Physics held on the east coast of America. … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, Equality, Science Culture, self-confidence, sexism
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Is there a Point in Travel?
As my last post makes clear, I have been busy travelling recently. My trip encompassed visits to both New York and Boston, cities which in years past I have visited quite frequently. Boston is delightfully non-American: its streets are not … Continue reading
Posted in airmiles, Boston, conferences, Hilda Geiringer, Science Culture, Women in science
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