Category Archives: publishing

Unconscious Bias 2.0

Posted on 15 January 2022 by Athene Donald

‘Unconscious bias’ has become very much part of the conscious process that many organisations try to bring to bear on their decision-making, be it with regard to promotions or appointments. However, what do they mean by it and how do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Brits! You can buy my book now

Posted on 2 February 2017 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“Introducing Epigenetics: A Graphic Guide” is out NOW in the UK. It’s also available for pre-order everywhere else, and will be released on March 14th in the USA and on March 20th in Canada and elsewhere. Links to all major … Continue reading →

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I WROTE A BOOK!

Posted on 13 August 2016 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This excuses my long absence from this and other blogs, right? And I’m so excited that the cover and the publisher’s page have been finalized so that I can tell you about it at long last! I was approached last year by … Continue reading →

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ICYMI No.1: Preprints for biologists

Posted on 18 December 2015 by Stephen

Since I have developed a habit of writing elsewhere, which necessarily takes time and words away from the blog here at Reciprocal Space, I thought I would try to make amends by developing the habit of linking to the pieces … Continue reading →

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Structural Biology: a beginner’s guide?

Posted on 17 October 2015 by Stephen

I got impatient waiting for my latest review article to come out, so here it is. The scheduled publication date has slipped twice now without the publisher getting in touch to explain why. The latest I’ve heard, after querying the … Continue reading →

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Paying for peer review? No thanks, I’m outta here…

Posted on 12 April 2015 by Steve Caplan

I spent Friday traveling west of Omaha to the University of Nebraska at Kearney, in of course, Kearney, Nebraska–about 3 hours west of Omaha. The University of Nebraska has 4 major campuses: 1) The University of Nebraska Medical Center (where … Continue reading →

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Ectopic scribblings

Posted on 26 April 2014 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It occurred to me this week that I’ve written various things in other venues that I’ve never linked to from this blog, and that it might be a good idea to compile some sort of list to try and mitigate … Continue reading →

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A week of betrayal

Posted on 7 December 2013 by Steve Caplan

Winter has finally arrived here in Nebraska; from mid-50 degree F weather just a few days ago, we hit a chilly low of 1 degree F early this morning. Even some of the local youth actually abandoned their gym shorts … Continue reading →

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Seems legit

Posted on 27 March 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?
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Facebook rant about Facebook cancer hoax

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I just posted the following on Facebook, and thought I’d share it here, too – the wider the news that this is a hoax is disseminated, the better for everyone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’ve seen a Facebook post about cancer circulating among … Continue reading →

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