Author Archives: Erika Cule

What with the recent celebration of International Womens Day 2009 and the forthcoming Ava Lovelace Day I have been thinking about what it means to be a woman and a scientist. And I am certainly not alone. This week, a … Continue reading →

Whilst by day, Cromer Is SO Bracing, this weekend I am resting my head in the house where my brother lives in nearby Norwich. (Thanks, Ant!) Ant explained to me that I was free to stay in his flatmate’s bedroom … Continue reading →

For me, Cromer Is SO Bracing kicked off today. I forwent last night’s fish ‘n’ chips in favour of sibling-ly support of the Minotaur Theatre Company’s Cabaret Today’s happenings have been documented in the friendfeed room but in summary: This … Continue reading →

A guide to the best 100 blogs was the cover story in the Sunday Times Culture Magazine today The accompanying article gets off to a good start – the opening sentence reflects the opinion of at least one NN blogger. … Continue reading →

Last week saw the launch of the RCSU Imperial College Science Challenge 2009 The Challenge? To write an 800-word response to one of the questions set by the panel of judges, competing for a share of the prizes including cash … Continue reading →

Most students and followers of Synthetic Biology will be familiar with the repressilator (If you’re not a student of Synthetic Biology, you can become one. The Synthetic Biology Community has a strong ethos of open science and you can find … Continue reading →

How do you answer the simple question What do you do? When the (semi-)joke Me? Oh, I’m just an eternal student! is met with the inevitable Oh…studying what? but Bioinformatics…and Theoretical Systems Biology… returns a quizzical look: (_Bio – informatics?_) … Continue reading →

Some recent articles from the blogosphere and further afield: From the New York Times Magazine, Steven Pinker piece on his participation in George Church’s Personal Genome Project. A number of journalists and writers have recorded their experiences of genetic testing … Continue reading →

Do you ever read a piece of research and wish you could take that idea and run with it? As part of their special collection on Education & Technology, Science published a report Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on … Continue reading →

There have been a number of posts around the blogosphere and elsewhere about the merits of taking a break As the end of term approached a couple of weeks ago, some of my friends at college were alarmed when I … Continue reading →