Category Archives: History

Conference blogging (possibly) – Physiology 2010 (Updated)

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Austin

In a moment of absent (weak?) mindedness, I have agreed to blog from a conference – the Physiological Society’s Summer bash, Physiology 2010, starting just about now. This will be a first for me – though I have done conference … Continue reading →

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A hundred years ago – the Hill equation

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Austin

I have been meaning to post this piece for ages, but never seem to find the time to do the necessary re-writes! Since there is now a small lull before I get submerged under the next wave of exam marking, … Continue reading →

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Pioneer of muscle contraction

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Austin

My own small contribution to Ada Lovelace Day… Students tend to think that discoveries underpinning what they get taught in first year lectures were made long, long ago, by ancient scientists long-dead. Of course, this is not true in “young” … Continue reading →

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Charles Darwin, the physiologists, and the Physiological Society – from the 1870s to the present

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Austin

Here is the Darwin piece I promised to kick the blog off properly. It started off as a piece for Physiology News, but has been adapted and extended. It isn’t quite finished to my satisfaction, and I am a little … Continue reading →

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