Most of us in the biomedical sciences will be familiar with the term coined “reverse genetics-” namely the use of DNA sequences to understand the function of a gene by testing for phenotypes. But how about “reverse shoplifting?!”
I recently attended an author showcase (where my own Lab Lit novels, Matter Over Mind and Welco Continue reading
The Royal Institution is a venerable organisation: dating back to 1799, it is situated in an amazingly impressive building on Albemarle Street in London. This was the road that became the original one way street in order to cope with the press of carriages depositing the eager public, who turned up to listen to the likes of Humphrey Davy and Samuel Continue reading
I think I have finally found the synthesizer for me (note – in what follows, anyone who doesn’t self-identify as a geek or gear-head can look away.) It’s a Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08.
As you both know I play regularly in a band called Stealer, which plays covers of what is generally known as classic rock - songs by Deep Pur Continue reading
Time to brag a little, I think.
Lazily flipping through the content on the website of Popular Photography, my new favourite magazine, I was tickled pink to come across this:
The two or three of you who read this blog regularly might recognize that photograph. Continue reading
I am sick of the middle-east–or more accurately, the middle-east is making me sick. I have spent a good deal of my adult life actively defending the State of Israel; both by bearing arms in the military, and by serving as an unofficial ambassador to defend the country from its detractors.
Recently, I have published my initial blog on Occam Continue reading
This evening Crox Minor came home from school and turned out the contents of her pockets. Among the detritus was this object, loaned her by one of her science teachers, a Dr B. B. of Cromer. I think it’s a fossil egg of some sort. Continue reading
As a few of you may already know, the NHL season that usually begins in October still hasn’t started. The players and owners/league haven’t managed to agree to terms on revenue sharing and other issues, and as a result there’s another lockout (although hopefully not for too much longer – full coverage on the CBC, who are fai Continue reading
It is easy to think that science is uniquely bad amongst the academic disciplines in the problems that some women may face. In the past few weeks I have visited various Universities to discuss some of the relevant issues and give their management a nudge about what needs to be done regarding Athena Swan submissions. During one of these, to the Univ Continue reading
Last night my publisher emailed me in high excitement to tell me that I, and my magazine LabLit.com, had received some positive coverage in The New York Times.
Do have a read of this (freely available) piece by Katherine Bouton if you’re interested in lab lit fiction and its place in the grand literary scheme of things. Continue reading
