I’ve been pondering the theoretical maximum number of simultaneous cell biological experiments that one person can do without losing it. I’ve also been testing the theory on a practical basis – on myself.
And I can safely report that, by all accounts, I now have the answer: Twelve. Continue reading
If you have a diary and should like to put a date in it …
A date, but not in a diary. Picture from Wikimedia.
… I’ll be chairing a meeting next month on cryptozoology. You can find all the details here. Continue reading
A while ago I reported on an experiment. Using my laser beam I demonstrated the wave nature of light, by measuring its diffraction. One of the referees, for reasons of poetry, wanted to see the experiment repeated with a different wavelength laser.
So, like a good little peer-reviewed scientist I toddled off and repeated the experiment with a red Continue reading
It’s time for some self promotion coupled with the release of frustration. Back in December, at the Annual American Society for Cell Biology meeting in Philadelphia I met Jenny (Rohn) and suggested an idea for something that might be of interest to the readers of LabLit.com.
For many years now–in fact since my Masters degree when I pub Continue reading
It’s as hot as a defective MacBook battery here, and about as pleasant as residing in a camel’s rectum. Not that I have ever lived in a camel’s rectum, but I imagine that it’s pretty fetid and sweltering. And windy … let’s not forget windy. Nevertheless, I persist – stubbornly, and in the tradition of my Continue reading
Have you ever wanted to make your paper come alive with data? The results of a recent competition may help that to become a reality.
Elsevier are fond of tapping into the scientific community’s ideas on the future of publishing. A few years back they issued a grand challenge on ‘Knowledge enhancement in the life sciences‘, and als Continue reading
(via DrugMonkey, who got it from WhizBANG).
“Click on the first link not in parentheses in any Wikipedia entry. Keep doing this and eventually, you end up at Philosophy”.
Continue readingYesterday, in four brief photo-posts on my Posterous account I highlighted snapshots — literally — from the British Library’s current exhibition on science fiction. I’m more of a fan of the genre in movies than in books but I had heard good things about the Library’s display and wanted to take a look.
The exhibition is mostly book Continue reading
The Great Build at the Maison Des Girrafes is descending asymptotically to a close. Today I cleaned out the final remains of the old kitchen,
using the most amazing industrial steam cleaning device given to me by the Croxfather. This machine stripped the grease from the floor and walls in no time. After much agonizing I decided not to decorate the Continue reading
A couple of my recent posts have looked at the needs of postdocs, their training (or lack thereof), aspirations and the need for them to take control of their lives. So it seems appropriate to spare a thought – or a post – for graduate students for a change. I spent a day this week in some relatively remote part of Cheshire at the student-organise Continue reading
