Richard P Grant
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Author Archives: rpg
On Biological Modelling
#4 Nuclear Pore (internal) (oily spaghetti model)
Posted in Nonsense, Science-less Sunday
Tagged biological modelling, nuclear pore, nuclear trafficking, spaghetti, trafficking
2 Comments
On biological modelling
claimtoken-5139f785eddbf #3 Lipid raft
Standard Model
As Tyrant for Life one of my (self-appointed, obviously) responsibilities is to keep an eye on the goings-on over at our outpost in the Gamma Quadrant. So it was that on Thursday lunchtime that I was catching up on the … Continue reading
Posted in Friday afternoon
Tagged boson, electron, Poem, proton, quark, standard model
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On biological modelling
#2 The Nuclear Pore
Posted in Nonsense, Science-less Sunday
Tagged bagel, brazil nut, nuclear pore, nuclear trafficking
7 Comments
On biological modelling
#1 The Ribosome
(Talkin’ ’bout) my generation
Someone, somewhere, has been viewing my LinkedIn profile. I know this, see, because I’ve had a couple of calls and emails from various recruitment agencies, and I’ve seen that recruitment ‘specialists’ have left their footprints all over LinkedIn. One of … Continue reading
A Christmas Fantasy
You know that thing you do where you read something, and completely misread a single word, and then go back and it’s normal and how it was meant to be? That happened to me a couple of days ago. I … Continue reading
More to a sinner
When people ask who were my influences, I find it difficult to give a straight answer. I cannot name a childhood hero in whose footsteps I wanted to follow, neither was there someone whose guidance or mentoring I’d particularly like … Continue reading
Posted in Ill-considered rants, People, Personal
Tagged angels, apes, grace, influences, inspirations, One Isaiah than the other, Patrick Moore
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On being mainstream
I know a lot of failed writers and editors—and pilots and athletes and actors and physicians. They’re all working in labs. Science! A long time ago, I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. We had … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Public Engagement, Rants
Tagged careers, communication, defence, jobs, MOD, RAF, science
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