Author Archives: rpg

If you wander over to Alom Shaha ‘s place you might see a familiar face. Go, get over there, write something. Especially if you’re not male.

Working in science has its ups and downs. One downside is that the pay does not appear to be equivalent to that in other sectors where there is a requirement for an equivalent level of training and effort. This is, … Continue reading →

Taking a break from proofing/editing a manuscript (_In order to_ in place of simply To, intercalate between and display instead of have are my current bugbears. Plus the deliberate nixing of all my gerunds in favour of that. Grr), I … Continue reading →

Now, come on, what did you really think I meant by that title, hmm? We all love Ben Goldacre (I have to say that: I think they take away your Gilsons if you say anything bad about him). And his … Continue reading →

Getting into the Christmas feel, I feel I’d be remiss if, as a biologist, I didn’t link to this particular Smaller Than Life Advent Calendar: Can you work this one out?

Where do you get your inspiration? For me, the most difficult thing about writing is getting that initial germ of an idea. My Futures piece this week came about after the phrase “The suicide note of the world’s first immortal” … Continue reading →

What happened? Are you all too busy? The “Science as Sport”:http://network.nature.com/people/UE19877E8/blog/2008/09/29/in-which-science-becomes-a-sport-–-hypothetically-speaking experiment seems to have fizzled out. Although a few people (nowhere near enough) enthusiastically joined up for the trial, they seemed to lose interest. Which is a shame because … Continue reading →

I started answering some questions but realized that the margin wasn’t big enough for both of us. London isn’t big enuff for both of us Here’s the skinny. Yes I am currently a post-doc. For a while I’ve been “thinking”:http://network.nature.com/people/rpg/blog/2008/09/14/on-depression—a-personal-perspective … Continue reading →

It started, as things often do in this age, with an email. Their project is exciting, and one I had admired from afar. But then there was the conversation over Skype—my night, their morning—the chairman saying more than I did, … Continue reading →

Here I am, in the Great Metropole, being ripped off like nobody’s business for internet access (I am so getting an iPhone), jet-lagged out of my tiny little mind, and it’s all to do with a rather interesting project that … Continue reading →