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I had a cheap laugh at an anonymous sub-editor’s expense the other day, and the inestimable Jenny quite rightly pointed out to me that editing, subediting and copyediting are actually high-pressure jobs, and mistakes get made (Rohn, J., personal communication). … Continue reading →

A paper from our lab has gone online in a certain journal (unrelated to NPG). There’s a rather odd footnote attached to the second author’s name: You won’t have much luck obtaining a ‘Plant Homeodomain Fellowship’: the first author tells … Continue reading →

The Honours Students look younger than ever this year. And they got better sandwiches at their induction than we ever do. Humph.

Ye gods and little fishes. Alethea writes about the latest in personalized gene self-therapy, that wouldn’t be so bad, except . . . it’s self-healing . In the same way that Wikipedia is self-healing. I’m going to hide in the … Continue reading →

Propter Doc has posted her beef (ha ha) with sandwiches. It’s not as bad as I expected; they are not so much philosophical problems but practical ones, that with attention to detail can easily be overcome. With a little effort, … Continue reading →

‘Retail Genomics’. That’s catchy. Mico is scathing about ScientificMatch.com, ScientificMatch.com–The Science of Love A premier dating service that matches you by physical chemistry and mental harmony. (I haven’t linked because the site appears to be down). ScientificMatch looks harmless enough … Continue reading →

Excuse me while I play the proud parent for a minute. Not to be outdone by their father’s success (that, in case it wasn’t clear, talks about a paper I’ve just had accepted), the Pawns have been up for end … Continue reading →

You’ve probably heard how Jimmy Wales is talking up Wikipedia, the encyclopaedia where any— no, we’ve done that joke already. Wikipedia has introduced a system of peer review, as if this solves anything. The problem is with the word ‘peer’. … Continue reading →

Typical. I’m all excited because my paper came out, and I’m all set up to do not one, but two cutting and incisive experiments, and go into the lab on Saturday to look after the stem cells, and I find … Continue reading →

One of the things that we are learning in the doing of Science is that, fundamentally, all things are interconnected . Nowhere is this more apparent than in the familiar Central Dogma, the formation of protein from DNA through the … Continue reading →