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Science is supposed to be pretty. Not a lot of point in doing it, otherwise (for a range of values of ‘pretty’, at least). So I was first pleased when I saw that an editorial Nature Cell Biology talked about … Continue reading →

Because I got married while I was still doing my doctorate, I’ve never really considered finding a job for two people as something unusual. A pain, yes; but just something that we had to work out. Kate’s forté is in … Continue reading →

Coincident with the safety audit , there’s been a bit of a discussion over at the Science Advisory Board about ethidium bromide, ‘safer’ alternatives and other ploys used by unscrupulous marketeers to get you to buy their company’s product. Ethidium … Continue reading →

One of the unforeseen benefits of living in Australia is that on Thursdays I get to read Nature at least 10 hours before my colleagues in Europe and the US (because I’m usually in the office when the RSS feed … Continue reading →

In the space of a week, the results from two manuscript submissions have come back. And there is good news, and actually pretty good news. So we’re a bit chuffed, at the moment. Both manuscripts come out of work done … Continue reading →

Adapted from an email I’ve just sent to the Head: This is beyond ludicrous. If we are each to have a copy of the OHS paperwork , the maths looks like this: Say 6 risk assessments, 6 SOPs. 20 MSDS … Continue reading →

My review is out! You can find the abstract here — the DOI isn’t currently playing ball, so I can’t give you that. If you want to read more, let me know.

Just for a treat, we have a guest post for you today. A friend of mine in the medical communications business has been thinking about the whole Open Access debate, and has this to say on the murky world of … Continue reading →

Progress is not always beneficial. Back in my school days, in chemistry classes we used to pipette various liquids by mouth, and think nothing of it. Mouth-pipetting is great; if you’re reasonably competent you just grab a pipette, suck, hold … Continue reading →

This is Science. You try. You push, you fight, you struggle. You take tiny, baby steps, and all the time you feel like you’re running to stand still. Everyone else seems to be successful, and your plugging away only draws … Continue reading →