Author Archives: Richard Wintle

About Richard Wintle

I am Canadian by heritage, and a molecular biologist and human geneticist by training. My day job is Assistant Director of a large genome centre, where I do various things along the lines of "keeping the wheels on". In my spare time, I tend to run around with a camera, often chasing horses, race cars, musicians, and occasionally, wildlife.

Inexpert, or how to identify Ontario Dragonflies (sometimes)

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Identifying dragonflies – not trivial for experts, and really hard for me. Continue reading →

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The curious confluence of science and surfing

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Surfing, autism research, and Lake Ontario. What could be a better combination? Continue reading →

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August 4 – Mountsberg Raptor Centre

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Richard Wintle

When you actually get off the couch and travel around a bit, you can find all kinds of interesting things not that far from home. Including owls. Continue reading →

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Non-science hobbies (again) – the Honda Indy Toronto

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Richard spends a whole weekend at the annual Honda Indy Toronto race, cameras in hand. Continue reading →

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Light Fighting

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Making the most of bad light while photographing a Canadian rock and blues guitar legend. Continue reading →

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June 6

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Richard Wintle

There are things to remember, on June the sixth. Continue reading →

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This was the weekend that was.

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Richard Wintle

An exhausting, but fun, long weekend – full of car racing, fireworks, horseback riding, a large zoo, and a whole lot of photographs. Continue reading →

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Hither and Yon

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Richard Wintle

I travel around a bit, taking photographs of things and trying to learn some local history. Continue reading →

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Thank you 40 million times (video)

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Peter Gilgan donates $40 million to the new SickKids Hospital Centre for Research and Learning, and some of my colleagues appear in the accompanying video. Continue reading →

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Ottawa, Listeria, Genome Sequencing, and some pretty pictures. What more could you want?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Richard Wintle

I travel to Ottawa to learn about Listeria, take some photographs, and come back with something to write about. Continue reading →

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