An interview with scientist and neurodiversity advocate Mariana De Niz.
Continue readingHitting the target (a short guide to validating antibody specificity)
Antibodies are essential and ubiquitous tools in biology, but their unguarded usage can easily lead to error. Here’s how to validate their specificity, and ensure that they’re hitting the right target.
Continue readingWas it really what you wanted? // A change is coming
Did you really “fail” if you didn’t get something that doesn’t exist, or isn’t what you really wanted?
Continue readingWe’ve come a long way
The success of the women’s Euro2022 tournament is a reminder of how far science has come.
Continue readingScience’s shamans
Lecturing is not about knowing everything, it’s about being good at learning. And science’s shamans are the best at it.
Continue readingMy COVID19 diary
I’ve heard people say that COVID19 is a bit like flu, but I don’t ever remember flu hurting this much.
Continue readingFront and centre
Why you might be able to make the biggest difference by doing something different.
Continue readingAnd the Oscar goes to…
Would papers – or research projects, even – benefit from copying the arts in having an official producer, director, technical director, and starring cast?
Continue readingWho’s the toughest?
Scientists like to think of themselves as tough…but is it emotional toughness rather than mental toughness that’s being selected for?
Continue readingFunding scientific ecosystem services
Shouldn’t be we funding scientists as well as researchers?
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Total Internal Reflection 