A quick tip of the hat from TIR to the American Society for Microbiology’s journal mSphere, for pioneering a new paradigm in the scientific publishing process. Continue reading
Month: February 2017
Don’t forget – TIR silent auction until Feb 28th!
Dear readers,
Don’t forget that TIR’s silent auction of original artwork runs until the end of the month! Full details on how to bid and what’s on offer can be found in the original post HERE.
Thanks for the support,
Oliver & Brooke
Silent auction – original TIR artworks for Valentine’s Day
To coincide with Valentine’s Day and to mark the first year of TIR, we would like to make a special offer to our readers – a silent auction of some of Oliver’s unforgettable and iconic science illustrations! Continue reading
The best scientist on TV
What’s the best portrayal of a scientist on TV? (Hint: it’s not who you think). Continue reading
Apprentice yourself (a short guide to choosing a PhD in academia)
TIR‘s guides to writing scientific papers, writing scientific English, and asking questions in seminars remain some of its most popular posts. But there’s one really important decision that comes before any of those things can happen – choosing a PhD. The choice of a PhD is one of the hardest decisions a young scientist has to make, partly because it’s very difficult to know what the relevant parameters are. Continue reading
Total Internal Reflection 