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Nick Oswald

Nick is a molecular biologist-turned-publisher. After a PhD in Developmental Biology and an eclectic seven years in biotech he is now Editorial Manager of Neuroendocrinology and the founder and Editor-In-Chief of Bitesize Bio. You are welcome to connect with Nick on LinkedIn

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How to prevent grant funding, musings on career choices and brain doping for scientists. It’s all in this weeks Around the Blogs.

The evolution of evolution. At Cotch dot net, Joe hits back at claims that epigenetics and neo-Darwinian evolution are incompatible.

…and at Arstechnica, John Timmer gives some great examples of how evolution occurs and the unusual organisms that exist as a result.

Be warned! Dr Jekyll/Mrs Hyde gives some great advice about choosing a grad school adviser – listen to her.

…and further on in career progression, Junior Prof tells us how life has changed since transitioning from postdoc to PI.

How to prevent grant funding. At Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship they are constructing a great list on how to do just that. Sometimes looking at a problem from the opposite direction is the best way to solve it!

Digital lab books? PhilipJ at Biocurious has opened a lively discussion on the usefulness or otherwise of digital lab books.

Education 2.0. Alan Cann has posted an interesting slide show on the use of social media in education at Microbiology Bytes.

Metabolism to Oncogenes. The third part of Alex’s excellent article series is now up at The Daily Transcript.

…and finally…

Doping is OK. At Eye on DNA, Hsien-Hsein quite rightly lambasts plans to clamp down on the use of brain enhancing drugs amongst scientists.