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Archive for May, 2008

Around the Blogs

by Dan on May 31, 2008
While I generally am a lurker on other people's blogs (I admit it), I have a long list of blogs that I subscribe to in my Google Reader feed. And since it's Friday, I thought it time again to share some of the postings from (read on...)

Avoiding the Lure of The Internet

by Nick on May 31, 2008
There is no doubt that the internet has revolutionised science by making information freely available. But when it comes to actually getting work done, the internet can be a problem. With all of that lovely information available (read on...)

How I Chose a “Grad School” (UK edition!)

by Nick on May 27, 2008
To accompany Dan's article on choosing a grad school, I thought I'd relay my experiences and thoughts on this subject. As Dan said, these articles were prompted by a suggestion emailed to us by one of our readers (thanks Vida). (read on...)

How I Chose a Grad School

by Dan on May 26, 2008
A reader recently asked for an explanation "about choosing grad schools, taking the GREs, visiting campuses, speaking to potential advisors, and how you guys decided on where to go." For me, to be honest, I think that I was (read on...)

Around the Blogs

by Dan on May 23, 2008
This week is dominated by career-related posts discussing life in science. Check 'em (read on...)

Scientist, GSOH. Seeks Similar.

by Nick on May 20, 2008
You know what it's like. You're committed to your career, you work long hours so you don't get to socialise as much as you needed to meet that special someone. And those people you do meet wouldn't know their a-factor from their (read on...)

Building Science in a Small Country

by Dan on May 19, 2008
I've been in a small European country (Cyprus) now for about five months, and recently spent a whole lot of time preparing grant applications to the national Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) here. Some (read on...)

The PCR song

by Nick on May 19, 2008
[youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=x5yPkxCLads 296 (read on...)

Animated DNA replication

by Nick on May 19, 2008
[youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hfZ8o9D1tus 296 (read on...)

Around The Blogs

by Nick on May 16, 2008
Time for our weekly look around the best of the (read on...)

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