Microbial Soup

Apologies to anyone who had a feed subscription to Microbial Soup and wondered what the heck has been going on. I've been hacking it ab...

Oh, those hazy, lazy days of summer, where have they gone? The late evening sunshine (Ha!), the light, bright, warm (‘ish...

In response to the news from Stockholm . Two unconnected events 30 years ago, in the Summer of 1978 and January 1979, still have a huge i...

As a scientist primarily researching in structural biology, I'm always interested in techniques in which the data is visual - whether th...

Here's a selection of some films I wanted the kids to look at during IAS2010 . Damn those school firewalls!

As a research scientist it’s easy to forget just how esoteric your work can appear to the rest of the world. Today for instance, I Twe...

Ok, it's a rather dramatic tabloid-style headline, but as Mark has already pointed out we have a great deal to be thankful to bacteria f...

Bloody Hell! Someone should have warned me, pushed me, forced me out of my ivory towered lair sooner! Boy, these IAS2010 kids are making m...

Just a quick addition to the previous post. Many congratulations to Brian on his OBE in the Queen's New Year's honours list. I...

Engerlaaand, Engerlaaand, Engerland Engerland Engerlaaand! With that that of the way, a reminder that the the serious competition begins on ...