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You can see a lot by looking – Using the best microscope in the world – Part 1

Part 1 of a blog update of our trip to do microscopy at Janelia HHMI

microscopy, science, technology

New paper published – protocol to automate skin nerve fibre density analyses

Just a quick post to promote the work of Jamie Burgess under the primary supervision of Dr Uazman Alam. In … More

Laminin polymerisation…with pipecleaners

Some lab meetings are more productive than others… here the “archetypal” laminin is represented by the blue green and red … More

New Paper Published – Will people notice differences in eyelid symmetry?

Congratulations to Frank Preston for the publication of his Masters work on the perception of eyelid asymmetry in the journal … More

asymmetry, beauty, blepharoplasty, health, lens-artists, MRes, paper

Is it time to fix the Strictly Come Dancing scoring system?

Is there a difference between judges’ scores of 7-7-7-8 compared with 6-7-7-9 or 8-7-7-7? According to the scoring system used … More

Milestone reached – 100K views this year

Just a quick post to acknowledge the lab blog reaching a milestone. Last week the view count for 2023 ticked … More

They grow up so fast- Pupdate III

Pupdate part 3

Guest Post – Welcome Week: First impressions 

A post Dr Anna Stickland and I wrote for the Faculty of Academic and Clinical Educators publication about the activities we put on to welcome students to the School of Medicine.

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Are Scientists improvising more?

Continuing the evolution of Science writing theme, this post looks at use/utilize and its implications. #sciencewriting #utilize

paper, writing

Is Science becoming more novel?

Scientific papers describe new research findings. Yet, it seems that a greater proportion of papers feel it is necessary to point that out. Why is that?

article, manuscript, paper, publication, research, science, writing, Writing tips

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