With four days to go until my dissertation deadline, I thought I would spend some time blogging, rather than writing my dissertation. Maybe not the best idea, but at the moment graphs, numbers and quotes are giving me a headache…
It's a part of life, getting to know yourself. And one that we are constantly dealing with. How are others supposed to understand us, if we have trouble understanding ourselves? The What I see project is a global campaign to…
It's always a little bit scary doing some self-reflection. Thinking about what things really mean. It sounds corny, I know, but to be honest, its totally worth it. And doing it in front of a camera, that's even more enlightening.…
So, today was the day. I started my month at the BBC Radio 4 Science Unit, and will be working on the shows Science in Action (BBC World Service) and Inside Science (BBC Radio 4). I was super excited to get…
It's funny, isn't it? The phrase, walk a mile in another's shoes? Who would want to do that? I mean, their feet probably aren't the same size as your own, and did an awful lot of sweating which would make…
It's been a bit of a whirlwind few weeks, what with my dissertation, working with the team at Citizen Cyberlab, tagging along to SB6.0, moving into London and looking for jobs! But now, things are getting even more exciting: next…
Some thoughts from an outsider on what I learned sitting at the edges of SB6.0, July 10th 2013 You know that feeling? That feeling when you walk from a hot, sticky street after walking somewhere into the cool, refreshing air…
These two Wordles compare the uniformed definitions of synthetic biology that subjects gave me for my MSc research. Those who said they knew "A lot" about synthetic biology: Those who knew nothing at all about synthetic biology: I think this…
A quick preview of some of the results from my MSc research. This is a word cloud showing the words used to answer the question: What is synthetic biology? These results are in no way final, this is a preliminary…
Just a quicky - something I learned about myself this Bank Holiday weekend. Yesterday, I met a lady who we are going to making a documentary with for my course. She was extremely inspirational, having had hydrocephalus for all of…