This piece first appeared on 28 Aril 2011 in the excellent new debate and ideas website The Conversation. Getting research money, especially the no-strings-attached kind that government agencies give out, is difficult. Researchers spend months on each proposal with only…
Our much-loved lab manager, Elke Venstra, has left the building. She’s headed elsewhere to travel and for some well-deserved holiday before starting her next exciting venture. We had a pleasant party on her last day of work last week, and…
I am pleased to say that Lyndon (Alex) Jordan’s PhD thesis received glowing endorsement from three top-quality international examiners, and has been accepted subject to a few minor corrections. If you were ate last Friday’s exit seminar you would have…
Jane McCredie, my publiser at NewSouth Books tells me that Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll has been sent to the printer! I’m very excited that I’ll soon see the book in physical form and cannot wait to start promoting the…