If the UK higher Ed institutions supported train travel: carbon footprint is much lower, time isn't wasted around hallways and staircases and entirely unnecessary queues. If only. But they don't because direct costs to them are higher than flying.
This is terrible news about Andrew Fry. He was a rigorous scientist and a very generous person. We collaborated on a fantastic paper led by Laura O’Regan in his lab on Hsp72. Although this is the only paper we're co-authors on, we had many joint meetings and discussions with his group and the Bayliss lab.
How can we improve #accessibility for scientific conferences? This short guide by Ulla McClurg covers many of the issues that organisers (and attendees) can consider.
In such cases, I write latex or markdown and then pandoc to DOCX, then copy-paste into the funding agency's tabulated template.
Because actual writing in MSWord is infuriating, particularly when aggravated by a straightjacket template that keeps complaining and moving text around.
Interesting read on "Finding my leadership style" by Helen Walden. A personal reflection on being a PI, a Head of School with a side order of doing so as a woman.
Sorry, it's paywalled (and I have to say very difficult to access even with a subscription) but I enjoyed reading it.
@albertcardona I agree with you. Although in this case, I feel it is helping me to plan. The person needs to work at another lab for part of the project. That would be best to tie in with the academic year for housing reasons. That affects when one aim is completed by, which means another aim needs starting later etc etc.
Having just serviced and replaced seals on a La Pavoni #espresso machine using nothing but #cycling tools and bike grease, I am wondering if I now qualify for Italian citizenship.
aaaand just received an invite to “Prioritising Your Workload and Knowing When to Say No”, a workshop which runs from 1000-1600. #LifeOfPI#JustSayNo#ZammoWasRight