I hadn’t heard of microplastics till I came across this paper doing some research for a new project (SPACES) we are involved with led by University of Stirling. Microplastics make sense. Plastic doesn’t degrade. Well it does, but just very slowly, piece by piece. And it is everywhere. In a related review by the […]
Continue ReadingBack in 2004 malaria control was at a crossroads – my old lecture notes say so
Chris Thomas called it. But then so many others did. It just so happened that Chris Thomas was lecturing on influenza and I imagine that anyone lecturing on influenza at the turn of the century was inclined to tell students ‘this is the thing you need to be frightened of most’. He was right. […]
Continue ReadingBack in Kasungu
I’m writing this on the road from Kasungu to Lilongwe. On a phone. This week we went back to Kasungu in central Malawi after a years absence. As an outsider – but someone who has spent a fair bit of time in Malawi now – Kasungu feels ‘very Malawian’. The town is a long way […]
Continue ReadingWhy ‘Range’ is timely for students and post-docs
Book review: Range by David Epstein This book provides excellent case studies for students and post-docs anxious about their next steps in the scientific arena. For PhD students entering their final year, or post-docs thinking about their next move, the choices are stressful. Faced with a hyper-competitive job market and uncertainties surrounding job security, […]
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