Delighted to give a global shout during a recent podcast recorded for the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, to Leeds Phil and Lit for having unveiled a plaque in 2019 to commemorate the Nobel Prize winning development of partition chromatography in 1940s Headingley, Leeds for analysis of wool, and which later allowed Columbia scientist Erwin Chargaff, molecular biology’s very own veritable Victor Meldrew, to gain first hint at how DNA carries genetic info!
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Why Forgotten Water Fleas Matter as Much as Mendel’s Peas When it Comes to Genes…
So – when teaching genetics and trying to understand genes, why do the forgotten water fleas of little known late 19thC biologist WFR Weldon matter as much as the more famous Gregor Mendel and his peas? Just heard my colleague Greg Radick talking about this at Ilkley Literature Festival last week – and why it matters to us all that we get the right picture in our heads when it comes to genes – was so impressed that I’m coming back for second helpings when he talks on this subject to Leeds Phil and Lit Society on 25th Oct – available to join on Zoom without having to leave the comfort of your own home! https://www.leedsphilandlit.org.uk/shop/disputed-inheritance-the-battle-over-mendel-and-the-future-of-biology/
May the Fourth be With You…
Congratulations to the happy couple who celebrated their wedding in truly stellar style recently at St. Michael’s Church, Headingley, Leeds. Just a shame they didn’t tie the knot today, what with it being May the Fourth…oh dear…thankfully I have no plans to give up the day job in favour of a career in stand up comedy. But in my defence, today is apparently ‘Star Wars Day’…
Careers advice from teenage years rolling funny shaped dice…
A letter in this weekend’s edition of ‘The Financial Times’ argues that hours spent as a teenager immersed in an obscure but highly enjoyable hobby can pay big career dividends later in life with invaluable and highly transferable professional skills…
