Having just lost my father to metastatic prostate cancer, I was very intrigued by the potential new cancer therapy that was all over the news just 2 days ago. If you haven’t caught up with the news yet, the new therapy, using modified white blood cells that were extracted from cancer patients, grown up in…
Category: life as a scientist
Utilize-itis and my plight for plain language
Plain language – NOT the language of academics, unfortunately. During my scientific research career, I got far too used to reading manuscripts and documents that were chock-a-block full of difficult phrases and jargon — I started believing that it was the only way to be published in the world of science. I think that’s what happens to…
Editing – a diverse career
When I first started my editing and writing career, I was once asked whether I thought I’d get bored, sitting in front of a computer all day — after all, I’d spent many years in a hands-on laboratory environment as a scientist — “Surely life at a desk is not for you?” I was asked. Editing, far from being boring, is a…
The Science Writer 