About the author
Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.e: joe at dunckley dot me dot uk
My other blog is a…
Photoblog! Check out cotch dot net for photos and stuff about photos.
Science blog! A blog about cancer cell and molecular biology, coming soon...
Cycling and transport policy blog! At War With The Motorist looks at how car-centric planning has ruined Britain's streets and given us bad public transport and cycling infrastructure.
Skepticism blog! I contribute to the group blog Lay Science on the nature of science, skepticism, and bad arguments.
Science publishing blog! It's called Journalology and it's a group blog about publishers, journals, papers and data.
Fiction blog! Where I make stuff up, coming soon...
Categories
- at war with the motorist (129)
- cotch dot net (30)
- darwin 200 (21)
- i get mail (2)
- journalology (14)
- lay science (18)
- new blogs (3)
- shit i made up (3)
- shouting at my radio (26)
- the life of steinsky (4)
- the sunday syndrome (7)
- Uncategorized (29)
Archives
Tags
bad arguments badscience biology boris johnson car dependency cell biology charles darwin china crap cycleways creationism cycle superhighways cycling darwin200 evidence-based policy evolution genetics good locations helmets infrastructure locations london mayor of london media medical genetics medicine molecular biology origin of species philosophy of science photo essays photography politics pseudoscience publishing radio 4 religion reviews road danger rural science scotland segregated cycle paths skepticism uk urban westcountryhey, look at these awesome people...
- Alice science and media
- Ben quacks and hacks
- Carmen skepticism and song writing
- Dawn feminism and foxes
- Frankie my sister keeps going around the world and telling people about it
- James science and showtunes in London
- Jenny the life of the lab scientist
- Jim bugs, drugs and antibiotic resistance
- Jo science and nerdy things around London
- Marianne cancer biology and skepticism in pubs
- Martin skeptical type
- Michelle science and politics in Cambridge
- Mo brain scans and funny behaviour
- Richard used to be a lab rat
- Sandra takes photos in London and Paris
- Scott science and culture
- Stephen structures of proteins and politics of science
Flickr
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Robustness: a new battlefield in the evolution wars?
This is another archival repost from the old blog, originally written in oct 2007. Evolution, from the point of view of the geneticist, is the change in allele frequencies that occurs in populations over time. New alleles are created by … Continue reading
Thursday paper: Epigenetics and drug tolerance
This is another archival repost, originally from oct 2007. Are you an addict? I bet you are (I saw you gambling addicts coming!). It might be coffee, chocolate, or tobacco, rather than alcohol, heroin, or self-harm, and you might not … Continue reading
Introduction to cell signalling (part 1)
This is an archive of a piece originally published on the old blog in 2007. A particular interest of mine is cell signalling. This is the field of molecular biology that looks at how biochemical events in the cell go … Continue reading
Antibiotics in an anti-science age
This is another repost originally written for the old blog in 2007. Over the next few years or decades, traditional antibiotics will largely be replaced by bacteriophages. Like everything in biology and medicine, this is ultimately down to evolution. Pathogenic … Continue reading
Scientific findings are always changing
This is another archival repost originally written for the old blog in oct 2007. In an episode of Friends, Ross and Phoebe have a somewhat implausible argument about Evolution. The argument ends with Ross conceding a point about probability and … Continue reading
This name has already been taken
This is another archival repost of something originally written for the old blog in Oct 2007. I apologise for the half-hearted post. I had hoped to write a lot more, but was foiled by migraine, and ran into the deadline: … Continue reading
The selfish epigene
This is another archival repost from the old blog, originally from july 2007. I started writing this over a month ago, but may have got a little distracted. I’m not entirely sure what point it was supposed to be making … Continue reading
Science and sci-fi: biochemistry on your PC
This is another archival repost from the old blog, this one from May 2007. The Hollow Man was on the television the other day, confirming once again my belief that hollywood lacks the imagination to make sci-fi even a fraction … Continue reading
Horizontal transfer and the modern species
This is another archival repost originally written for the old blog in april 2007. Bacteria tend to get ignored to some extent by writers of popular science and science blogs, except in the context of disease and medicine. There is … Continue reading
Home secretary defies calls to ban ‘yob clothing’
This is another archival repost, originally written for the old blog in May 2005. The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of London, Michael Berry Savory, on behalf of The Corporation of London, today banned suits and ties from the City of … Continue reading
Blair launches third and final manifesto
Blair: likes war, hates Bach This is another archival reposting, originally written for the old blog during the general election campaign in April 2005. The Labour Party today launched their manifesto for the general election, which includes just two policies. … Continue reading
Why scientific April fools jokes don’t work
This is another archival repost of something originally written on the old blog in 2005. There was a joke on the radio the other evening. The joke is that the scientist is obviously joking, but the gullible shepherd doesn’t realise … Continue reading
More anti-science crooks: The smokers
This is another archival repost of something written on the old blog waaay back in April 2005. This evening I’ve come across the first of what is for me a whole new world of anti-science stupidy. It comes in the … Continue reading
Draft memetics article
This is another archival repost, originally written for the old blog in 2005. I’ve almost finished this article on the replication of memes and how it is and isn’t like the replication of genes (in terms of their evolution). It … Continue reading