Category: Laboratorytalk

A free agent

Today, Friday 26 August 2011, is my last day as an employee of Centaur Media. A few weeks ago, the company announced wide-ranging redundancies and...

All change

I’ve been asked a few times in the last week or so about what is happening at Centaur Media and what the implications will be...

Storm in a test tube

What follows below is my original editorial column for the Laboratorytalk weekly newsletter, 30 March 2011. It was deemed too controversial to use. A rare...

Save science, employ an economist

The following is my original Laboratorytalk editor’s column from 9 December 2009.  Don’t you love it when new research overturns a fact so widely understood...

Looking for intelligence in the lab

The following is my original Laboratorytalk editor’s column from 13 October 2010. Automation, whether in the laboratory or on the factory floor, has been sold...

Blowing my trumpet

I’m sure that most journalists will confirm that feedback from readers is really appreciated, especially when it is favourable. So I was particularly pleased this...