Science Writing

A selection of writing from me about science:

My blog has been mentioned:

• The Guardian - Bossy Women Have Less Sex: not proved by science
• Public Health Science Communication 2.0 - Why Scholars Should be on Twitter
• Doug's Guides - Twitter for PhD
• Not Exactly Rocket Science- I've Got Your Missing Links Right here
• Huffington Post - Can Drinking More Wine Prevent Sunburn?
• CEN -  Newscript or see this link  
• Fashonista - Wine and Caffeine as Sunscreen? Pour us a big glass

I have also written for:

• ASBMB Today Magazine: Kobilka lauded for Nobel-winning studies of GPCRs
• Nature Soapbox - PhDelta: Science Communication in the PhD process
• Warwick Research Exchange - Transitioning to PhD life
• Conference Blogger Experimental Biology Conference 2012 San Diego
• Au Science Mag (also ex editor and co-founding member of Au Science)
• Jobs.ac.uk - PhD Life Blog

Science Writing:

• Cosmetic Science- Looking Behind the Formulations
• The Cosmic Comic - Interview with Helen Keen
• Why Good Biologists are Better than Sherlock
• Cannabis: Menace or Medicine?
• Homoeopathy and Medical Ethics
• An Interview with Professor Roger Pertwee – From Diving to Cannabinoids

Reactions to science writing in the media:

• Is LSD really the answer to Alcoholism?
• No Grazie Grazia - A response to 'Bossy Women Have Less Sex'
• Wine and Grapes will not prevent sunburn
• The Cervical Cancer Jab (HPV vaccine) and the Waking Coma - PPC complaint
• Acne a side effect of being a high flying career woman?
• Wine, gives you cancer but makes you thin
• Get Ripped by Scoffing Chocolate
• Why I dislike the term scientist
• Women in Science and the Media
• Complementary Therapies Help Boost Fertility
• Science Story Tracking
• The Press and Journal and The Ginger Gene