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I'm here! Sorry I've been so quiet recently. I'll give you a catch up on what I've been up to. Back in August! I helped the Green Angels deliver their Bioblitz at Festival Gardens which is 10 minutes walk from my ...
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These last two months have been an eye opener, and it's not the diatoms that have done it this time. I've been doing quite a few public workshops and community engagement events and I have found that although microorganisms ...
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I can't help but feel that they’re playing tricks on me at the museum. I’m the subject of some form of scientific ribbing, an elaborate joke – are diatoms even real? It’s all starting to feel a bit surreal - I do most of my ...
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Naming 'whatchamacallits' and other 'thingybobs' Names are funny things. In primary school there were two ‘Thomas Smiths’ - Thomas One and Thomas Two. It seemed normal at the time, but looking back Tom Two had a raw deal – ...
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An awful lot happened this month; I might have to split this blog in two… First I’ll write about getting out of the lab, away from my books and microscope, to talk microorganisms with anyone who’d listen! I joined a bunch of ...
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