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Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy
A postdoc by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his research in protein structure and function get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.
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Category: Pro-Test
Today, the UCLA chapter of Pro-Test held its second rally in support of animal research. With as many as 400 or so supporters in attendance, it looks like it was another great success! Here are a couple of early reports...
Posted on: April 8, 2010 10:10 PM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: Pro-Test
The UCLA chapter of the pro-science organization Pro-Test has announced its second major rally to show support for science and to stand up against the ongoing campaign of intimidation being waged by animal rights activists. The organization originated in Oxford...
Posted on: April 5, 2010 8:29 PM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
Category: animal rights
I don't write much about the antics of animal rights activists these days, because while some of their activities have a very negative impact on the work of some scientists, they're really just a marginal--albeit highly vocal--bloc that thrives on...
Posted on: February 23, 2010 11:51 PM, by Nick Anthis • 7 Comments •
Category: structural biology
A new study provides evidence that tilts in favor of one side of an ongoing scientific controversy, but it's not the slam dunk it may seem to be on the surface.
Posted on: February 21, 2010 7:08 PM, by Nick Anthis • 6 Comments •
Category: academia
Check out "Physics, Blogs and Dogs" in Inside Higher Ed.
Posted on: January 11, 2010 9:02 AM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: Oxford
In the op-ed pages of The Washington Post today, Elliot Gerson--the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust--takes a bold stand.
Posted on: November 21, 2009 12:05 PM, by Nick Anthis • 9 Comments •
Category: structural biology
Why glutamate is generally not a suitable mimic for phosphorylated tyrosine.
Posted on: November 12, 2009 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: integrins
My first first-author paper and another that I contributed to shed light on the important biological process of integrin activation.
Posted on: October 20, 2009 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: scientific literature
Late last week, I received emails from two journals (The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) and PLoS ONE) indicating that they are now incorporating interactive 3D images of molecular structures in their papers. The atomic coordinates of all published biomolecular...
Posted on: October 19, 2009 11:52 PM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
Category: animal research
The fellowship will fund their proposals for projects that will spread awareness about the role of animal research in medicine.
Posted on: July 16, 2009 4:50 PM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: medicine
Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine released a report entitled "Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice". As far as I can tell, the full report is only available for a fairly substantial charge, but these are some of...
Posted on: April 29, 2009 9:54 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: stem cells
About a week ago, the NIH announced its draft guidelines covering the funding of human embryonic stem cell research. You can read the draft guidelines here and my post on the topic here. As these are draft guidelines, they are...
Posted on: April 25, 2009 10:10 AM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: Pro-Test
Several hundred turn up to show their support for animal research at Pro-Test's first UCLA rally
Posted on: April 23, 2009 9:55 AM, by Nick Anthis • 8 Comments •
Category: scientific literature
Various studies indicate that the number of times a paper is downloaded soon after publication correlates with the number of times it is cited later on.
Posted on: April 11, 2009 1:45 PM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
Category: Pro-Test
Intimidated into silence no longer, UCLA scientists are standing up for research and speaking out against animal rights extremism.
Posted on: March 30, 2009 10:21 AM, by Nick Anthis • 17 Comments •
Category: integrins
The cell adapts to constantly changing conditions by controlling the adhesiveness of the integrins.
Posted on: March 23, 2009 3:48 PM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: animal rights
On Saturday, animal rights extremists torched the car of a scientist at UCLA--just one more incident in a long streak of violent threats and wanton destruction of property. LA Times columnist Tim Rutten gets it right when he states: No...
Posted on: March 11, 2009 1:55 PM, by Nick Anthis • 6 Comments •
Category: transgenic crops
If I ran an agricultural biotech company and I wanted to go out of my way to alienate my supporters and lend credence to my conspiracy theory-peddling critics, I think that this is exactly how I would go about doing...
Posted on: February 22, 2009 6:52 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: animal rights
The public face of Oxford's animal rights movement winds up in prison, where he belongs.
Posted on: February 13, 2009 1:07 PM, by Nick Anthis • 11 Comments •
Category: evolution
I'm not sure where one finds it, but if such a thing does exist, I doubt you'll find it populated by scientists
Posted on: February 10, 2009 5:05 PM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: academia
Last fall, most of the Oxford Biochemistry Department moved into a fancy-schmancy new building (imaginatively named "New Biochemistry"). A few of us stayed behind (have you ever tried to move a 6-magnet NMR facility?), and--to be totally honest--I can't say...
Posted on: February 10, 2009 1:22 PM, by Nick Anthis • 8 Comments •
Category: science policy
Paul Drayson came across as out of touch and blinded by fanatical entrepreneurialism.
Posted on: January 26, 2009 1:46 PM, by Nick Anthis • 7 Comments •
Category: open access
Grant review sessions.
Posted on: October 22, 2008 5:07 PM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: blogosphere
Find out what others are saying... and what I have to say about what they're saying.
Posted on: September 24, 2008 7:36 PM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: blogosphere
Acknowledgments for "Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy"
Posted on: September 23, 2008 5:50 PM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: blogosphere
A new paper on science blogging by Shelley Batts, Tara Smith, and myself.
Posted on: September 22, 2008 8:47 PM, by Nick Anthis • 6 Comments •
Category: internet
If so, check out EcoliWiki.
Posted on: September 5, 2008 6:28 PM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: open access
...apparently involves reposting others' blog posts without permission or proper attribution. I'm being facetious here, of course, but it is quite ironic that Mike Dunford of The Questionable Authority just caught anti-open-access warrior Elsevier copying the majority of one of...
Posted on: August 12, 2008 4:00 PM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: space science
The second part of an interview with planetary geologist Bethany Ehlmann
Posted on: July 31, 2008 8:01 AM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: space science
The first part of an interview with planetary geologist Bethany Ehlmann
Posted on: July 30, 2008 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 11 Comments •
Category: science policy
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), which is responsible for higher education in the UK, is seeking feedback to help it develop its new science strategy. The DIUS has put together a website for this purpose: interactive.dius.gov.uk/scienceandsociety/. There,...
Posted on: July 23, 2008 7:05 PM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: academia
After a rapid media outcry, the US and Israel have come together to reinstate the Fulbright Scholarships initially revoked from several students from Gaza due to Israel-imposed travel restrictions. From The New York Times: JERUSALEM -- The American State Department...
Posted on: June 2, 2008 4:30 AM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: academia
A shocking overreaction, marked in its absurdity, heavy-handedness, and counterproductivity
Posted on: May 28, 2008 6:15 PM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: philosophy of science
Is there a certain suite of legislation that needs to be passed now in order to provide a greater assurance of scientific good in the near future?
Posted on: May 14, 2008 7:20 PM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: Life of Nick
A tiny modification can make a big difference in proteins involved in cell adhesion and migration.
Posted on: December 31, 2007 3:30 PM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: Texas A&M University
First female President picked as successor to popular President Robert Gates, although selection process remains controversial.
Posted on: December 9, 2007 8:05 AM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: animal rights
No surprises there.
Posted on: November 3, 2007 2:09 PM, by Nick Anthis • 16 Comments •
Category: academia
Too many bureaucrats and businessmen.
Posted on: October 13, 2007 2:40 PM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: Nobel Prize
Awarded for the knockout mouse to Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans, and Oliver Smithies
Posted on: October 8, 2007 9:21 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: academia
My message to undergraduate researchers.
Posted on: September 12, 2007 6:48 PM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: open access
There's only one way to fight such absurdity... with more absurdity!
Posted on: August 29, 2007 5:48 AM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: open access
I've seen a prism distort light before, but I've never seen one distort information like this.
Posted on: August 28, 2007 5:33 PM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: animal rights
...and then publish a scientific paper!
Posted on: August 28, 2007 6:15 AM, by Nick Anthis • 10 Comments •
Category: funding of science
Regarding grant success rates, budget constraints, the Roadmap, biodefense, young investigators, and open access
Posted on: July 20, 2007 7:29 AM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
Category: Oxford
A couple of current American Rhodes Scholars ruffled a few feathers today after writing an unabashedly critical account of their Oxford experiences for their undergraduate alma mater's paper, The Harvard Crimson. Melissa Dell and Swati Mylavarapu write: Take it from...
Posted on: February 26, 2007 7:45 PM, by Nick Anthis • 9 Comments •
Category: Life of Nick
The second paper from my undergraduate work at Texas A&M University was recently published in Molecular Cancer. The abstract can be found here, and the pdf of the full paper here. Molecular Cancer is an open access journal, so a...
Posted on: December 19, 2006 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: blogosphere
Via A Blog Around the Clock comes news that Daniel Rhoads, who writes the informative blog Migrations (and formerly A Concerned Scientist), has successfully defended his dissertation. So, after a few minor revisions, it looks like it won't be too...
Posted on: December 3, 2006 2:57 PM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: academia
The first edition of the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) will be released at 11:00 pm EST tonight.
Posted on: November 30, 2006 5:22 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: stem cells
The "ethically sound" stem cell paper resurfaces this week, as it appears in the print version of the current issue of Nature.
Posted on: November 22, 2006 6:37 PM, by Nick Anthis • 10 Comments •
Category: structural biology
Oxford's Iain Campbell discusses the past and future of structural biology.
Posted on: October 17, 2006 10:20 AM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
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