Check Me Out on Live TV This Friday
I'll be on Sky News at about 11:30 BST this Friday to talk about Barack Obama's visit to the UK and his support among Americans living abroadPosted on July 23, 2008 6:45 PM • 0 Comments •
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An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.
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- Why Are Veins Blue? (17 Apr 08)
- Metric System (Apparently) a Plot by Liberal Communist Anti-American Immigrants (13 Oct 07)
- Bush Administration Muzzled Surgeon General (11 Jul 07)
- A Sun Ray a Day.... (19 Jun 07)
- Study Finds Alcohol and Tobacco More Harmful than Marijuana, LSD, or Ecstasy (23 Mar 07)
- A Shocking Decrease in Funding of NIH Grants (12 Sep 06)
- Psychedelic Psilocybin Psychology (14 Jul 06)
- Cloning - Who Cares? (10 Jul 06)
- An Inconvenient AP Story for Republicans (28 Jun 06)
- Organic People Chemistry (16 Jun 06)
- Oxford Scientists Bite Back at Animal Rights Activists (26 Feb 06)
- NASA Science Censor Resigns (08 Feb 06)
- George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A&M University (06 Feb 06)
- Caught in the Line of Fire: Animal Rights Activists Take Over Oxford (15 Jan 06)
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- Rep. Joe Barton: Don't ban good products based on bad science - Dallas Morning News
- Gender imbalance in math scores disappears - Hot Air
- Global Stem Cell Forum in China Showcases Cutting Edge Research ... - 華富財經
- Lonely voice of dissent declared valid - Sydney Morning Herald
- Is Middle Eastern Politics Creeping Into Science? - Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
- Politics a science of thwarting - Honolulu Advertiser
- Harvard stem cell research gets boost - Boston Globe
- Republicans block effort to subpoena global warming documents - Los Angeles Times
- NASA at 50 Many happy returns? - Economist
- Regional Cap and Trade System Gears Up to Fight Global Warming - Daily Green
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Life of Nick:
The Lives of Other London Science Bloggers
Ben Goldacre, Jennifer Rohn, and Ed Yong on what makes them tick... and what makes them blog.Posted on March 3, 2008 6:02 PM • 4 Comments •
Just Like Old Times....
I'm quoted in a story today in my alma mater's student paper on candidates using social networking sites.Posted on February 5, 2008 11:27 AM • 1 Comments •
New Photos on the About Page
Dare I be so presumptuous to suggest that you've checked out the About page on my blog in the last couple of days, you may have noticed a few new photos. The first one was taken last summer in front...Posted on January 28, 2008 5:45 PM • 5 Comments •
Integrin Phosphorylation as an Off Switch for Integrin Activation
A tiny modification can make a big difference in proteins involved in cell adhesion and migration.Posted on December 31, 2007 3:30 PM • 0 Comments •
From the Archives: My 9/11 Story
Last year, I recounted my personal experience on September 11, 2001, and I offered some commentary about what that day--and the events of the ensuing year--meant to me and to American politics in general. I've reposted my 9/11 story again...Posted on September 11, 2007 8:46 AM • 2 Comments •
The Emerging Role of Blogs in Democratic Politics
My remarks to the Texas Aggie Democrats on September 5, 2007.Posted on September 7, 2007 12:22 PM • 1 Comments •
My Upcoming Texas Aggie Democrats Talk on Blogs in Politics
At Texas A&M University this Wednesday, 5 September, at 8:30 pm in Rudder 502.Posted on September 4, 2007 2:50 AM • 0 Comments •
Blasts Heard Across Oxford Tonight....
AwesomenessPosted on August 27, 2007 8:32 PM • 5 Comments •
South Africa, Here I Come!
There won't be too much going on here at the blog for the next few weeks, as I'll be in South Africa through mid April. It'll be part travel and part community outreach (an educational project in conjunction with the...Posted on March 23, 2007 11:44 AM • 3 Comments •
Happy One Year Blogiversary to The Scientific Activist
One year ago today, I published my first post on The Scientific ActivistPosted on January 11, 2007 12:43 PM • 1 Comments •
My Second Scientific Paper: Matrix Protease Activity in Tumor Cell Invasion
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 • 3 Comments •
My First Scientific Paper: The Stabilization of Blood Vessels by Protease Inhibitors
My first appearance in the peer-reviewed scientific literature provides an opportunity to learn a little bit about blood vessel development.Posted on October 16, 2006 10:20 AM • 7 Comments •
So, So Busy
Since I've gone over a week without any blogging, I feel that I owe my readers an explanation. Basically, I've just been incredibly busy in the lab. I've had a lot of time on the NMR machines, and I've been...Posted on September 25, 2006 6:59 PM • 0 Comments •
My 9/11 Story
When I was a freshman in college, at Texas A&M University, on Tuesday and Thursday mornings I had two classes back-to-back in the same lecture hall. Because of a weird scheduling fluke, these classes were about 45 minutes apart, though....Posted on September 11, 2006 8:46 AM • 5 Comments •
It's Alive! It's Alive!
...my internet connection, that is. So, it looks like, after a month-long saga involving many many many angry phone calls to BT, I finally have internet access in my home sweet home. Let the blogging resume in full force! Yay!...Posted on September 6, 2006 8:02 PM • 0 Comments •
Good News and Bad News
OK, bad news first. Although I was told I would have internet in my house today, I still don't, despite the militaristic tactics I've resorted to using with BT. However, BT tells me I should be online tomorrow. We'll see....Posted on September 5, 2006 6:25 PM • 6 Comments •
Who is the Hottest Male Science Blogger?
Click on the link to see the man himself....Posted on September 5, 2006 4:47 PM • 21 Comments •
On the Front Lines with BT
Lines were drawn in the sand, artillery stood armed and ready, and tensions ran high. Neither side was willing to budge, and despite the seemingly endless conflict having already tested the resolve of both sides, it looked like things were only just beginning to get rough. The whole scenario was regrettable--war always is--but it felt inevitable at the time.... Besides, how else was I going to get internet access in my house?Posted on August 23, 2006 7:45 AM • 5 Comments •
Weekend Movies: Nacho Libre and A Scanner Darkly
I don't make it to the movies too often in the UK. To start with, they're prohibitively expensive, and I'm often seeing them months after my friends back home. When you then consider the fact that the popcorn here tastes...Posted on August 20, 2006 1:44 PM • 5 Comments •
I'm Official! (According to Oxford University, at least)
After enduring what was surely the longest transfer viva in the history of man (two and a half hours), I am now an official Oxford D.Phil. student.Posted on August 20, 2006 12:22 PM • 15 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
The Horror, the Horror...
...of not having internet access....Posted on August 16, 2006 9:30 AM • 6 Comments •
Out of Town... Again
I know that I just got back from vacation, but I have family visiting this week, so I'll be out of town again until next week. Have no fear, though, because as usual you can expect plenty of posts from...Posted on August 7, 2006 12:55 PM • 0 Comments •
Sixth Annual CCPN Meeting in Ambleside, UK
On the weekend of July 28th-30th, about 150 NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) scientists from the UK and Europe (and a few from the US) gathered in Ambleside for the Sixth Annual Collaborative Computing Project for NMR (CCPN) Meeting. The topic...Posted on August 7, 2006 7:55 AM • 1 Comments •
I'm Back... Sort of
After over two weeks on planes, trains, and automobiles (actually, more like planes, buses, and boats)--on a trip that involved a wild weekend in Newcastle, a relaxing week and a half on a small island in the Norwegian fjords, and...Posted on July 31, 2006 9:45 AM • 0 Comments •
On the Road Again
By the time you read this, I'll already be on a bus bound for Newcastle, where I'll spend the weekend before heading off to Bergen, Norway, for some much needed relaxation. I'm going to be gone for a couple of...Posted on July 14, 2006 11:45 AM • 0 Comments •
Ask a ScienceBlogger: Finding the Time to Blog
When I first started blogging in January, I had only recently started by Ph.D. in biochemistry, and it seemed like I was going to have quite a bit of free time on my hands. Now, fast-forward ahead five months, and things have changed quite a bit. I'm constantly in the lab on nights and weekends, generally working ten to twelve hours a day. So, where does the blogging fit into everything? Most of the time, it's a nightly routine.Posted on June 19, 2006 7:27 PM • 0 Comments •
Is Oxford Shortchanging Its Students Through Overspecialization?
When an Oxford professor blamed a lack of general knowledge in the graduate community on its makeup of "unexceptional students", I challenged him on whether the real cause was a degree structure that causes the overspecialization of Oxford students.Posted on June 13, 2006 9:21 PM • 6 Comments •
Ask a ScienceBlogger: Alternative Careers
Each week, Seed magazine poses a question to all of its ScienceBloggers. This week's question, from reader Jake Bryan, is: Assuming that time and money were not obstacles, what area of scientific research, outside of your own discipline, would you...Posted on June 11, 2006 8:39 PM • 0 Comments •
