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scientificactivistprofile.gif 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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UK Animal Rights Extremist Mel Broughton Gets Ten-Year Sentence for Arson

Category: animal rights

The public face of Oxford's animal rights movement winds up in prison, where he belongs.

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The New Oxford Biochemistry Building: Art Over Science?

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...

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An Unsettling Meeting with the UK's Science Minister

Category: science policy

Paul Drayson came across as out of touch and blinded by fanatical entrepreneurialism.

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The Future of the Internet

Category: internet

Jonathan Zittrain on The Colbert Report

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Science for a Brave New World

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?

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Oxonians March in Support of Animal Research Once Again

Category: Pro-Test

The pro-animal research organization Pro-Test held its third major march today to support animal research and to oppose animal rights extremism

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Pro-Test March this Saturday

Category: Pro-Test

Stand up against animal rights extremism and join Pro-Test in support of animal research in Oxford on 9 February.

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Living Abroad? Vote in the 2008 Global Presidential Primary

Category: Election 2008

Americans living abroad can vote for their own delegation to the 2008 Democratic Convention.

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Integrin Phosphorylation as an Off Switch for Integrin Activation

Category: Life of Nick

A tiny modification can make a big difference in proteins involved in cell adhesion and migration.

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Robert May on the State of UK Science

Category: academia

Too many bureaucrats and businessmen.

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Only in Oxford...

Category: Oxford

can a two-and-a-half-ton roof go missing for five days without arousing any suspicion.

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Blasts Heard Across Oxford Tonight....

Category: Life of Nick

Awesomeness

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Campaign Blogging: Fundamentally Different From Everyday Political Blogging

Category: blogosphere

...for now, at least.

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Political Blogging Seminar in Oxford

Category: events

This Wednesday at noon.

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Oxford Spies on Students Via Facebook

Category: Oxford

Oxford turns Facebook into Stalkerbook

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It's OK to Nibble, but Don't Bite Off the Hand that Feeds You

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...

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I'm Official! (According to Oxford University, at least)

Category: Life of Nick

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.

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Diversity of Perspectives Express Support for Animal Research at Pro-Test Meeting

Category: Pro-Test

In the ongoing struggle against animal rights extremism, Oxford's pro-research organization Pro-Test held a public meeting in May at which people expressed support for animal research from a wide variety of perspectives.

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Pro-Test in Pictures and Sound

Category: Pro-Test

I've been following Oxford's pro-research organization Pro-Test since its inception, and a few weeks ago I wrote a post describing its second large march through the streets of Oxford. Pro-Test has received quite a bit of well-deserved press in general,...

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From the Archives: Caught in the Line of Fire - Animal Rights Activists Take Over Oxford

Category: animal rights

Since I've been writing quite a bit lately about Pro-Test and the response of Oxford scientists to animal rights extremism, it's important to understand why the current movement is significant, in light of what scientists in Oxford have been facing over the last few years. This post, which takes the reader into the heart of an animal rights protest, attempts to do just that. I think it's also interesting because it offers a unique explanation of the forces motivating the animal rights activists in Oxford.

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Is Oxford Shortchanging Its Students Through Overspecialization?

Category: science education

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.

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Nobel Laureate Robert Huber to Give Talk at Oxford

Category: events

This is a plug for an event that the Oxford University Biochemical Society is putting together. This Monday, June 12th, at 4:00 pm the Oxford University Biochemical Society will be hosting a talk by Nobel Laureate Robert Huber in the...

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Oxford Scientific Activists Take Their Message to the Streets

Category: Pro-Test

Supporters of animal research in Oxford have been silenced for years by the intimidation and fear tactics of animal rights extremists. But, that has all changed in a matter of months, as the pro-research organization Pro-Test took its message to the streets for a second time, on June 3rd. Originally sparked by the Pro-Test's first march in February of this year, this movement has since ignited into a wildfire of support, reaching the highest levels of the UK government, including Prime Minister Tony Blair. What really matters, though, is that this is a grassroots movement that draws on the efforts of ordinary students and citizens, both scientists and non-scientists alike, to give a voice to those who have been quiet for so long.

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