Author Archives: Chris Rowan

August carnival of the postdocs

Posted on August 24, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Head to the splendiferously titled Ways and Means of the Immune System for the August edition of What’s Up Postdoc, in which we junior academic muse over what we would have done differently if we could.

Categories: academic life, links

A picture is worth a thousand (drunken) words

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Especially when it’s made up of lots of photos (click on the image for a larger version). Most of us look like we’re having a good time, don’t we?

Categories: bloggery

Bacteria and black smokers go back a long way

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I tempered the other week’s repost on some rather impressive 1.5 billion year-old black smoker chimneys, and the fossilised microbes found within them, with some words of caution about the ‘clues to the origin of life’ spin that the discovery … Continue reading →

Categories: fossils, geology, paper reviews, Proterozoic

The city where Sciblings never sleep

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Chris Rowan

So, after three fun-filled days, and four even more fun-filled nights, my little detour is over, and I’m now back in the UK for a few weeks to enjoy the ‘summer’. Hanging out with the Sciblings was quite a surreal … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery

Blogging, New York style

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I could get used to this. I’m currently sitting at a bar in New York City, and as a blogging venue it has much to recommend it over my normal lair in Jo’burg. The availability of beer, for a start. … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery