My study of science podcasts was featured in ‘Science’ magazine’s ‘news in brief’ section
Read moreI guested on the 'School of Batman' podcast
I was interviewed about how my research in nanotechnology could help Batman!
Read moreWhy two-year degrees would be very bad for both students and staff in science
Why 2 year degrees would be bad for or students and staff in research-intensive subjects
Read moreGuest blog on Errant Science Clutter: "The Fellowship Fallacy" →
I wrote a guest blog for Errant Science Clutter, all about the challenges faced by early career researchers when applying for postdoctoral fellowships. Words are by me, cartoons are by Errant Science, and fellowship frustrations are shared by all.
Read moreI was on Robot Wars S9! (kinda)
I paid £10 to get my name laser-etched onto an incredibly powerful spinning disk robot. Best £10 I've ever spent!
Read moreWhat helps or hinders science communication by early career researchers?
Recently I gave a 15 minute talk about 'What helps or hinders science communication by early career researchers?' at Re:Con Event in Edinburgh. This post includes a video of my talk and my presentation slides.
Read moreBlog: Lewis grows bacteria... for science!
As a biophysicist in a biochemistry lab, I'm often learning new skills. To my surprise, recently I had to learn how to grow genetically modified bacteria to produce an artificial binding protein called an 'Affimer'. This blog post details nearly a whole week in the lab as I try to make these Affimers for the first time!
Read moreA self-archiving checklist for before submission, before publication, and after paper publication.
Writing a scientific paper is pretty challenging. But there are also a lot of ancillary things to do to ensure that people can access a free-version of your paper, and so that your funders/institutions have a version for them to track impact, and so that your paper gets some publicity! There is so much to keep track of, that I decided to come up with this helpful check-list! I hope others find it helpful.
Read moreA surprise comic abstract by Errant Science!
ErrantScience.com made a comic abstract for one of my papers!
Read moreBlog: Designing scientific figures for colour blindness
How to optimise scientific figures for colour blindness with a handy example tested by using a colour blindness simulator
Read moreA big list of science podcasts
I love listening to podcasts and I love science. Here is a big list of science podcasts that I’m currently aware of. This list aims to be eventually comprehensive, so if you know of some of science podcasts I’ve undoubtedly missed, then please email me on L.Mackenzie1@Leeds.ac.uk or leave a comment to let me know.
Read moreDesigning scientific figures for colour blindness
How to optimise scientific figures for colour blindness with a handy example tested by using a colour blindness simulator
Read moreBuilding a Hexastix: a pointy sculpture of mathematical madness and fun (for less than £5)!
I was recently inspired to build a very fun object/maths sculpture known as a "Hexastix". This strange object is a curious assembly of 72 pencils held together with only 8 rubber bands! Hexastix are easy to make, and lots of fun to put together. Plus, all the supplies I needed for it were found on the high street for under £5 in total!
Read moreBuilding a Hexastix: a pointy sculpture of mathematical madness and fun (for less than £5)!
I was recently inspired to build a very fun object/maths sculpture known as a "Hexastix". This strange object is a curious assembly of 72 pencils held together with only 8 rubber bands! Hexastix are easy to make, and lots of fun to put together. Plus, all the supplies I needed for it were found on the high street for under £5 in total!
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