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YEN 2016 review

Posted by , on 26 June 2016

My informal review of YEN this year is by necessity a bit rushed but, for what it is, here it is. Most reviews are very short and pithy/jealous and only ...

YEN 2016 - register now!

Posted by , on 4 May 2016

Young Embryologists’ Network 2016 As a neglectful member of this parish over the last few months/years (insert standard academic administration/teaching workload complaints here), I have the great pleasure to come ...

Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship opportunity

Posted by , on 11 December 2015

Applicants are invited for the Leverhulme Early Career Researcher Fellowship 2016 to be hosted in the Butts lab at QMUL, where the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences will agree to sponsor the ...

On women

Posted by , on 16 July 2015

I first wrote this for an anonymous blog. After a nudge, I have decided to publish it here. Parts of it have been embellished to make the point in the ...

YEN 2015

Posted by , on 18 May 2015

My review of the Young Embryologist Network London Meeting 2015   As I write this, I am currently listening to the third very impressive senior PI talk in a row ...

Recent comments by Thomas Butts

A very fine obituary that makes an interesting contrast in styles with the one published in Science. A terrific read.
by Thomas Butts in Obituary: Walter J. Gehring (1939-2014) on August 4, 2014