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Richard P. Grant

Richard P. Grant is a British biologist and former writer/editor of The Scientist.

Early life and education

Grant's father was a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force. At University of Oxford, Grant was awarded Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin) Biochemistry and a Doctor of Philosophy, then did postdoctoral research in molecular biochemistry.

Career

He made DNA extraction technology for a company in Cambridge, then found a postdoctoral position at Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) working six years for Murray Stewart. Grant then worked as a cell biologist for three years in Sydney, where the University asked him to write a science blog. Grant then took a job with Faculty of 1000, in the UK, rebuilding a website and writing for The Scientist, and later became a Senior Writer at a London medical education & publishing agency. Grant is deputy editor of the webzine LabLit.com and Jennifer Rohn is the editor. Grant and Rohn campaigned for Science is Vital, against cuts to the public funding of science in the United Kingdom.

Occam's Typewriter

Grant hosts blogging for Jennifer Rohn, Henry Gee, Athene Donald, Nicola Spaldin, Cath Ennis, and several other writers.

References

  1. Grant, Richard P. (1 April 2011). "Model Liver". The Scientist. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ Zivkovic, Bora (14 October 2011). "interview with Richard Grant". ScienceOnline2011. Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. Grant, Richard P. (28 July 2009). "Who are you?". Faculty of 1000, Blogs. F1000Research Limited. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. "Publishing services". F1000. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. "People". Lab Lit. Retrieved 9 December 2021. Richard P. Grant is our Deputy Editor. A British molecular cell biologist and structural biochemist, he now specializes in strategic content at a pharma comms agency in London. He writes fiction under the pseudonym 'rpg' and tweets as @rpg7twit. In addition to helping to steer LabLit's editorial direction, he helps edit fiction and poetry. He blogs at Confessions of a (Former) Lab Rat on Occam's Typewriter.
  6. "LabLit.com - the culture of science in fiction & fact". Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  7. "Science is Vital | No more Dr Nice Guy!". Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  8. Milton, Joseph (5 October 2010). "How vital is science?". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2010.512.
  9. "Dissolution". Science is Vital. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  10. "Social media". Jennifer L. Rohn. jennyrohn.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  11. "About". Occam's Typewriter. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  12. Grant, Richard P. "Richard P Grant". rg-d.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.


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