Richard P. Grant is a British biologist and former writer/editor of The Scientist.[1]
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Early life and education edit
Grant's father was a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force.[2] 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.[2]
Career edit
He made DNA extraction technology for a company in Cambridge,[2] then found a postdoctoral position at Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) working six years for Murray Stewart.[2] Grant then worked as a cell biologist for three years in Sydney, where the University asked him to write a science blog.[2] Grant then took a job with Faculty of 1000,[3][4] in the UK, rebuilding a website and writing for The Scientist, and later became a Senior Writer at a London medical education & publishing agency.[2] Grant is deputy editor of the webzine LabLit.com and Jennifer Rohn is the editor.[5][6] Grant and Rohn campaigned for Science is Vital, against cuts to the public funding of science in the United Kingdom.[7][8][2][9]
Occam's Typewriter edit
Grant hosts blogging for Jennifer Rohn,[10] Henry Gee, Athene Donald, Nicola Spaldin, Cath Ennis, and several other writers.[11][12]
References edit
- ^ Grant, Richard P. (1 April 2011). "Model Liver". The Scientist. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Zivkovic, Bora (14 October 2011). "interview with Richard Grant". ScienceOnline2011. Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Grant, Richard P. (28 July 2009). "Who are you?". Faculty of 1000, Blogs. F1000Research Limited. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Publishing services". F1000. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "LabLit.com - the culture of science in fiction & fact". Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Science is Vital | No more Dr Nice Guy!". Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ Milton, Joseph (5 October 2010). "How vital is science?". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2010.512.
- ^ "Dissolution". Science is Vital. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Social media". Jennifer L. Rohn. jennyrohn.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "About". Occam's Typewriter. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Grant, Richard P. "Richard P Grant". rg-d.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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