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Frank Gannon says farewell to EMBO reports

Frank Gannon says goodbye as senior editor at EMBO reports in the journal's April issue (10, 293; 2009). I shall certainly miss his monthly editorials, which I always looked forward to reading and often mentioned on this blog. On the...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on April 20, 2009

EMBO Reports and Nature on the recession and science

Frank Gannon writes a stirring Editorial in EMBO Reports this month (10, 193; 2009) about scientists and the global economic crisis. " Hubris and recklessness", he writes, " together with an insatiable hunger for money, have created a global crisis...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on March 11, 2009

EMBO Reports series on convergence research

I always enjoy Frank Gannon's editorials in EMBO Reports, so it is a pleasure to see the latest issue's table of contents alert in my inbox. This month (EMBO R. 10, 103; 2009), Dr Gannon discusses 'convergence', the latest business...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on February 11, 2009

A happy holiday to all Nautilus readers

A happy Christmas, new year and holiday season to all readers. This blog will resume posting on Friday 2 January 2009. In the meantime, I recommend the article 'Burnout', by Frank Gannon, published in the December issue of EMBO Reports...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on December 24, 2008

Molecular biology approaches to energy research

Frank Gannon writes an Editorial in the November EMBO Reports (9, 1055; 2008) about the importance of molecular biology to energy research. From the Editorial: "Despite appearances, this is not an editorial about politics. It is about how biologists—more specifically,...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on November 12, 2008

The week on Nature Network: Friday 10 October

This weekly Nautilus column highlights some of the online discussion at Nature Network in the preceding week that is of relevance to scientists as authors. The Nature Network week column is archived here. In praise of the scientific amateur, Richard...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on October 10, 2008

Bullying as a pervasive problem in science research

Frank Gannon, in his October editorial for EMBO Reports (9, 937; 2008) identifies bullying as a pervasive problem in academic research, which scientists seem to accept "without further comment or disapproval as though it were a normal part of life."...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on October 06, 2008

EMBO Reports on research ranking metrics

In his Editorial 'Measuring success' in the April issue of EMBO Reports (9, 301; 2008), Frank Gannon looks at the pluses and minuses of metrics used to measure the success of scientists, their institutions and whole nations. He writes: "Notwithstanding...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on April 03, 2008

Language of scientific publishing

Frank Gannon in his EMBO Reports editorial this month (9, 207; 2008), Language barriers, writes about the stark contrast between his own ability to write in English and "the difficulties faced by scientists for whom English is a second language,...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on March 11, 2008

Telling science like it is, with conviction

The role of scientists in informing the public about their field is addressed by Frank Gannon in this month's (February) issue of EMBO Reports (9, 111; 2008 ). Dr Gannon writes about a perceived "creeping cynicism" among the public, and...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on February 15, 2008

How to keep Europe's pipeline full

In an editorial in EMBO Reports this month, The pipeline (EMBO R. 9, 1; 2008), Frank Gannon writes that the number of scientists, technicians and engineers that the European Union needs to keep up its current rate of growth is...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on January 15, 2008

EMBO Reports on hope, hype and hypocrisy

In his EMBO Reports editorial this month (8, 1087; 2007), Hope, hype and hypocrisy, Frank Gannon provides examples of overinflated claims made in some recent publications and press releases. He points out that, to the unsuspecting reader, these claims give...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on December 04, 2007

Tribulations of women in academic research

Frank Gannon, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland and senior scientist at the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) highlights the women issue in his editorial in the current issue of EMBO Reports ( 8, 11, 975; 2007) about two studies...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on November 15, 2007

Unconformity of dress, but not of ideas?

Frank Gannon writes in an Editorial in the current issue of EMBO Reports (8, 10, 885; 2007): At a recent scientific meeting, a speaker at a small workshop session caused me to stare in surprise. I did so not because...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on October 05, 2007

Challenges for the modern public university

Robert J. Birgeneau, the Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, writes about the challenge for universities in a Commentary in the current issue of Nature Matierials (6, 465 - 467; 2007).From his article: As information technology fuels the...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on July 03, 2007

Animal rights, human wrongs?

The current issue of EMBO Reports features a Talking Point collection of articles on the use of animals in scientific research. Frank Gannon writes in his introduction: The balance between the rights of animals and their use in biomedical research...

Posted by Maxine Clarke on June 06, 2007

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