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Presenting business cards

A few years ago I visited Japan for a symposium. The symposium involved a BBQ and a huge amount of small piles of rice wrapped in black stuff, it was pretty amazing. I think we also talked about science, but that seems to be secondary to me spending the week in Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 years21 March 2018 ago
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Diary of a conference attendee – day five, hungover and home

My plan to head out for a fancy dinner and drink Austrian wine was an excellent one. Drinking as much Austrian wine as I did was excellent at the time but a whole bunch less excellent this morning. 06:40 – On the one hand changing my alarm form the birdsong Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 6 years28 April 2017 ago
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Why you should start going to different conferences

Knowing stuff is hard. For a start, the word ‘knowing’ is utterly ridiculous and if I look at it for any length of time I just want to pronounce it “Ka-no-wing”. I’m sure someone will comment below as to why it’s not silly and the K is actually integral to the whole word Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 6 years19 April 2017 ago
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All the #CartoonAbstract posts from #RSCPoster

On Monday the Royal Society of Chemistry had their annual Twitter conference. The conference is simple – anyone can attend, anyone can submit a poster, there are no registration fees and it goes on for 24 hours. You simply follow the hashtag #RSCPoster and get chatting to people about their work. Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 6 years22 March 2017 ago
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What to wear to an academic conference

When I was a relatively young scientist just starting out in the big world of science I, like most people, didn’t have the slightest clue about almost any of the actual day to day workings of a research job. My most googled for things in my first days of work were Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 7 years6 July 2016 ago
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SET for Britain, an attendees story

Now, before I start, I need to explain something – I attended SET for Britain in early March and the original post was written shortly after. However, there was one point I wasn’t happy with, that needed further investigation. Which then took 3 months. So apologies for the time delay, but it’s very Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 7 years1 June 2016 ago
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How do people work in strange places?

So at its time of writing it is apparently about 02:00 am in the UK right now, or alternatively 10:00am in Japan. Actual local time is ‘who fucking knows’ – I have started writing this on a plane, currently cruising over some unknown ‘green bit with a few dotted blue Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 7 years4 November 2015 ago
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A volcanic off-site meeting

So last week I had the pleasure of attending one of most unusual meetings I’ve ever been at. Normally when I visit other universities to meet other research teams, I am treated to a conference room with fluorescent lights and an urn of coffee. It’s not the fault of the hosts it’s simply all Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 7 years23 September 2015 ago
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