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Simon Harold
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Latest posts by Simon Harold (see all)
  • Big questions and big data in plant biology at the FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress - 22nd June 2014
  • Highlights of the BMC-series: February 2014 - 4th March 2014
  • A shock of change felt down the generations - 20th February 2014

Quantitative genetics back from the grave

02/07/2012

BMC Series blog

Edinburgh has sometimes had an uncomfortable relationship with science, as the infamous case of 19th century murderers Burke and Hare attests. Despite this,… Read more »

North America’s rarest songbird is a phoenix from the flames

25/06/2012

BMC Series blog

In 1755 curators at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford (UK) threw the last remaining tissue specimens of the dodo onto a fire. Unfortunately for this most hapless… Read more »

Highlights of the BMC-series: May 2012

30/05/2012

Research in progress blog

May has been an exciting month for the BMC-series, with three articles receiving prizes at the annual BioMed Central Research Awards, and a host of innovative… Read more »

Highlights of the BMC-series: May 2012

30/05/2012

BMC Series blog

May has been an exciting month for the BMC-series, with three articles receiving prizes at the annual BioMed Central Research Awards, and a host  of innovative… Read more »

BMC Structural Biology gets some SAXS appeal

18/05/2012

On Biology

Despite their name, biological macromolecules are actually pretty small, and it can be tough determining their structure. Many techniques have been developed… Read more »

BMC Structural Biology gets some SAXS appeal

18/05/2012

BMC Series blog

Despite their name, biological macromolecules are actually pretty small, and it can be tough determining their structure. Many techniques have been developed… Read more »

Could biophysics help Novak Djokovic?

17/05/2012

BMC Series blog

Last year, ATP World Tennis Number 1 Novak Djokovic cut out all wheat products from his diet. According to his nutritionist—who “discovered” an… Read more »

Could biophysics help Novak Djokovic?

17/05/2012

On Biology

Last year, ATP World Tennis Number 1 Novak Djokovic cut out all wheat products from his diet. According to his nutritionist—who “discovered” an… Read more »

Recognition of ant chemical cues research

01/05/2012

BMC Series blog

BMC Ecology is celebrating after having recently published research recognized for its excellence at the 2011 BioMed Central Research Awards. The study by… Read more »

Digging up the past with ancient DNA

23/04/2012

On Biology

Historically, piecing together the puzzles of human cultural history has largely been the preserve of archaeology. However, recent advances in the retrieval of… Read more »

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