Information Architect at Faculty of 1000
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Life Science Consultative Group member at Research Information Network
- Information Architect at Faculty of 1000
- Manic Blogger at Nature Network
- Past
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- Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Sydney
- Career Development Fellow at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- Senior Research Scientist at Cambridge Molecular
- Education
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- University of Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Connections
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Richard Grant’s Summary
In April 2009 I will be taking up the role of Business Development Manager (Faculty of 1000) with Medicine Reports Ltd. (a Science Navigation Company) in London.
Life scientist with a special interest in determining how protein and nucleic acid structure creates function. Experience in cell and molecular biology, X-Ray crystallography and NMR, protein chemistry, bioinformatics and microarrays.
I write short fiction and poetry, have a novel on the go and keep two popular weblogs (http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/labrats/ and http://network.nature.com/people/rpg/blog). My long term ambition is to use my professional experience and excellent communication skills for the benefit of the public.
Richard Grant’s Specialties:
molecular cloning, protein expression & purification, cell culture, perl scripting, structure determination
writing for professional and general audiences, gifted speaker
Richard Grant’s Experience
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Life Science Consultative Group member
Research Information Network
(Research industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
I'm a member of the Life Science Consultative group
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Information Architect
Faculty of 1000
(Publishing industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
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Manic Blogger
Nature Network
(Research industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
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Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Sydney
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
February 2006 — February 2009 (3 years 1 month)
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Career Development Fellow
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
December 1999 — December 2005 (6 years 1 month)
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Senior Research Scientist
Cambridge Molecular
(Biotechnology industry)
December 1997 — November 1999 (2 years )
Richard Grant’s Education
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University of Oxford
DPhil , Molecular cell biology , 1991 — 1994
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University of Oxford
MA , Biochemistry , 1987 — 1991
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Possible futures for STM publishing
Richard Grant’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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