March 21, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-22

Pic of me doing some actual astronomy yesterday! Solar observations as part of school outreach during #NSEW http://twitgoo.com/kw1ms #

February 28, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-01

QMUL cosmology postdoc Laila Alabidi is giving a seminar in Imperial College this Friday at 1pm http://bit.ly/bPfGlq # On the way to Lancaster for one day UK Cosmology meeting. Adam Christopherson from QMUL giving a talk. http://ukcosmo.info # RT @Paul_Crowther: S&T ctte session with @LordDrayson tomorrow on science funding cuts & hopefully #stfc fix. http://tinyurl.com/ya3rbmb # RT @guardianscience: Simon Singh in court to appeal ruling over Guardian article http://bit.ly/agD0fV # RT @guardianscience: Funding cuts will lead to brain drain from UK, warns senior US scientist http://bit.

February 21, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-22

Got tkts for libel fundraiser featuring @bengoldacre @daraobriain @marcusbrig @ComedianEdByrne @timminchin @robinince http://bit.ly/c47qSm #

February 15, 2010

Next UK Cosmo meeting

The next UK Cosmology meeting is taking place in Lancaster on the 24th February. These meetings provide an opportunity to find out what other cosmologists around the country are doing and to establish and cement working relationships. The deadline for registering your interest in attending or giving a talk is tomorrow the 16th. Funding is being provided for travel costs and PhD students and postdocs are especially encouraged to apply to speak.

February 14, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-15

RT @NatureNews: The future of European research http://ff.im/-fFkVM Article on new (Irish) EU research commisioner MÃ¡ire Geoghegan-Quinn # RT @bengoldacre ...only 2 good days in research: day u have idea, and day paper is published. rest=slog # Tory science spokesman @AdamAfriyie says "major science budget cuts are inevitable" http://bit.ly/98p6xq http://bit.ly/c09KEQ # RT @NatureNews: Nature's take on how to get a postdoc: Why some postdoc applications succeed and others suck eggs http://bit.

February 7, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-08

Interesting paper about commuting habits in London made using Oyster card data http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4915 Via http://bit.ly/9VCOlC #

January 31, 2010

Tools for Academia

Every day I use web-based tools in my research. Some are specifically designed for scientific research, but some are just general purpose tools. It continually surprises me when researchers have not heard of the many different ways the web can help research. This list is not meant to be exhaustive so please let me know if there are any tools you use that deserve a mention. This list originally started as a blog post but I am now trying to keep it up-to-date in this format.

January 18, 2010

New QMUL Cosmology Wiki

The Cosmology and Relativity Group in Queen Mary (where I work) have recently opened a new wiki to replace the old group pages which were rarely updated. Only group members are able to add and edit content but hopefully there is some useful information for anyone interested in the group.

September 17, 2009

Cosmo09 roundup

The Cosmo09 conference took place last week in the picturesque surroundings of CERN with lots of talks, a lot of conversation and not a little French/Swiss beer. Videos of the plenary talks are now available and the slides of every talk (including the parallel sessions) are listed in the conference programme for each session. There are a few personal notes on the sessions in the FriendFeed group. My talk was on Thursday afternoon in the inflation session.

September 1, 2009

Cosmo09 conference

The annual Cosmo conference for all branches of cosmology is taking place next week 7th-11th September in CERN. I will be attending and giving a talk in the inflation session on Thursday afternoon. After last week’s Science Online London 2009 conference which I attended, I have been thinking about how to get fellow cosmologists to start interacting online. I am not sure whether anyone else will use it but I have started using the hashtag #cosmo09 on twitter and have created a FriendFeed room for the conference.