Category Archives: Field Philosophy

A review of the week part 2

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Axiothea

Alright so what did I do this week? What did I learn? How should I focus this post? Well, as you know from my first post, my internship has two main parts: one is my work in the microbiology lab … Continue reading →

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A review of the week

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Axiothea

Good morning! It looks like it will be a cloudy day here in Paris. Today I indulged and slept in until 10:30am, and had a slow breakfast. I am living in the 8th arrondissement with a host family who I … Continue reading →

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Unsuccessful lab results

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Axiothea

Hello again! Today I spent my morning and afternoon in the lab. I ran a PCR, and analyzed the sample. It did not work. Eliza, the kind graduate student who is teaching me each experiment, said that these results never … Continue reading →

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Developing indicators of the impact of scholarly communication is a massive technical challenge – but it’s also much simpler than that | Impact of Social Sciences

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

Developing indicators of the impact of scholarly communication is a massive technical challenge – but it’s also much simpler than that | Impact of Social Sciences.

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A meeting of scientists from around Europe

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Axiothea

June 11, 2013 It is quite the week of meetings here in Paris! Unfortunately this is the last one that I have scheduled for a while. I really like going to Bianca’s meetings. So far each meeting has allowed me … Continue reading →

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Meeting at l’université Pierre et Marie Curie

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Axiothea

June 10, 2013 Happy Monday! Today I met Bianca Scalvi’s group at Marco Lagomarsino’s lab at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie. The meeting’s purpose was for Bianca to explain the idea of ‘noise’ inside a genome to Marco’s theoretical team. … Continue reading →

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The adventures continue, however some days are “office days”

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Axiothea

**Sorry for the delay on the (supposedly) daily updates. I encountered some internet problems. But I still wrote each day in a word document….so now I just need to spend some time uploading each blog post. Enjoy! June 07, 2013 … Continue reading →

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A day outside of the lab

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Axiothea

Today instead of going to the lab at ENS-Cachan I went along with Bianca to a seminar that was held in Gif, a small town outside of Paris. Marco Consentino Lagomarsino, a theoretical biophysicist, gave a presentation titled: “A multi-point … Continue reading →

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A Practicum in the Philosophical Implications behind Scientific Research

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Axiothea

Hello! This is the first of a series of blogs to come about the adventures of a young student of philosophy in Paris, France. In the attempt to learn the ropes of interdisciplinary studies I am conducting an experiment for … Continue reading →

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