Richard P. Grant#Occam's Typewriter
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Richard P. Grant is a British biologist and former writer/editor of The Scientist.{{cite journal |last1=Grant |first1=Richard P. |title=Model Liver |journal=The Scientist |date=April 1, 2011 |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/the-literature/model-liver-42587 |access-date=8 December 2021 |language=en}}
Early life and education
Grant's father was a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force. At University of Oxford, Grant was awarded Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin) Biochemistry and a Doctor of Philosophy, then did postdoctoral research in molecular biochemistry.{{cite web |last1=Zivkovic |first1=Bora |title=interview with Richard Grant |url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/scienceonline2011-interview-with-richard-grant/ |website=ScienceOnline2011 |publisher=Scientific American Blog Network |access-date=8 December 2021 |language=en |date=October 14, 2011}}
Career
He made DNA extraction technology for a company in Cambridge, then found a postdoctoral position at Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) working six years for Murray Stewart. Grant then worked as a cell biologist for three years in Sydney, where the University asked him to write a science blog. Grant then took a job with Faculty of 1000,{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=Richard P. |title=Who are you? |url=https://blog.f1000.com/2009/07/28/who-are-you-3/ |website=Faculty of 1000, Blogs |publisher=F1000Research Limited |access-date=9 December 2021 |date=28 July 2009}}{{cite web |title=Publishing services |url=https://f1000.com/publishing-services/ |website=F1000 |access-date=9 December 2021}} in the UK, rebuilding a website and writing for The Scientist, and later became a Senior Writer at a London medical education & publishing agency. Grant is deputy editor of the webzine LabLit.com and Jennifer Rohn is the editor.{{cite web |title=People |url=https://lablit.com/people/ |website=Lab Lit |access-date=9 December 2021 |quote=Richard P. Grant is our Deputy Editor. A British molecular cell biologist and structural biochemist, he now specializes in strategic content at a pharma comms agency in London. He writes fiction under the pseudonym ‘rpg’ and tweets as @rpg7twit. In addition to helping to steer LabLit’s editorial direction, he helps edit fiction and poetry. He blogs at Confessions of a (Former) Lab Rat on Occam’s Typewriter.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lablit.com |title=LabLit.com - the culture of science in fiction & fact |access-date=2012-12-18}} Grant and Rohn campaigned for Science is Vital, against cuts to the public funding of science in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=http://scienceisvital.org.uk |title=Science is Vital | No more Dr Nice Guy! |access-date=2012-12-18}}{{cite journal |last1=Milton |first1=Joseph |title=How vital is science? |journal=Nature |date=5 October 2010 |doi=10.1038/news.2010.512 |doi-access=free }}{{cite web |title=Dissolution |url=https://scienceisvital.org.uk/2018/10/29/science-is-vital-dissolution/ |website=Science is Vital |access-date=9 December 2021 |date=2018-10-29}}
''Occam's Typewriter''
Grant hosts blogging for Jennifer Rohn,{{cite web |title=Social media |url=https://jennyrohn.com/social |website=Jennifer L. Rohn |publisher=jennyrohn.com |access-date=9 December 2021}} Henry Gee, Athene Donald, Nicola Spaldin, Cath Ennis, and several other writers.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://occamstypewriter.org/about/ |website=Occam's Typewriter |access-date=9 December 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=Richard P |title=Richard P Grant |url=https://rg-d.com/ |website=rg-d.com |access-date=9 December 2021}}
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