Richard P. Grant is a British

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and former writer/editor of '' The Scientist''.

Early life and education

Grant's father was a

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in the

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. At

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, Grant was awarded

Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin) In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts are promoted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university (including years as an un ...

Biochemistry and a

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, then did postdoctoral research in molecular biochemistry.

Career

He made DNA extraction technology for a company in

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, 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 Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, where the University asked him to write a science blog. Grant then took a job with '' Faculty of 1000'', 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. Grant and Rohn campaigned for ''Science is Vital'', against cuts to the public funding of science in the United Kingdom.

''Occam's Typewriter''

Grant hosts blogging for Jennifer Rohn,

Henry Gee Henry Ernest Gee (born 24 April 1962 in London, England) is a British people, British Paleontology, paleontologist, Evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist and senior editor of the scientific journal ''Nature (journal), Nature''. Early ...

, Athene Donald,

Nicola Spaldin Nicola Ann Spaldin (born 1969)Nicola Spaldin's FRS is Professor of Materials Theory at ETH Zurich, known for her pioneering research on multiferroics. Education and early life A native of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, Spaldin earned a ...

, and Cath Ennis.

References

Living people English biologists Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-writer-stub