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Choose your university course carefully

Posted on January 8, 2012 by John Patrick

Today is the 70th birthday of a man who was a student at my college a couple of years behind me. In 1960, when I was starting my final year reading physiology, he came to Univ [University College, Oxford] to … Continue reading →

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Fame at last?

Posted on September 3, 2011 by John Patrick

Success for a scientist in research can be measured by many indices, one of which is the citation of published papers by subsequent authors.  I was pleasantly surprised this week to receive a phone call from an eminent respiratory physiologist … Continue reading →

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