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Eva

Hello, internet!

About Me

I'm doing my PhD in Biochemistry, but I'm also doing some science writing and community outreach. I have a blog at easternblot.net , focused on the interaction between science and every day life, and (often) science and art.

Enough about me, let's talk about you! About you: A few years ago people on the internet were making those "100 things about me" lists for their blogs.
As a parody I wrote "100 Things About You" !

My Interests

LOTS of stuff!

I'd like to meet:

Meet? Meat? I don't eat meat.

Music:

See friends! I could repeat, but I'd forget someone and there would be tears.

Movies:

Almost Famous, Monty Python's Life of Brian, A Life Less Ordinary, Fargo, This is Spinal Tap, Silver Streak, Amelie, Goodbye Lenin, Ghost World, Little Miss Sunshine.

Books:

Alice in Wonderland, Six Degrees, High Fidelity, Bill Bryson, David Sedaris, Good Omens, Goedel Escher Bach, Giraffes? Giraffes!, some books on seventies design, the Skymall catalogue, backsides of cereal boxes.

Heroes:

penguins.

My Blog

Science Blogging Conference

I went to the North Carolina Science Blogging Conference last weekend. You can read my write-up over at Inkling, and I'm also mentioned in this newspaper report, so I don't have to rehash the whole ev...
Posted by Eva on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:27:00 PST

Chimera (play) review

I reviewed the play Chimera for the "Culture Friday" section of The Scientist. Chimera plays at Toronto's Tarragon theatre until February 11, so if you're in Toronto you should check it out!...
Posted by Eva on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:00:00 PST

Inkling Magazine

Anne and Anna from the Inkycircus blog recently launched their magazine! It's called Inkling, and for now it's online only, but that means you can all read it, and you SHOULD! It's a poplar science ma...
Posted by Eva on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:42:00 PST

Sleep vs Coffee - the ultimate fight!

I wrote an article about sleep for The Varsity last week. It's about how it takes a while for your body to adapt to the time change when the clock falls back.Right now I just wrote a tiny little piece...
Posted by Eva on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:20:00 PST

Writing

I have been writing several popular science articles, but they're either not done or not published yet. Here's an update: Before summer I wrote an article about science fairs, which I submitted to an ...
Posted by Eva on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:39:00 PST

Who Benefits from Science Blogging?

Oh joy! I had so much fun writing this article and I've had nothing but great comments as feedback: Who Benefits from Science Blogging? (this links to the pdf directly. The table of contents is here.)...
Posted by Eva on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:36:00 PST

E.U.E.D.A.

This picture by me is currently used, or was recently used, in an advertising campaign in Chicago, promoting Toronto. It was taken at one of the Pedestrian Sundays at Kensington Market....
Posted by Eva on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:26:00 PST

Review of a scientific play

Last week a review I wrote about a science-themed play appeared in The Scientist. Read it here!
Posted by Eva on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:40:00 PST

Geeky Buttons

I'm selling geeky science buttons.I just suddenly had the idea for these buttons during Easter weekend and designed them right away! I wanted to make more colours, but it was a lot of work making and ...
Posted by Eva on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:08:00 PST