Food colourings studies – Handle with care!
So, food colourants cause hyperactivity in children. Or do they? Today’s news about the food colourants study undertaken at the University of Southampton in the UK highlights just how carefully studies need to be designed and how even more care needs to be taken in interpreting the results.
Bloggers For Peer Reviewed Research: The Contest
You may remember that we commented on an approach to enable blog entries covering peer reviewed research to be identified in some way (Highlighting the use of evidence). Well, whilst we had some comments about the specifics of the approach being taken, we broadly supported the idea. Now there is a competition to design an icon to…
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Dolphin sightings in the Bay of Biscay are down by around 80% according to the Biscay Dolphin Research Programme. Is this due to a reduction in fish stocks, and is this in turn linked to climate change? The Bay of Biscay is a bit of a special place for me as its where I had…
Water cleaning eggs!
H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the 2007 Stockholm Junior Water Prize to (from left) Carlos Hernández Mejía, Dalia Graciela Díaz Gómez and Adriana Alcántara Ruiz of Mexico. The 2007 Stockholm Junior Water Prize was presented last night during the World Water Week events in Stockholm to three Mexican high-school students for their project…
Pass the chocolate?
The report (1) that a maternal junk food diet in pregnancy may lead to a taste for junk food in the offspring (albeit rats) has attracted my attention today. Is this something else I should be worrying about this pregnancy? In the study conducted at the Royal Veterinary College, rats were fed either rodent chow…
David Simpson
Dr David Simpson Editor, Content Development I’ve been working at CABI since 1992, after a diverse career in agricultural research (PhD in hill grasslands, followed by postdocs on mycorrhizas in tropical agriculture, and nutrient supply in organic farming). Coming to CABI enabled me to use my background in agricultural science to help interpret and disseminate…
Claire Teeling
Claire Teeling Content Editor, Environmental Sciences I discovered a love for plants whilst working in a less than fulfilling job, so I enrolled on a practical horticulture course. This led on to a degree – and amongst other work experience – a six-month spell in Nepal, a job as plant breeding assistant at Thompson and…
Rachel Wood
Rachel Wood Editor, Content Development (Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine) I’ve been producing content for CABI’s veterinary products since 1995. Starting out as an abstractor, I am now mostly involved with quality aspects of the CAB Abstracts database. I have always had a strong interest in animal health and working on the most comprehensive database covering veterinary…
Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor Content Manager, Animal Sciences I joined CABI back in 1980, shortly after taking a degree in zoology at the University of Hull. Since joining CABI I have seen a revolution in the field of scientific information provision, most notably with the arrival of the Internet. I have worked mainly on the veterinary information…
Isobel Hoskins
Dr Isobel Hoskins Content Editor, Human Sciences After taking a degree in biochemistry at Sheffield University. I worked for 18 months as a research technician on the molecular genetics of capsule formation in Haemophilus influenzae in Professor Moxon’s Lab at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. This encouraged me to take a PhD so I…