CMNThemeLeader's blog

What if we stopped doing experiments altogether, and started thinking?

Reflections on what a scientist can learn from a philosopher

Just back from a holiday backpacking in the Alps for about 8 days continuously (not everyone's idea of a holiday, I'll agree). During this time I noted that despite massive increases in my energy expenditure by comparison to sitting at a computer emailing or blogging, I experienced a much reduced motivation to eat. Having dabbled a little in appetite work over the last few years the one thing that I do now know is that appetite is very, very complex.

Emergent ontological antireductionism across the scales

To Belfast for the NS Summer Conference for “Translational Nutrition: Integrating Research Practice and Policy” and a bit of general shindiggery. I use summer in the loosest sense. The two symposia which were held today were in the areas of “Innovation in diet and lifestyle assessment” and “intervention study design and personalised nutrition”, and we heard plenary lectures from Profs Bruce German and David Jacobs.

The mis-application of H-index and its hindrance to academic nutritionists

Reflections on enzyme kinetics, might-as-well-be-infinite regress, and the Death Star….. from an accidental epistemiological antireductionist.

I thought I’d start the blogs by addressing the really big question – what has nutrition got to do with the meaning of life?

Welcome to the Cellular and Molecular Theme Blog! This first edition briefly addresses my goals going into the role of Theme Leader, I suspect I will look back in due course and cringe at the naiveté!