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Richard P. Grant is a British biologist and former writer/editor of The Scientist . [1]
Grant's father was a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force. [2] At University of Oxford, Grant was awarded Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin) Biochemistry and a Doctor of Philosophy, then did postdoctoral research in molecular biochemistry. [2]
He made DNA extraction technology for a company in Cambridge, [2] then found a postdoctoral position at Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) working six years for Murray Stewart. [2] Grant then worked as a cell biologist for three years in Sydney, where the University asked him to write a science blog. [2] Grant then took a job with Faculty of 1000 , [3] [4] in the UK, rebuilding a website and writing for The Scientist , and later became a Senior Writer at a London medical education & publishing agency. [2] Grant is deputy editor of the webzine LabLit.com and Jennifer Rohn is the editor. [5] [6] Grant and Rohn campaigned for Science is Vital, against cuts to the public funding of science in the United Kingdom. [7] [8] [2] [9]
Grant hosts blogging for Jennifer Rohn, [10] Henry Gee, Athene Donald, Nicola Spaldin, Cath Ennis, and several other writers. [11] [12]
Richard P. Grant is our Deputy Editor. A British molecular cell biologist and structural biochemist, he now specializes in strategic content at a pharma comms agency in London. He writes fiction under the pseudonym 'rpg' and tweets as @rpg7twit. In addition to helping to steer LabLit's editorial direction, he helps edit fiction and poetry. He blogs at Confessions of a (Former) Lab Rat on Occam's Typewriter.