This blog still has some activity from readers, but since I have left the University, I am no longer writing for it. No-one else has taken it on, so it has somewhat withered! However, you can keep on reading about UX design, data visualization, usability, etc, especially as applied to scientific web sites and applications, over at the EBI Interfaces blog. Where I write a lot thesedays.

A hint of research, a pinch of tools and technology, a drop of learning methodologies and a sprinkle of Bioinformatics. MIT launches free online courses. MIT have launched free online courses. The BBC news have written an article. Highly rated online course from Stanford University.

Thoughts on the intersection of user experience, search, text analytics and more. Designing search with a spreadsheet template. March 13, 2018 by Tony Russell-Rose. In designing search, and explored one particular metaphor that was valuable for both its simplicity and utility. February 20, 2018 by Tony Russell-Rose.

Окситоцин стимулирует нас врать ради других. On Thursday, 24 April 2014. Оказывается окситоцин принуждает тебя говорить не правду, но только в том случае, если эта ложь поможет другим, а не лично тебе.

A breath of fresh air for oxygen-starved tissue. Keeping pace with changing parasite genetics.

In search of the hidden reservoir of Malaria. 201216 Arthur Talman explains how his field work in Mali could help understand the behaviour of malaria parasites. Understanding historical population movements and the study of malaria.