Category Archives: Misc

Final Report of the Marine Paint Programme finished and printed

We’ve finally made it! The report of the Marine Paint Programme is finally done, available for download (PDF) and (upon request) as a paper copy. Marine Paint will also present and discuss its finding at the final conference, which will be held 14/15th of May in Gothenburg. Please contact me if you would like to get more information. Thanks a bunch to my colleague Åsa Arrhenius! She put in all the effort into compiling the report, finally hunting down all … Continue reading


A small difference that matters…

Maybe it’s because those two icons looks so similar? Or perhaps people want to “spread the news”? Whatever it is, the scenario is always the same: Somebody sends around an email to a group of people, containing perhaps an invitation to a conference, a request, a question or something similar. And of course, all recipients are listed in plain sight in the “to” field. So events follow their their natural c(o)urse: a couple of minutes later, your inbox becomes flooded … Continue reading


We’ve all been there…

No comment… From “Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com


Power of research

And nobody believed me… So, here’s the link and the background: The EU Commission actually put together an online game, called “the power of research”, which can be found at http://www.powerofresearch.eu/. It is supposed to “to inspire young Europeans to pursue scientific careers”, according to the press release from the Commission. To be honest, in addition to an online game, I could think of one or two things  that could be improved if we want to inspire students to pursue … Continue reading


Anybody interested in working with us?

We just announced a permanent position as ”Forskningsingenjör” (senior research engineer). Please find here the english announcement, and here the Swedish one. Deadline for applications is the 22 of November 2010. Just drop me a mail if you have any questions. Thomas