Articles by Jennifer Rohn
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Editorial
Voices of the next generation
Our Young Author series launches
Jennifer Rohn 2 September 2019 -
The Lab Lit List
Novels in the Lab Lit fiction genre (continued)
Last updated 9 December 2018
Jennifer Rohn 9 December 2018 -
Fiction
No one here but us chickens
A cancer eureka moment
Jennifer Rohn 4 January 2019 -
Editorial
Pipettes, polar exhibitions, primates and pure escapism
49 new additions to the Lab Lit List
Jennifer Rohn 9 December 2018 -
Editorial
The League of Imaginary Cats
A new series inspired by real science
Jennifer Rohn 1 May 2017 -
Editorial
A growing trend for science in fiction?
29 new additions to the Lab Lit List!
Jennifer Rohn 5 March 2017 -
Editorial
Something old, something new...and yet more Darwin
36 new additions to the Lab Lit List!
Jennifer Rohn 21 May 2016 -
Review
Cold castaways
Everland by Rebecca Hunt
Jennifer Rohn 29 December 2015 -
Interview
Flaws and forgiveness
We talk to Anna Ziegler about Photograph 51
Jennifer Rohn 11 October 2015 -
Essay
A bitter pill to swallow
Obituary: Carl Djerassi, the father of science-in-fiction
Jennifer Rohn 6 March 2015 -
Editorial
Another welcome booster shot
19 new additions to the Lab Lit List!
Jennifer Rohn 6 March 2015 -
Editorial
Ten years of LabLit.com
A memorable anniversary of an ambitious project
Jennifer Rohn 6 March 2015 -
Interview
GMO sabotage and other tales
Novelist Rebecca Nesbit
Jennifer Rohn 17 August 2014 -
Editorial
Are scientists in novels trending?
43 new additions to the Lab Lit List!
Jennifer Rohn 16 June 2014 -
Editorial
Post NYT landslide
29 new additions to the Lab Lit List!
Jennifer Rohn 7 April 2013 -
Editorial
Sex and drugs and a pack of wolves
Seven new additions to the LabLit List
Jennifer Rohn 21 August 2012 -
Review
The fine print
Chemistry in Theatre: Insufficiency, Phallacy or Both
Jennifer Rohn 27 July 2012 -
Review
Panic stations
The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Jennifer Rohn 11 March 2012 -
Editorial
Cures, careers, crushes and crimes
Ten new additions to the LabLit list
Jennifer Rohn 31 July 2011 -
Editorial
Science in fiction booster
25 additions to the Lab Lit List
Jennifer Rohn 2 May 2010 -
Review
Songs of the square
Geek Pop Presents: The Science Sessions London
Jennifer Rohn 22 March 2010 -
Editorial
Scientists in novels: a growing trend?
Seventeen new additions to the Lab Lit List
Jennifer Rohn 8 September 2009 -
Review
Standing on the shoulders of ego
Breaking the Mould: The Story of Penicillin on BBC 4
Jennifer Rohn 2 August 2009 -
Editorial
LabLit - worth a listen
Our podcast series is launched
Jennifer Rohn 19 April 2009 -
Interview
Why is science important?
Alom Shaha chats about his most important film to date
Jennifer Rohn 22 March 2009 -
Review
Science engagement for grown-ups
TalkScience@BL.uk
Jennifer Rohn 21 December 2008 -
Editorial
Fifteen years of LabLit.com
We've come a long way since 2005
Jennifer Rohn 15 March 2020 -
Interview
The HMS Beagle reborn
Karen James helps bring Darwin's epic voyage to life
Jennifer Rohn 29 June 2008 -
Editorial
Science as democracy
How much can, and should, non-scientists shape the research agenda?
Jennifer Rohn 4 May 2008 -
Interview
Reenacting real scientists on screen
ReGenesis guru Aled Edwards
Jennifer Rohn 20 January 2008 -
Interview
Science and charity come together in Africa
A chat with epidemiologist Mark Booth
Jennifer Rohn 6 January 2008 -
Review
Unexpected side-effects
I Am Legend
Jennifer Rohn 6 January 2008 -
Editorial
A day in the life: scientists meet writers
Will this latest forum inspire more lab lit fiction?
Jennifer Rohn 21 October 2007 -
Review
Still uneasy bedfellows?
Science meets Poet in the City
Jennifer Rohn 23 September 2007 -
Interview
King of the Sun
Stuart Clark on science communication and solar storms
Jennifer Rohn 17 June 2007 -
Review
Dueling meteorologists
Superstorm on BBC1
Jennifer Rohn 22 April 2007 -
Editorial
MyLab
Nature Network London launches
Jennifer Rohn 25 March 2007 -
Interview
The Newtonian Legacy emerges
Physicist Nick Evans uses fiction to bring his world to life
Jennifer Rohn 4 March 2007 -
LabLit Tip
Four Scientists in Search of an Author
A SciTalk fiction event at the Oxford Literary Festival
Jennifer Rohn 18 February 2007 -
Interview
The day after today
Interview with novelist Kim Stanley Robinson
Jennifer Rohn 4 February 2007 -
Review
A touching display
Materials Library at Tate Modern
Jennifer Rohn 28 January 2007 -
Interview
Pretty in Ink
The brains behind Inkling, a new science webzine
Jennifer Rohn 17 December 2006 -
Review
The quiet revolution
'Battle of Ideas' at the RCA
Jennifer Rohn 3 December 2006 -
Review
Silencing the music of the spheres
Galileo by Bertolt Brecht
Jennifer Rohn 12 November 2006 -
Review
Enduring love
'The Best Science Book Ever' at the RI
Jennifer Rohn 22 October 2006 -
Essay
Remembering Max
The Phage Group honors its own
Jennifer Rohn 31 August 2006 -
Profile
Complicated facts
Philip Ball talks about dissecting the science and philosphy of the past
Jennifer Rohn 22 August 2006 -
Essay
Scientific spaces, scientific thinking
Does the size of your lab bench matter?
Jennifer Rohn 8 July 2006 -
Review
Finding the face of science communication
FameLab Final at Cheltenham
Jennifer Rohn 28 June 2006 -
Review
Camp Energy at Cheltenham
The Survival of the Physicists
Jennifer Rohn 24 June 2006 -
Review
Feynman checks in
Clever Dick by Crispin Whittell
Jennifer Rohn 31 May 2006 -
Editorial
Dumbed down
On the downplaying of science in the newspapers
Jennifer Rohn 14 May 2006 -
Profile
Beyond laboratory conditions
Daniel Glaser moves on
Jennifer Rohn 24 April 2006 -
Profile
Sequencing, sushi and sang-froid
One man's account of the fly genome project
Jennifer Rohn 2 April 2006 -
Profile
Supercollision
How artist Emma Hart braved the physics at CERN, and what physicist Rolf Landua made of it all
Jennifer Rohn 19 March 2006 -
Review
Keeping it in the family
Taboos (When Harriet Met Sally) by Carl Djerassi
Jennifer Rohn 26 February 2006 -
Editorial
The Waterstone’s Challenge, Part Two
Can consumers be enticed to buy ‘lab lit’ fiction? All is revealed!
Jennifer Rohn 5 February 2006 -
Data Point
Who believes in evolution?
Jennifer Rohn 30 January 2006 -
Review
Snail tale
Seaside Pleasures by Ann Lingard
Jennifer Rohn 15 January 2006 -
Profile
Genes on film
Michael Hayden’s research comes to life in The Score
Jennifer Rohn 21 December 2005 -
Review
Terror, triple helices and TV dinners
Threshold on Sky One
Jennifer Rohn 18 November 2005 -
Profile
Bold and calculating
Dr. Jonathan Farley's bid to teach Hollywood about math
Jennifer Rohn 22 October 2005 -
Editorial
The White Scourge
Are iPods changing lab culture?
Jennifer Rohn 22 October 2005 -
Data Point
How confident are science teachers?
Jennifer Rohn 25 September 2005 -
Editorial
Prove it
A rant on the evolution of emotions reveals core misconceptions
Jennifer Rohn 25 September 2005 -
Review
Playing with fire
Dr Bunhead’s Recipes for Disaster at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Jennifer Rohn 17 August 2005 -
Quotation
Professor Sir Antony R. Hoare on selfless scientific strategies
Jennifer Rohn 5 June 2005 -
Review
Science and Art go head-to-head
Review of Phallacy by Carl Djerassi
Jennifer Rohn 23 April 2005 -
Editorial
The Waterstone's Challenge
LabLit asked a major bookseller to consider profiling "Lab Lit" novels as an experiment in selling a new "genre" – and they were up for it!
Jennifer Rohn 24 April 2005 -
Profile
Science-in-theatre: a chemist attempts to translate
With a new play opening in London, Carl Djerassi continues to put science center-stage
Jennifer Rohn 30 March 2005 -
Essay
What is Lab Lit (the genre)?
Boffins are so last century - let's see some real scientists for a change
Jennifer Rohn 7 March 2005 -
Profile
It's all in the delivery
Effective science television hinges on striking a fine balance between truth and entertainment
Jennifer Rohn 7 March 2005 -
Editorial
Welcome to LabLit.com
Our lights are now on!
Jennifer Rohn 7 March 2005