James
Phipps-Tan

About me

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I'm a biologist at heart. As a kid in suburban Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, I loved reading dinosaur books, going down Wikipedia rabbitholes, and admiring all the little animals in the family garden. I went to the UK and Switzerland to study Biology, focusing on genetics for the seemingly unlimited influence of genes on how life works, breaks down and diversifies. Now, I am doing a PhD on gene expression variability in Tübingen, Germany, using probably the most harmless animal in the world - fruit flies! 

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While I own many caps (history buff, wushu practitioner, swimmer, Transformers collector, just to name a few), at the moment I am rather fond of my writer cap. I get a real kick out of taking messy thoughts in my head and transforming them into a stream of punchy, concise and meaningful sentences. Beyond promoting my science, I made this site host my written works, which span a variety of topics and formats because I just cannot bring myself to pick a lane. Enjoy!​