James Clark wins Lab Grammy

Dr James Clark, Lecturer in Aerospace Physiology, has won the 2014 Lab Grammy award for his video entitled ‘Tale of a Post Doc’. A parody of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, the video follows the trials and eventual successes of a fictitious postdoctoral researcher. 

‘The music lends itself to a lamenting tale of disappointment followed by success. I wrote the lyrics to fit the tune and the feel of the music before I even thought of the video,’ says Dr Clark. ‘Times are tough in science at the moment, with funding hard to come by, so I thought having a video in which a troubled post doc finally gets some success was a good way to go.’ 

The video was recorded with the generous help of the staff and students of the Rayne Institute, Cardiovascular Division and can be viewed on YouTube.

The Lab Grammy Awards are run by BioTechniques, the International Journal of Life Science Methods.