Letters and Testimonials

for David Bradley Science Writer

I'm always pleased to get feedback about my articles and websites. Here are a few letters and testimonials from editors I have worked with, scientists about whom I have written, and, of course, Sciencebase's wonderful readers. Send me an  Email  now, or logon to my science blog to comment on any of the entries there. You can also use the Sciencebase Guestbook to leave a general comment about this website; in fact the Sciencebase Guestbook is where you will find the most recent comments, this is simply an archive of older remarks.

26.01.06 From Torsten Utescher, University of Bonn
I finally found time to read your nice article about our paper [on Tropical Europe]. Thanks a lot, I really enjoyed it!

13.12.06 From Claire Taylor, King's College London
Thanks for your work for the [King's Biomedical History] book - you saved my life! Claire

07.12.05 From Christopher Holstege, University of Virginia
David, This is extremely well written and accurate. Best news article I have seen written on this topic. My hat is off to you. Best regards, Chris

12.11.05 From "earthkid" at GMail
Hi Dave, Nice job done on the blog. I was thinking if you guys worked on the printable version of the blog... would make it much easier and more convenient. Indeed very informative, love it! Thanks! [Not quite sure about doing a printable version of my blog, but if anyone wants to commission such a noble tome, feel free to get in touch, DB]

08.11.05 From Ted Bilek, UW Alumnus
Enjoyed the research definitions. Thanks for including them. It shows that you guys have a good sense of humor. I'd seen these definitions in the pre-internet age on a photocopied sheet, but of course the original reference was not there.

24.10.05 From "SBaig" a year 12 chemistry student in the UK
Finally - a chemistry magazine that I can finally understand! :D a big thnx to everyone who put this web mag together!!! keep up the good work!! LOL - I finally have an excuse to go on the computer and honestly say I'm doing homework ;)

21.09.05 From WE Moerner MRI specialist at UNC
This is a nicely and succinctly written piece. [Referring to news article on pancreatic cancer]

13.09.05 From "Olga" at via the feedback form
Wow! Your articles are amazing. Just to let you know.

10.05.05 From "Sean" at WaywardUniverse.com
Just wanted to drop a quick note and let you know I enjoyed coming across your site, thanks for the nice read!

04.05.05 From Juanita Schlaepfer-Miller, Paul Scherrer Institute
I really like your site. In my new guise as a science communication bod I have been surfing tons of science news sites and yours really stands out as elegant and with good content. Regards, Juanita

15.04.05 From Natia Frank, University of Victoria, Canada
Hi Dave, Thanks for the update on your contact information and the great write-up. We are delighted to have this appearing in your journal! [Spectral Lines] Cheers, Natia

07.04.05 From John Gallop, National Physical Laboratory, UK
Dear David, I think you've done an excellent job of summarising and explaining my talk, in clear and correct terms.

18.03.05 from John Shelnutt, Sandia National Laboratories
You have written a really nice story...Nice website you have too.

18.03.05 from Manos Mavrikakis of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thanks for putting together a very nice story on our paper! This [Reactive Reports] looks a very nice web-publication. I look forward to reading its future issues, Best regards, Manos

04.02.05 from Charlie Bourne, Warwick University who runs a blog site
A comment left on a posting I made a while back has brought news of new blogs for scientists. They're part of Sciencebase - a first-rate "suite" of science sources maintained by David Bradley

, who has a long writing career devoted to all areas of contemporary science, and comes originally from a chemistry background.

04.02.05 from Michael Imbeault PhD bionformatics student who runs www.biologynews.net
Hi David, Great work on sciencebase.com; news updated so frequently from someone with a scientific background is quite a rare thing.

28.01.05 from Bashar Mutlak on proofreading his first issue of Reactive Reports (#43 out February)
Let me tell you, it was a wonderful piece of writing. You obviously have a lot of passion for this field, and it was a pleasure reading this.

25.01.05 from Tamara Zemlo, scienceboard.net, USA (scienceboard hosts the my science RSS newsfeed)
We're pleased with the newsfeed and keep hearing positive things from our members, Tamara

22.12.04 from Paola Scana, University of Cagliari, Italy
Dear David, thank you very much for your article on spectroscopynow.com and my compliments on your sciencebase site, for your articles, I read some of them...To tell you the truth I feel very excited and proud of myself...Paola

17.12.04 from Li Shuqin, Nagoya University
Dear David - Thank you for your email. I think your treatment [in the X-factors article Magnetic crystal growth toughens ceramics] is very good. It is even better than our original article. The pictures in the article are beautiful, I like it.

15.12.04 from Professor Manos Mavrikakis, Dept Chemical & Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison
I enjoy your articles in The Alchemist Newsletter which I've been receiving from ChemWeb.com for sometime now.

13.12.04 from Prof Stanley Salmons, Dept of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Liverpool
Congratulations on the new look to Newsline. It is attractively presented and illustrated, and I found myself reading every page. (The explanation of plasmids (Engineering gene therapy solutions, David Bradley, Issue 31, p10) was the clearest I've ever seen).

08.12.04 from Darren Glenister, Matton Royalty Free Stock Photo Library
I recently found your site and was impressed by your work. I especially enjoyed reading through your blog. A lot of the information was too complex for my non-scientific brain, but I enjoyed looking through anyway :)

17.11.04 from David Bowen, Nature Jobs
Hi David I enjoy your thoughts - engaging and entertaining. All best, keep up good work.

15.11.04 from Alan Shoemaker, The MITRE Corporation
Just a short note to compliment you on the article "The information gold rush," that appeared in the October issue of Modern Drug Discovery.

27.10.04 from Allison Byrum, American Chemical Society
Dave's work was creative, well written, well researched, and in line with the vision of the magazine and department. In addition, he paid close attention to deadlines and was able to quickly turn over queries and edits--exactly what we hope for from freelancers.

15.10.04 from Brent Iverson, University of Texas, Austin
Thank you so much for your interest in our work. I like
everything about your piece... [Article will appear in Issue 14 of Resonants]

8.10.04 from Phil Wilmarth, OHSU
Very nice article. I really enjoyed it and I hope a broader audience finds it as interesting as I did. [Watch out for the article in Issue 40 of Spectral Lines]

29.09.04 from The Guardian
David Bradley's blog, SciObs, offers a sometimes irreverent, but always intelligent take on the day's science news from this freelance science writer. (SciObs was The Guardian's blog of the day on September 29, 2004)

24.09.04 from René Peschar, University of Amsterdam
Thank you for preparing such a nice piece about our work.

19.08.04 from Yuan-Ping Pang PhD, Mayo Clinic
You're questions are not rude, they tell me that you are the best writer with whom I have worked so far on our SARS paper!

13.08.04 from Professor Barry Sharpless, Scripps Institute
So long for now and thanks for the great job you did here, essentially capturing the heart" of click chemistry, Barry

29.07.04 from Professor Stephen Lippard, MIT

Nice work, it is a pleasure to work with you!

28.07.04 from Sir John Meurig Thomas, Royal Institution, UK (by phone)
Thank you for your summary of my opening lecture for the Royal Society meeting. You've done a very good job and have got the gist of the story perfectly. Good show!

22.07.04 from C Ravindran, PhD Scholar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
Reactive Reports is a useful magazine in the field of science especially in chemistry. It provides current and advanced developments in the field of science. I found out that there are compounds in grapes that have anticancer properties, information that will be useful for my PhD studies.

11.06.04 from Steve Lewis, Teacher and creator of ChemIT.co.uk
I was impressed by your www.reactivereports.com site and will add it to the links I recommend to teachers when I'm running a training event. It seems a great source of context to relate to the arcane curriculum we're asked to cover!

06.04.04 from Professor Wolfgang Steglich, University of Munich
Thank you for your kind interest in our work on the pigments of fungi. I looked over your article and find it well written.

19.03.04 from Professor John Ditusa, Louisiana Stat University
Thanks for your email and your interest in our work. I like very much the short article, "Spintronics" that you wrote up relating to our recent publication in Nature Materials.

04.03.04 from Professor Nahid Pourreza, Shahid Chamran University, Iran
Thank you very much for your interest on my paper on determination of cadmium. I was very glad to hear that you are going to publish an article on my work. I read your article "Sensing cadmium" thoroughly . It is well written and I did not find any error.

13.2.04 from Dr Nijsje Dorman, editor, biotechniques magazine, USA
Just a quick note to say the latest news column really worked well. We're very pleased with the inside look readers are given of current research in the life sciences, and the style is just the right mix of being informative without any stodginess. So, thanks for the great work, and don't change a thing for next time!

13.12.03 from Professor Dr Achim Mueller, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Thanks for the fascinating and impressive handling of the story, Mo' Better Blues! All the best and good luck.

12.12.03 from Sally Munday, Chairman, Friends of The Rosie
I just wanted to thank you for helping us with the Rosie in Stitches website.  It was fantastically kind of you to take the time and trouble to get us over the complicated hurdles and help us to get up and running.

24.10.03 from Dominique Matt, Louis Pasteur University
Congratulations on your superb article. You are an excellent science writer and it was a pleasure to read this article.

20.8.03 from Jay Visaria
As a pharmacist, I was delighted to read the story on Liquorice extracts showing antiviral activity. Also your site brings a lot of non-pharmaceutical chemistry news in the form of a short digest, easy
and quick to read. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. Referring to: Liquorice versus SARS, D. Bradley, Reactive Reports, 2003, issue 33, August 2003.

7.7.03 from John Gladysz, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany
I got my print copy this last week and read your article yesterday. Great job, I enjoyed it immensely, and a real service to the field. Referring to: Shy Chemicals Offer a Solution, D. Bradley, Science, 2003, 300, 2022-2023.

16.6.03 from Dean Garner, KNI Literary
G'day, David: Thanks for your lively, informative and engaging articles about various topics in science. We're all big fans of yours!

11.11.02 from Todd Tyson, QC Chemist, Lonza group, Conshohocken PA
I was very pleased to see your article on Dr. Ray Crist. I'm a Messiah college graduate and had the privilege to work with Dr. Crist my senior year. He's truly a remarkable man. He seems as sharp now as when I worked with him in '98. Most of us can only hope to accomplish a small fraction of what he has done in our lifetime. Again, thanks for the great article. http://www.chemweb.com/alchem/articles/1035208366962.html

20.7.02 from Anne-Marie Albrecht-Gary, CNRS - ECPM, Strasbourg, France
Thank you very much for your article A wild recipe for hot soil. I found it excellent and well discussed.

20.5.02 from Glenn Rexwinkel, chemspy.com
Because of my special interest in chemistry related databases, I read your article about taking a databasic approach to chemistry with pleasure. Surprisingly I even read about two databases which were unknown to me. Just when I thought that I had seen them all. Apparently, your articles are not only fun to read but are also very useful. Keep it up!

24.04.02 from Peter Pfeifer, Department of Physics, University of Missouri
I just saw the beautiful article, with the great illustrations, you put up in Reactive Reports #24. Thank you again for the wonderful publicity you are giving our work, and for a job superbly done.

20.03.02 from Zhong Lin Wang, School of Materals Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Thanks for the excellent writing. You have covered all of the interesting parts properly and precisely.

13.03.02 from Mike Francis of Accelrys
A quick note to let you know that I was most impressed by the site re-design.
It is now even easier to navigate this excellent resource for all those interested
in current chemical developments. Keep up the good work!

14.02.02 from Keith Thomasof Lindsay Thurber High School
Thanks for putting together such an informative site. Sites with just Science News that a high school student can understand is something that is not readily available on the internet. Your site covers many relevant topics and condenses the information just enough for their attention spans. I expect more of our students will be visiting your site in the future.

12.12.01 from Jack Wolfgang II of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Myrrh [see December 2001 Elemental Discoveries] was used as an ingredient in the embalming process, and by bringing myrrh, the wise man (the Bible never says there were three, that is an assumption based on the number of gifts) was prophesying Jesus' death.