Author Archives: Roger Gosden

About Roger Gosden

British-born scientist specializing in human and animal reproduction & embryology. Academic career spanned from Cambridge and Edinburgh to McGill and Cornell's Weill Medical College in Manhattan where he was Professor & Research Director. Married to Lucinda Veeck Gosden, embryologist for the first successful IVF team in America, he retired early to Williamsburg, Virginia, to write and to recover from 'nature deficit disorder'

Shelterbelt Trees in Snow and Fog

Posted on February 28, 2018

Have you noticed how trees hollow out melted sleeves from snow around their boles as our arms would if we could hold them long enough in a snow blanket? And have you wondered why winter fog sinking over open fields … Continue reading →

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Human Egg Farming

Posted on February 9, 2018

We called the ambitious program, ‘Egg Farming,’ over 30 years ago when I worked at Edinburgh University. That goal drew a step closer today as my graduate student from so many years ago published results of growing human eggs in … Continue reading →

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From Faith to Hope in 2018

Posted on December 31, 2017

I don’t have much faith in my New Year Resolutions, but there is a four-letter word I will try to keep muttering as world news unfolds in 2018. No, I don’t mean that word! When Galadriel expressed the state of … Continue reading →

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A Biologist in Paradise – new book

Posted on December 14, 2017

I raced to finish this book of 40 essays and memoirs before Christmas. A BIOLOGIST IN PARADISE is as much literary as scientific. It is not a science books for scientists, nor a nature book for naturalists, but I hope … Continue reading →

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Fall Colors in Appalachia

Posted on November 2, 2017

Most people in this region look forward to the fall more than any other season, despite this being the prologue to winter. Starting in September at the atlas or far end of Appalachia, color changes ripple down the spine to … Continue reading →

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