Wilson,Jill, 2004, Brian J Ford micrograph of erythrocytes through a Leeuwenhoek microscope, Oxford: Royal Microscopical Calender 2004.BJF, 2004, Presentations aboard MS Saga Rose, Christmas in the Caribbean Cruise:
- How not the Photograph your Christmas cruise, Cinema Theatre, 1500h, 18 December 2003.
- A Scientist marves at Christmas, Cinema Theatre, 1000h, 20 December.
- A Thousand and One Questions, Cinema Theatre, 1000h, 22 December.
- The Secret Language of Life, Cinema Theatre, 1000h, 24 December.
- Beware of the Expert, Cinema Theatre, 1430h, 28 December.
- GMOs, boon or blight? Cinema Theatre, 1430h, 31 December.
- Question Time, Cinema Theatre, 1530h, 2 January 2004.
[See also: Personality at Sea, Brian J Ford, Saga Rose Daily: 1, 24 December].
Sailing: Bridgetown, Barbados - Port of Spain,Trinidad - Porlamar, Margarita, Venezuala - Willemstad, Curaçao - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Cozumel, Mexico - Havana, uba Hamilto, Bermuda - Horta, The Azores - La Coruña, Spain - Southampton, England. 14 December 2003 - 5 January 2004.Sandner, A., Sosnowski, C., Schaeffer, H., and Lacy, D., 2004, include Brian J Ford pictures of Robert Brown research [in] Science 10: p 251 C1.10, p 305 fig C3.10, Toronto, Addison-Wesley Pearson.
BJF, 2004, Presentations aboard MS Braemar, Caribbean Discoveries Cruise:
- The Secret Language of Life, Neptune Lounge, 1600h, 22 January.
- Don't Remember your Caribbean cruise like this, Neptune Lounge, 1430h, 25 January.
- Looking inside the GM debate, Neptune Lounge, 1600h, 27 January.
- Beware of the Expert! Neptune Lounge, 1100h, 28 January.
[See also: Guest lecturer Brian J. Ford, Braemar Daily Times: 1, 22 January].
Sailing: Bridgetown, Barbados - Mayreau, Grenadines - Willemstad, Curaçao - Oranjestad, Aruba - Port Antonio, Jamaica - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Road Town, Tortola - St. John's, Antigua - Portsmouth, Dominica - Kingstown, St. Vincent - Bridgetown, Barbados. 19 January - 2 February .BJF, 2004, Maisto ateitis, Lithuanian edition of Future of Food, ISBN ar kodas: 9955-501-57-X, Leidejas: Eugrimas.
BJF, 2004, Human behaviour and the changing pattern of disease, chapter 12 in The Changing Face of Disease, Implications for Society: 182-204, eds Mascie-Taylor, N., Peters, J., McHarvey, S.T., ISBN 0-415-32280-4, London and Boca Raton, CRC Press.
BJF, 2004, Presentations aboard MS Braemar, Classic Caribbean Cruise:
- Funny you should ask [cabaret half hour], Neptune Lounge, 1945h, 10 February.
- How the Caribbean was born, Neptune Lounge, 1600h, 11 February.
- Beware of the Expert! Neptune Lounge, 1600h, 13 February.
- [See also: Appearance by Rock Doctor, five-piece ensemble, 0030h, 14 February].
Sailing: Bridgetown, Barbados - Port Elizabeth, Bequia - Castries, St. Lucia - Roseau, Dominica - Bassettere, St. Kitts - St. John's, Antigua - Road Town, Tortola - La Romana, Dominican Republic - Willemstad, Curaçao - St. George's, Grenada - Port of Spain, Trinidad - Bridgetown, Barbados. 2 - 17 February.
BJF, 2004, From DNA to Mad Cow Disease, lecture to California Association of Criminalists and San Francisco Microscopical Society, 1900-2000h, 26 February.
BJF, 2004, Presentations aboard MV Seabourn Spirit, Burmese Temples and India cruise:
Panellist, with Mark Price, Luis Giraldo and John Haseman, Liars' Club - Call My Bluff, The Club, 2200h, 20 April. How the Orient was Born, Amunsden Theater, 1100h, 21 April. How NOT to remember your Tropical Cruise, Amunsden Theater, 1100h, 22 April. The Secret Language of Nature, Amunsden Theater, 1100h, 23 April. Mysteries of water, Amunsden Theater, 1100h, 26 April. [See also: Guest Lecturer Brian Ford, Seabourn Herald: 2, 21 April].
Sailing: Singapore - Strait of Malacca - Phuket, Thailand - Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma) - Bay of Bengal - Colombo, Sri Lanka - Arabian Sea - Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. 14 - 28 April.
Report, 2004, NESTA Fellowship for Ford, Mensa Magazine: 4, May.
Announcement, 2004, Researching neglected fields of science, report on Brian J Ford fellowship on Cambridge Network, May.
BJF, 2004, interviewed by Andy Burrows and Jane Smith on NESTA Fellowship, Breakfast Programme, BBC Radio Peterborough, 0840-0845h, 12 May (tape in archive).
BJF, 2004, interviewed by Trevor Dann and Catherine Carr on NESTA Fellowship, Breakfast Programme, BBC Radio Cambridge, 0850-0855h, 12 May (tape in archive).
Report, 2004, Fellowship to look at 'neglected fields', Cambs Times: 5, 14 May.
Rose, Gareth, 2004, Scientist awarded 'mini Nobel prize', with b/w photograph, Peterborough Evening Telegraph: 10, 18 May.
BJF, 2004, interviewed by Trevor Dann and Emma Maclaine on vCJD and Journal of Pathology report, Breakfast Programme, BBC Radio Cambridge, 0710-0715h, 21 May (tape in archive).
BJF, 2004, interviewed by Howard Hughes on vCJD and Journal of Pathology report, Breakfast Programme, LBC 0845-0850h, 21 May.
BJF, 2004, interviewed by Henry Kelly on vCJD and Journal of Pathology report, Drive-time Programme, LBC 1715-1720h, 21 May.
Report, 2004, Report on NESTA Fellowship, Register, News of Members, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 39 (2): 128.
BJF, 2004, Seeking support for science [review of Susan Haak's Defending Science], Endeavour, 28 (2): 49.
BJF, 2004, interviewed by Trevor Dann and Emma Maclaine on NESTA Fellowship and other matters, After Nine, BBC Radio Cambridge, 0905-0935h, 22 June (disc in archive).
Gest, Howard, 2004, The Discovery of Microorganisms revisited, American Society for Microbiology, June.
BJF, 2004, A Lesson in Values (extract of Victor Serebriakoff lecture at Magdalene College, Cambridge), Mensa Magazine: 14, July.
Atkinson, D., 2004, reviews Ford, B.J. (ed.) GM Crops: the scientists speak. Annals of Botany , July 2004, 94 (1): 195-197(3).
BJF, 2004, Lectures to Inter Micro 2004:
- Digital Update, 1350-1415h, 12 July
- An Evening with Brian: Microscopist on the Loose, 2000-2100h, 12 July.
- World's Worst Microscopy, 1330-1350h, 14 July
Chicago: McCrone Research Institute, Talbott Hotel.
BJF, 2004, Presentations aboard Voyages of Discovery, MV Discovery, Greenland Discovery cruise:
- Mystery of the Snowflake, Carousel Show Theatre, 1400-1450h, 24 July.
- Secret Language of Life, Carousel Show Theatre, 0945-1030h, 26 July.
- Beware, the Experts are taking over, Carousel Show Theatre, 1515-1610h, 30 July.
- A thousand and one questions, Carousel Show Theatre, 1130-1220h, 1 August.
Sailing: Harwich, England - Torshavn, Faroes - Reykjavik, Iceland - Prins Christiansund, Greenland - Narsarsuaq, Greenland - Nuuk, Greenland - Kangerlussaq, Greenland. 23 July - 3 August 2004.
Page, Brian, 2004, Making sense of science, (profile of Brian J Ford and the NESTA Fellowship, with colour and b/w photographs), Mensa Magazine: 8-11, August. See also front cover picture.
BJF, 2004, Presentations aboard Voyages of Discovery, MV Discovery, Greenland Explorer Cruise:
Sailing: Kangerlussaq, Greenland - Sisimiut, Greenland - Illulissat, Greenland - Nuuk, Greenland - Narsarsuaq, Greenland - Prins Christiansund, Greenland - Reykjavik, Iceland -Torshavn, Faroes - Harwich, England. 3 August - 15 August 2004.
- Mystery of the Snowflake, Carousel Show Theatre, 1700-1750h, 7 August.
- Digital disasters, and how to avoid them, Carousel Show Theatre, 1400-1450h, 10 August.
- Secret Language of Life, Carousel Show Theatre, 0945-1030h, 12 August.
- Chat show interview by David Bennet, Carousel Show Theatre, 1414-1445h, 12 August.
- Beware, the Experts are taking over, Carousel Show Theatre, 1100-1150h, 14 August.
BJF, 2004, Authority and the educators, after-dinner address to Mensa at Cambridge conference, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2050-2115h, 28 August.
BJF, 2004, GM crops, balancing risks and benefits, [leading article] Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 29 (2): 1-2.
BJF, 2004, How the Pioneer Microscopists Viewed their Specimens, illustrated lecture to joint Microscopy Meeting eeting of the Quekett Microscopical Club and Postal Microscopical Society, Hayling Dene Centre, Stafford, 1400-1500h, 11 September. [NOTE} Micrographs won first prize in the micrography competition].
BJF, Are Cells Ingenious?The Microscope 52 3/4: 135-144.
BJF, 2004, The microscope and natural history, illustrated lecture to meeting of the Peterborough Natural History Society, Peakirk Hall, Peterborough, 1930-2200h, 13 September.
BJF, 2004, Leeuwenhoek's Revelations on Giardia, Keynote address to International Conference on Giardia and Cryptosporidium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 0915-0945h, 20 September.
Cardell-Williams, Janet, 2004, A lesson in what happens now (letter in reponse to BJF profile, August 2004), Mensa Magazine: 15, October.
Goodenough, Jan, 2004, Self-improving, (letter in reponse to BJF profile, August 2004), Mensa Magazine: 15, October.
BJF, 2004, The Birth of Microscopy, invited opening lecture to: Biohistory, International Conference on Contemporary Technologies for the History of Microscopy, 1430-1515h, Università degli Studi Dipartimento di Biologia – via Golgi, Milano.
BJF, 2004, The single lensed microscope as an instrument of discovery in nineteenth century science: closing lecture to Biohistory, International Conference on Contemporary Technologies for the History of Microscopy, 1215-1250h, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples.
Paustian, Timothy, 2004, publishes BJF micrographs in microbiology text for Atomic Dog (www.atomicdog.com)
BJF, 2004, Clever creatures and ingenious cells - communication in nature and a new view of the neuron, Opening lecture of new season, Cambridge Society for the Application of Research, Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1900-2100h, 11 October.
Reader, 2004, (letter in reponse to BJF profile, August 2004), Mensa Magazine: October.
Report, 2004, Old friends: Jack Cohen, Brian J Ford and Chris Frost at Mensa at Cambridge (with colour photograph), Mensa Magazine: 4 November.
Report, 2004, BJF forthcoming television, Biobits, November.
Kralevich, John, 2004, Fantasy farmhouse, feature with colour and b/w photographs, Properties Today: 1-3, 3 November.
BJF, 2004, Snowflake Secrets lecture to gala dinner, Great Hall of St Bartholemew's Hospital, London, 2000-2100h, 9 December.
Williams, Steve, 2004, Brian and Jan Ford at French farmers' market, with colour photograph, Cambs Times: 10, 10 December.
Report, 2004, Preview of Is She Really Going Out With Him? (C5 TV), with quote from BJF, Heat Magazine: 119, 11-17 December.
Allsop, Tim, 2004, producer, features links with BJF in Is She Really Going Out With Him? 2200h, Channel Five TV, 13 December.
BJF, 2004, Surprising insights into H G Wells, Bulletin of Friends of Cambridge University Library 25: 10-14, December.
Vellinga, Willem-Pier, 2004, publishes BJF micrographs in Microscopy Coursebook, Eindhoven University of Technology, [in press].