I really enjoyed the #Protein Design and Engineering session at the @ccpnmr.bsky.social summer meeting. I've summarised the discussion points on LinkedIn (tinyurl.com/2thdjew4). Is NMR underused? It would be great to hear people's thoughts ... #alphafold #rosetta #structuralbiology #biophysics 🧲🧪🧬🧶

It’s the 25th anniversary of edition of the @ccpnmr.bsky.social summer conference and it’s time for the traditional #ceilidh. I suppose this is what a bunch of #NMR spectroscopists in intermediate exchange looks like.

Perhaps the most noise-tolerant parent ever? This song thrush made its nest in a not-so-quiet nook under a slide in a noisy adventure playground 🪺 @nationaltrust.org.uk #bird #nest

Gary Thompson and I tested out a walk around #CastleHoward for the @ccpnmr.bsky.social meeting which is taking place @york.ac.uk this summer. The line-up includes protein design, peptides, hyperpolarisation, a keynote, and poster sessions. Plus a great walk too ccpn.ac.uk/outreach/con... 🧲🧪🧶🧬

It's not often that I find similarities between working in #academia and working as a #spy for the security services, but this line about reimbursement of travel expenses in John le Carré's 2019 novel sounds very familiar.

There's a #coffee outlet in Spark in #York called #vi. They make nice coffee and they make me think of my favourite #unix text editor. (though their website tells me that isn't why they chose the name)

Last few days to apply for our @cancerresearchuk.org funded post in cancer immunogenomics. Closes Sunday. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cancer Immunogenomics www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS840/r...

There was a stunning (nearly?) full moon 🌕 over University of #York tonight complete with #BobRoss-esque shimmering reflection on the lake

I wish my lab had a “spectomofer”. Imagine the work we could do 🧪

Major news alert: I've slightly updated my departmental webpage: www.york.ac.uk/biology/peop... Rest assured, the photo is still 10 years out of date.

It’s the cat’s birthday today which means he gets his two favourite things as a present: a ribbon and a couple of q-tips #caturday

Nice to see @yorkgin.bsky.social on here. Here’s a #martini 🍸 photo to say hello

After a week of cold weather in #York it’s starting to warm up a bit, which means beautiful misty sunrises on the bike ride to work

Beautiful sunrise over @bangoruniversity.bsky.social this morning. Heading to the 2nd day of the UK #Archaea meeting. It’s been great so far, so many cool stories and interesting conversations.

I’ll write more about this pre-print in the next few days, but please do take a look at this piece of work by Clément Dégut. It’s a 3D-printed open-source microscope that can image microtitre plates. Ideal for anyone looking for a new #DIY #science project #OpenSource #3Dprinting #microscope

Misty Boxing Day scenes from #York today

A swan on the lake at Castle Howard in Yorkshire #birds

It’s the YSBL (not yet on BlueSky) Xmas party and it’s quiz time. The theme? Guess the price of the item on the University purchasing system. So, how much does 10 mL of “wine” cost from Merck? Is it red? Is it white? No, it’s “wine”. 🍷🎄

We're looking for a #PhD student for Oct 2025 entry. If you're interested in a highly interdisciplinary project that aims to develop new approaches for screening protein libraries (e.g. nanobodies) then please get in touch. 4-year, fully-funded studentship via BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP.

The Thomas & Parkin labs are looking for a motivated PhD student to work across the biology/chemistry interface to help UK biotech company HydRegen improve biocatalyst production. The project is to understand & engineer increased nickel uptake in bacteria as part of BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP.

Delighted to be advertising 2 exciting PhD projects 1) lncRNA derived micropeptides & their contribution to brain cancers with James Poulter & Lucy Stead 2) mechanisms of translational regulation by specialised ribosomes. @chillzaa.bsky.social & Ade Whitehouse www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

PhD project with Ioannis Kourtzelis, our lab and Mesenbio in lovely York! Macrophage, EV and innate immune responses, what's not to love! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

It’s been a fascinating day at the Royal Society Industry College networking session and a great pleasure to talk about my industry fellowship project with Eluceda. Met lots of interesting people from both academia and industry.

Hey, that’s me! Please do spread the word about this project and get in touch if you’re interested in finding out more. XH-🥧 interactions are the best!

It’s the half-way point in the Department quiz and our campaign to retain the trophy is faltering. We’ve won twice in the last five goes. I’m no statistician, but I was absent for both wins and present for all of the loses.

Time for post #1 on this site … I heard this on Iggy Pop’s 6 Music show. It’s great. It’s like the consensus sequence of the music I was listening to in the 2000s. automatic-band.bandcamp.com/album/signal