We believe it's probably my 15th time doing this. Makes for a long weekend but always good fun.

Crazy! Certainly looks like I won't be getting any invites to the US anytime soon. Nevertheless, I'll continue to support colleagues as we seek to understand climate change, and develop mitigation and adaptation for the natural and built environment. Brace! Brace! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Job advert! An opportunity to transform the future of wastewater infrastructure by working with Northumbrian Water Group (NWG), Dana Ofiteru at Newcastle University, and me at Bath to advance self-healing concrete solutions. 🌱💧 #KTP #Innovation www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI637/k...

Beautiful conditions for a trail run this afternoon. So great to be out and about.

Do you want to come and do a PhD in beautiful Bath with @kevinpaine.bsky.social and me? Come and help us understand how to use bacteria to make bioconcrete. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A nice article that explores the potential of recycling building materials to mitigate the environmental impact of concrete. It includes some thoughts and quotes from me. Not sure whether I sound too negative, but I'll stick by the quote that it's not easy! www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/202...

Looking for an innovative PhD? Join us at Bath to explore smart vascular networks and phase change materials for energy-efficient buildings. Fully funded, cutting-edge research with real-world impact. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhDOpportunity #Sustainability #Research

It was fascinating chairing this session. The difference in opinion on how long a journal peer review should take was quite stark. Anything from 1 hour to over a day! I'm not sure I left any the wiser on how long I ought to take.

New preprint from the team, looking at the links between carbon metabolism, calcium detoxificatin and bacterial biomineralisation! As always a fun collaboration with Kevin Paine and many other wonderful people. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Well, I've tried threads, mastodon. No real success. I hope that this is the one!

#PhDPosition: Join us at Bath to explore novel bio-mineral precipitation using lab-on-chip tech. Work with experts in sustainable construction and drive impactful, research in civil engineering, materials science, or microbiology. #ResearchInnovation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Great that Susanne and her team have put out this preprint looking at the links between carbon metabolism, calcium detoxificatin and bacterial biomineralisation! Paves the way for further exploration and use of bacteria in future infrastructure materials. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...