Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild (Birmingham UK edition): A hedgehog A seagull that steals crisps from a shop A pigeon with fewer toes than wings Half a dead badger Two foxes having a very good time

Excited and pleased (I think!) to announce that I'm the new Head of Biosciences @astonuniversity.bsky.social. Hopefully continued success for the new Department in an exciting School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biosciences!

Biochemical Society's Membrane Protein Conference 7–9 April 2026 Birmingham, UK | Leonardo Royal Hotel - Abstracts welcome for talks & posters - Bursaries available! - Register & submit here: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f... #MembraneProteins #CallForAbstracts @biochemsoc.bsky.social

*PhD project is live* Lipid-Based Nanotechnologies for Probing and Modulating Host–Microbe Interfaces Joint between Aston and Birmingham University with @owenlabuob.bsky.social and @alangoddard.bsky.social warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

This episode of Mark Steele's in Town about Handsworth is brilliant. It's the Birmingham I grew up in, moved back to and work in, at one of the most diverse and integrated Universities in the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Birmingham, my home city, is a fantastic city, with fantastic people- a success story. It has its problems, like anywhere. But the obsession the online right has with it is as transparent as it gets.

Come and do a PhD with us - we are interested to hear from biochemists and chemists who are interested in making cool technology inspired by cell membranes! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: 24-25th June 2026 #UKSTEMConf26 The 2026 UK Horizons in STEM HE conference will take place at Royal Holloway.This conference is an opportunity for all STEM colleagues to share their insights into teaching innovation, pedagogy, & develop connections across the STEM disciplines.

Ok, putting it out there, I think Invincibles are going to win by over 100 here.... #TheHundred

Great to be at Old Trafford (the good one 😉) for The Hundred again. Although I am wearing my Phoenix top and Bears cap...

Feeling appropriate again....

Gill really is a useless tosser #ENGvIND

Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.

Can that please be it for Zak Crawley now? Put him out of my misery #EngVInd #cricketsky #cricket

The endless summer of Zak Crawley www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Proof to Mrs Norcross that @norcrosscricket.bsky.social is doing as he was told!

Always a nice surprise to be cited in someone's talk (especially when it's not about membrane biochemistry!) #UKSTEMconf25

@rossp22.bsky.social from @astonuniversity.bsky.social talking at #UKSTEMConf25 about interprofessional learning.

Amazing start to @ukstemconf.bsky.social #UKStemConf25. Nice to hear about the history of the conference and looking forward to the next couple of days.

🚨PhD opportunity! Join us at @astonaime.bsky.social and be part of the digital revolution 🤖 Discover polymer nanoparticles using data-driven methods. Ideal for chemists & digital explorers. RTs appreciated! 🙏 🗓️ Apply by 1 June 2025 🔗 tinyurl.com/3xa2hkfu #PhD #AI #PolymerChemistry

Delighted to announce the next UK Midlands Biophysics Network Meeting. 2025 will emphasise work around optical trapping techniques - register to attend and submit poster and abstract submission here shorturl.at/XrU9a 🗓️ 18th September 📍 University of Nottingham

Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox. “In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.

This conference is always excellent and is being hosted at Aston so it doesn't really get any better!

New paper out with colleagues on citizen science approaches for microbiology. A bit different, but membranes get a mention for anyone who was briefly worried 🤣 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... Also, publish in society journals!

Excellent few days running the 6th iteration of our Membrane Protein Workshop with @biochemsoc.bsky.social. Thanks to all the trainers and participants for another great event. We'll hopefully be back again next year if you are interested! www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...

Got a request to review what looked like an interesting paper in my field. Saw it was an MDPI journal. Deleted the email. Sorry authors, not supporting MDPI.

Final week to apply for our MIBTP PhD position 'Targeting intracellular bacteria with novel lipid-based drug delivery systems' with @alangoddard.bsky.social and @owenlabuob.bsky.social : warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... Apply here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

New job, new social media. I recently became a lecturer in Biosciences at Aston. I'm incredibly lucky to be associated with @astonaime.bsky.social and am looking forward to many new membrane protein adventures as I set up my lab for the first time.

Great to see @rossp22.bsky.social on here. Give him a follow.

Great to be at #SynbiTECH as well. Also, nice to see in pic 1 proof that my group (with Doug Browning) are here too!

New MIBTP PhD opportunity between myself, @owenlabuob.bsky.social and @alangoddard.bsky.social Targeting intracellular bacteria with novel lipid-based drug delivery systems warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... Hosted at @astonuniversity.bsky.social and @unibirmingham.bsky.social

At P24, Viktoriia will present the initial whole cell modelling work we are doing to optimise recombinant membrane protein production strategies (a joint project with Doug Browning and @alangoddard.bsky.social) #BiochemEvent #sbuk2024

4 PhD positions available in my lab. All membranes / biotech focussed with interdisciplinary friends and industry. www.linkedin.com/posts/alan-g...

Hello Bluesky! We are a BRAND NEW research institute at @astonuniversity.bsky.social funded by @ukri.org Research England. We officially being opened in August 2024. Check out our website aston.ac.uk/research/aime and make sure to follow us here for exciting updates! #AIME #welovemembranes

Our new research institute Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence @astonaime.bsky.social is now here. Give us a follow for all things membranes! www.aston.ac.uk/research/aime

Delighted that our MIBTP Landscape Award has been funded. I'd be very grateful for any sharing of this, it's a great programme and I'm not just saying that as I'm one of the directors 🤣. warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

🚨🚨 Fully funded PhD available in my lab on an exciting (I would say that!) interdisciplinary intersectoral project. Contact me for a chat! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Decided to try and be more active here. Check out our new institute, Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence. If you like membranes (of any kind) please get in touch! www.aston.ac.uk/research/aime