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Life Science business development & technical support over many years. PhD in Virology from Leeds University. Lover of beer, cider & whisky. My views are my own
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mRNA vaccines show promise to treat pancreatic cancer. In this small clinical trial, half of the participants mounted a lasting immune response against a pancreatic cancer. Background: Lesd than 13% of people live more than five years after diagnosis. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cider Chronicle. The mild aroma belies the complex fruit taste, almost like a vintage cider. Slightly sweet & sparkling. There is an underlying pleasant tannic dryness that resides on the palate. Can see why this maker has won awards recently. Bay from @porlockcider

Knaresborough

Goldborough snowdrops

Goldborough

Beerbook. Dry & hop punch. DDH Jaipur by Thornbridge Brewery

Beerbook. Really refreshing. Pineapple & guava smooths the hop pucker. Pine resin on the nose & the linger. A summer session beer that has mysteriously vanished! Huntington by Siren Craft Brew

Beerbook. Soft peach aroma. Pale ale with an unexpected peach & citrus prickle Maltin on Up by Quantock Brewery

Beeebook. Mellow blonde with some notes of peach fruitiness with underlying pleasant bitterness. Millie George by Pennine Brewing Co

Yorkgate cacti & succulents

Yorkgate snowdrops

Yorkgate Garden

Beerbook. Redolent of a porter with a deep maltiness underlaid with dark chocolate & hints of espresso. Lighter in texture than a porter, more of a winter session beer. Worth looking out for. Holderness Darkk by Great Newsome Brewery

Cenosilicaphobia is the fear of an empty (#beer) glass!

Cider chronicle. Mild bouquet. Crisp, bright & refreshing, mild sparkles. Smooth fruit with a slight linger of a true farmhouse cider to remind us of its terroir. A taste of summer. Cider as wine @bristolharbourcider

Cider Chronicle. Wood & dry apple nose. Clean apple & refreshingly dry. Sits on the palate. Decent & reminscent of a good, well bodied white wine. Will their rugby team match the quality? Harry Masters Jersey by @tygwyncider

Visiting #SLAS. Please stop by to the #nanotempertechologies booth #2412, listen to talks by colleagues & our customers, or view posters on the new uHTS Dianthus platform- the fastest biophysical platform for affinity-based screening.

A very good question! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Cider Chronicle. Soft aroma. Mellow, smooth soft green apple with a sliver of sharpness complementing the sweetness. Bubbles tinkle. A pleasant cider. #Maddens cider from Armagh Cider & Troughtons Premium

Join #nanotempertechnologies on February 4th. Philipp Hanisch from #CubeBiotech will share expertise on #membraneprotein #solubilization & characterization challenges. "Optimize membrane protein characterization with NativeMP and Multiplexing Optical Methods" Link below:

In a great collaboration with @hummerlab.bsky.social and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @mpibp.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social A thread below:

Curious! #US Government places export controls on #LCMS instruments for top-down #proteomics and high-parameter & spectral #flowcytometers & #cellsorters www.bis.gov/press-releas...

Back in those distant days of my PhD, there was always a musing of link between #neurodegenerative diseases and certain common neurotrophic #viruses, e.g. #HSV-1, that can infect the brain. Seems the evidence is becoming stronger: www.genengnews.com/topics/trans...

Happy New Year 2025. "New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Liz West in the Chapel at @yorkshiresculpturepark

Purple skies over Morley & Drighlington

Beerbook. Aroma almost of mulled wine with that baked crumble scent. Smooth, almost cteamy, tart but not too sour. Redolent of berries, red wine & christmas spices. A beer for dark winter nights. Winter berry crumble by @VaultCityBrewing

@henrymooreinstitute Some exotic stuff for the keen eyed!

@leedsartgallery.bsky.social

Bumfitt. I have not invented this name. It is an art exhibit at #Oakwell Hall Country Park wth a name inspired by an ancient sheep-counting song called Yan Tan Tethera. Bumfitt, meaning 15, has a “fleece” made of woven willow

Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve Kir Royale. Using homemade Creme de Mure

Skipton

Gin Journal. Homemade blackberry infused gin & Fever-Tree Scilian lemonade: "Very Christmasy" is comment in the house

For aficionados of #fragments, #degraders & #ATTECs. Learn how biophysics approaches - spectral shift detection on #NanoTemper Dianthus characterised LC3/GABARAP interactions. From #GoetheUniversity, #SGC, #DKTK, #DKFZ. #Fraunhofer #TUM #DiamondLightSource, Nathan Adams & Ivana Jaser rdcu.be/d22DS

These driver rats have clearly not encountered a UK city at rush hour! theconversation.com/im-a-neurosc...

This could be the most hilarious thing you see today. It is a Cha Cha Cha (apparently) on #bbc #strictlycomedancing

Came across this. Even dogs liked #bielsa ball from #leeds-united

Moon Over #Morley #leeds