Okami is still one of the best games I’ve ever played.
Congratulations to the new Dr Buddle and huge thanks to @smitslab.bsky.social@corrigar.bsky.social for acting as excellent examiners!
Snapped this during a particularly clear night at Ruhr-Universität, Germany. It’s crazy what phone cameras are capable of nowadays.
It seems to be a good week for biotech after a series of bad ones. Almost $600M investment in Emergent, Genespire, Amgen and more. The last few weeks may have made me sick but it’s all compensated now.
Had a great lab away day yesterday in the Peak District. A fairly casual one this time, focussing on research funding followed by an extended lunch in a lovely pub as the weather was too bad for a hike
About time someone sued these publishers for essentially making an utter disastrous mess out of academic publishing while making a crap ton of profit. www.highereddive.com/news/6-major...
The defendants, including Elsevier and Wiley, have done "tremendous damage to science and the public interest,” the complaint alleged.
Quite an interesting approach. It looks like a complex system but highly efficient. Can’t wait to see if I can try it our lab with phages other than those of E. coli.
