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5th August 2020

Our return to Bern

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This time with Aaron’s aunt Sophie, uncle Edward, and cousin Olivia.

Stopover in Troyes

An excursion to Estavayer-le-Lac. The resort is on the shore of Lake Neuchatel, and just outside the striking mediaeval castle wall.

Sarah, Aaron and Carol. Teamwork in the application of sunscreen.

30th July 2020

Two minutes on the Boring Billion

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Poster presentation for Microbiology@UCL,28th July.

28th February 2020

Enroute to Bern

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River Oise near Danizy in Picardy.

Halenbrücke on the Aare.

25th March 2019

Put it to the People

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23 March. At a rough guess, about twice the number of people who were at the March for a People’s Vote.

A long wait at the advertised starting point in Park Lane. A bottleneck into Piccadilly. We eventually turned into Green Park, eventually to meet our daughter, Sophie. Lunch in St. James’s Park and then to Parliament Square, still crowded long after the speeches has finished. In addition to the route of the march itself, many roads in the West End had been closed, apparently in response to unexpectedly large crowds.

31st December 2018

Eleanor leaves for Bristol University

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Among a large class of 2018, on September 22nd Bristol University received our youngest daughter, Eleanor, to read Zoology. We wish her well. It’s a great place, and she is a multi-talented young lady.

12th August 2018

16th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes

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16th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 5 – 9 August 2018

This was a fine meeting with many reports of first-rate new research. My own contribution was entitled Two-component redox regulatory control in the origins of oxygen evolution, cyanobacteria, and chloroplasts. Some photos… The first is a remarkable UBC memorial. The last is the location of the banquet, in the Museum of Anthropology.

15th July 2018

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2018 Yokohama

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7th May 2018

Regulation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport

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I was surprised and pleased to find my simple graphic on the cover of the journal Physiologia Plantarum.

The special issue.

Why we need to know the structure of phosphorylated chloroplast light‐harvesting complex II

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

25th April 2018

The conception of Queen Mary, University of London | By Fanis Missirlis

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The conception of Queen Mary, University of London

Quoting “ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN” by Walter Besant.

There was so much to cherish, and to maintain. Let us hope for future reconception.

18th June 2017

Two celebrations on one day

Filed under: Diary,Not extinct — John Allen @ 10:21 pm

Today is our wedding anniversary. This year it happens to be fathers’ day, too.
To love and be loved.
How lucky am I.

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