John F. Allen's Blog at jfallen.org

15th July 2018

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2018 Yokohama

Filed under: About science,Diary,Not extinct — John Allen @ 7:34 pm

7th May 2018

Regulation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport

Filed under: Diary,Not extinct — John Allen @ 5:22 pm

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)

1st October 2017

Bolingey

Filed under: Diary — John Allen @ 3:59 pm

Late July 2017.

Family holiday in Bolingey, near Perranporth, Cornwall. Fabulous.

You can tell which is the geologist. He or she stands on the beach and, instead of looking out to sea, looks at the cliffs.

The Elizabeth Line

Filed under: Diary — John Allen @ 5:48 am

New trains now run occasionally on the Transport for London Elizabeth Line, the first part of Crossrail.

Heidelberg

Filed under: Diary — John Allen @ 5:34 am

22 September 2017.

1. Why do chloroplasts and mitochondria contain DNA?
2. Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Cell Evolution

Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Ein Gedi

Filed under: Diary — John Allen @ 5:23 am

3 September 2017.

“In the beginning was redox control. Why mitochondria contain DNA and how we look after it”.

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) Satellite Meeting “Mitochondrial Genomics and Evolution”, Ein Gedi, Israel.

Photos from the meeting

30th September 2017

Karlsruhe

Filed under: Diary — John Allen @ 6:41 pm

28 June 2017.

“Why do chloroplasts and mitochondria contain DNA?”.

Biologisches Kolloquium, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.

CeNT Warsaw

Filed under: Diary — John Allen @ 6:38 pm

13 April 2017.

“Why chloroplasts and mitochondria retain their own genomes and genetic systems: Co-location for Redox Regulation of gene expression”.

Centre of New Technologies (CeNT), University of Warsaw, Poland.

The Z-Scheme etched in stone. Iconic. Cool.

The reflected image of the photographer was accidental.

26th September 2017

Nobel Prizes 2017

Filed under: Diary,Nobel Prize announcements — John Allen @ 12:46 pm

Physiology or Medicine

Physics

Chemistry

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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