This time with Aaron’s aunt Sophie, uncle Edward, and cousin Olivia. An excursion to Estavayer-le-Lac. The resort is on the shore of Lake Neuchatel, and just outside the striking mediaeval castle wall.
Category: Not extinct
Two minutes on the Boring Billion
Poster presentation for Microbiology@UCL,28th July.
Enroute to Bern
River Oise near Danizy in Picardy.
Put it to the People
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… Continue reading Put it to the People
Eleanor leaves for Bristol University
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.
16th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes
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… Continue reading 16th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2018 Yokohama
Regulation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport
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)
The conception of Queen Mary, University of London | By Fanis Missirlis
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.
Two celebrations on one day
Today is our wedding anniversary. This year it happens to be fathers’ day, too. To love and be loved. How lucky am I.