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
New trains now run occasionally on the Transport for London Elizabeth Line, the first part of Crossrail.
Heidelberg
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
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.
Karlsruhe
28 June 2017. “Why do chloroplasts and mitochondria contain DNA?”. Biologisches Kolloquium, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
CeNT Warsaw
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.
Nobel Prizes 2017
Physiology or Medicine Physics Chemistry
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.
Uskmouth
“When members of the international jet-set get together and the conversation turns naturally to fun spots of the Western world it is probably safe to assume that the word ‘Newport’ does not crop up frequently in the conversation”. I once read this attributed to the redoubtable South Wales Argus, a newspaper today inexplicably not barred… Continue reading Uskmouth
James Ladyman | Universities as cartels?
Universities as cartels? A succinct Council for the Defence of British Universities (CDBU) Opinion piece by James Ladyman, 15 January 2017. Quote:- On the subject of the closed shop, one might as well ask why we let the medical profession control who becomes a doctor rather than the market. We don’t expect patient choice to… Continue reading James Ladyman | Universities as cartels?