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30th September 2018

Nobel prize announcements 2018

Filed under: About science,Diary,Nobel Prize announcements — John Allen @ 9:36 pm

THE NOBEL PRIZE

Physiology or Medicine – Monday 1 October, 10:30 a.m. BST at the earliest
Physics – Tuesday 2 October, 10:45 a.m. BST at the earliest
Chemistry – Wednesday 3 October, 10:45 a.m. BST at the earliest

12th August 2018

16th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes

Filed under: About science,Not extinct — John Allen @ 9:49 am

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

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)

25th April 2018

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

Filed under: About universities,Not extinct — John Allen @ 9:26 am

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.

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.

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