Today has been all about electron microscopy. TEM in the morning and cryo FIB-SEM in the afternoon to get some images of my hydrogels.

2022 eCM20: Cartilage and Disc Repair and Regeneration is our record conference with 181 participants 20 keynote presentations 44 student presentations (orals + posters) Thank you all for the interesting scientific discussions!

Really enjoyed eCM20 representing iMBE @ Leeds with James Warren and @Dr_H_Fermor. Heard some interesting talks and met some great people. eCM Journal

The two oldies (post docs) are fitting in at the TERMIS SYIS EU evening. Got to save some energy for the best session tomorrow #wevegotyouback iMBE @ Leeds CDTTERM-iMBE TERMIS-EU

WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK. Come and chat all about self-assembling peptide hydrogels and their applications with myself (intervertebral disc) and James (cartilage) TERMIS-EU iMBE @ Leeds @Dr_H_Fermor

Finally arrived in Bordeaux for @ESB_2022! Could not have asked for a better view! Really excited for the next 5 days with @Dr_H_Fermor, Matt Culbert, Matthew Sullivan and Dr James Warren!

@ESB_2022 is already off to a cracking start with a great talk from Prof Molly Stevens and a captivating dance your PhD performance! Now for some oysters and wine! @Dr_H_Fermor Matt Culbert Grace B Sam Moorcroft

We're here @ESB_2022 @Dr_H_Fermor, Dr Ahranee Canden, James Warren and Matt Sullivan. Come check out my poster upstairs on the mezzanine for all things hydrogel characterisation.

Great session this morning @ESB_2022 listening to some really interesting work on gene activated scaffolds! Great to see the work from iMBE @ Leeds represented! Come see us at our posters this afternoon! Matt Culbert @Dr_H_Fermor

PhD lab work has come to its final whistle (I think) and what a few seasons its been. Achieved some incredible career highlights with only 24mg of peptide spilled. Looking (centre) forward to starting my new role in Sheffield and getting right back in the lab.

We've got a new communication looking at the in vitro assessment of self-assembling peptide hydrogels for nucleus augmentation on the way and you can see the preprint here! iMBE @ Leeds Paul Beales @mengomarlene Danielle Miles Andrew Dixon engrxiv.org/preprint/view/…

There’s been lots of discussion about our amazing former PhD student Dr Kirsty Smitten recently. Kirsty is developing world-leading research into a new class of antibiotics while fighting an incredibly rare & aggressive form of heart cancer. Here's a short 🧵on an inspiring woman

Congratulations to our CEO Kirsty Smitten for winning the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year and to the whole team for winning the overall award Small Business of the Year. An excellent accolade of the amazing work we have been doing at MetalloBio to combat AMR.

We sat down with MetalloBio CEO Kirsty Smitten to delve into the enormous threat of AMR and the company's game-changing technology, which could hold the key to fighting back against antibiotic resistance ow.ly/2wY150P8rS0 #antiobiotics #healthtech #biotech

The post thesis submission gym sessions are so much better. The weight of the thesis was the heaviest weight of them all. #scientistswholift #phdchat

Last set of deadlifts is now paused deadlifts to help with that first part of the lift. 140kg x 7 with some attempt to control the negative. #scientistswholift

🎉 Big congrats to Matthew Culbert Matt Culbert and his supervisory team for an impressive achievement! Matthew passed his PhD viva yesterday. Well done! 👏 #PhDSuccess

I finally hit a 5 plate (220kg/485lb) deadlift. Been wanting to hit this for years now. Had a rare day where everything in the lab went to plan so it was a perfect day to go for it. Had to get the straps out as I've no chalk at this gym. #scientistswholift

Tories getting voted out and England winning the Euros this summer

Part 2 to my search for Reform UK Glasgow North candidate Helen Burns. These are the possibilities to who I think she might actually be.