The impact of the First World War in some British towns was nothing less than catastrophic. This photograph is an area of houses in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Each poppy represents someone that did not home after Armistice Day.

Very encouraging news. Well done and thank you to the The Pirbright Institute team. Got me enthused enough to break a long Twitter silence! Good luck with next steps. Defra UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research hope you can keep funding this really important work.

📢 Help keep the Society at Burlington House! Due to unaffordable and rapidly rising rent, the Society is at risk of being priced out of its home. Today, we join our neighbours in a campaign to find an affordable arrangement with the Government. Thread ⬇️ #LinneanAtBH 1/8

Not sure I'm capable of jumping for joy anymore, but I am cheered up about the future for Innovation in the UK. So I wrote down why.

SME Leaders programme, to support promising leaders of high growth #engineering SMEs ow.ly/TybI306bplu Enterprise Hub - deadline: 24 Nov!

This Friday, Islington @KTNUK studio debate on future #regenerativecities Watch live DIF or join us @KTN_Creative #thinkdif x.com/ktnuk/status/7…

Delighted to see the announcement of the 15 #infocus women in #innovation Innovate UK competition winners linkedin.com/pulse/women-in…

Great #innovateblog post from @KevinBaughan on the SVC2UK 2016 #scaleup Club + the importance of scaling businesses innovateuk.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/25/sta…

Happy productivity - The surprising thing you do when you're happiest. weforum.org/agenda/2016/08… via World Economic Forum

Chemical technology tipped to boost wheat yields could potentially increase by 20% Rothamsted Research ft.com/content/c42893… via Financial Times

Proving to be a remarkably efficient technology in livestock research I hear. x.com/ktn_bioscience…

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund workshops in January. Register interest here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/industry-str…

Ouch. But especially for our friends in Ireland. France is only slightly behind UK. x.com/wef/status/811…

Please share this important message if you think the law on assisted dying must change 👇 x.com/dignityindying…

Great write-up @BathIMI on our Innovate UK @KTNUK #maths and #agrifood Study Group! bath.ac.uk/imi/news/Agri-…

Neat, but quite a way from a full explanation. Wonder what we know about the evolution of this behaviour? x.com/sciam/status/8…

I think I might have lived this... x.com/calestous/stat…

If you don't understand how glyphosate allows for more sustainable farming, soil regeneration, less CO2, watch this: youtube.com/watch?v=09LjhY…