Finally catching up after my latest adventure as technician on #IODP #EXP396. It was great fun! That makes three months at sea this year, and three months in quarantine ... (Photo Credit: Sandra Hermann)

I can't actually strike because I don't have a research job in the UK despite my best efforts, but I 100% support those who are.

Ana Santos talking us through microbial processing of lateritic ores today ... we all want Co andNi for electric cars right? Key in this study is dealing with toxic Cr in the ores (can be mitigated with a bit of Fe(II)).

Finally I get to do some science! Back in Bangor University for a little while, getting these little bugs to #biomine cobalt from mine waste. Been a while, but I still got it.

Definitely guilty

Can I confirm that to move on from a postdoc, one needs to have already acquired external funding like a fellowship? Trying to understand why I'm still getting such low success on academic job adverts. Or all job adverts, really

Day 3 at work since strikes, but y'all should know that staff at Queen Mary University of London are currently UNPAID because QMUL is docking 100% of salary INDEFINITELY until staff say they are willing to reschedule teaching missed due to strike. Oh, and during this time my pension was slashed by 46% 😰

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The amount of not-working lab stuff that appears once people know you do basic fixing is quite amazing.

New paper out! Experts in sticking #marine and #geochemistry samples in a #synchrotron share top tips for novices. Reviewer called it "Required reading for most marine geochemists who have never used these methods.” Our way of decreasing one tiny barrier. tos.org/oceanography/a…

Oh hi @ProfessorToner Phoebe Lam Colleen Hoffman, Ph.D., our article is out!

Saved a lovely, fancy PC screen from landfill to use as a second laptop screen because previous owners didn't realize a USB-to-VGC cable exists to un-obsolete screens. So now you know they exist too.

I can fly ROV's now! Officially. Well, little ones, anyway. 10th woman ever for the instructor in 20 years. Pleasantly surprised at how much of what I already know was relevant.

If you're facing a viva at some point in the future, I highly recommend this fellow. Helped me survive mine.

On the UK RMT rail strikes: I use trains a lot in the UK. I'm the daughter of a rail worker. Every winter my family fights to keep warm and make do, and now bills are going up again. So, please, tell me again how overpaid workers are.