Today, I was on strike as part of Leeds University UCU, as part of the biggest ever university #strike to hit the UK with over 70,000 university staff at 150 universities! ucu.org.uk/article/12609/… Very sad that the university is not negotiating seriously about important issues! 😐

PhD opportunities available! Please RT. Projects involve biochemistry and biophysics of photosynthesis using either high-res. microscopy, spectroscopy &/or simulations - findaphd.com/phds/?Keywords… Funding available via scholarships. Join Molecular and Nanoscale Physics group & The Astbury Centre University of Leeds

📢Call for abstracts: Interested in presenting your research at the Physics of Emergent Behaviour event in Harrogate from 30 - 31 March 2023. Submit an abstract online at iop.eventsair.com/peb2023/ before 6 March 2023.

#Snow in Leeds this morning 🙂 Here I am, on the way in to the Bragg Building Physics and Astronomy at Leeds, where our research and teaching goes on whatever the weather!!! ❄️🌿🌞 Molecular and Nanoscale Physics group

Look what we have here! We gathered in Harrogate to talk about physics of life. Peter Adams is chairing the Early Career Researcher event. Looking forward for four days of science. Physics of Life

"There is no such thing as a dumb question" - in #interdisciplinary #science we must ask each other basic questions because these lead to new ideas. Reflections on Tom McLeish from Mark Leake in a profound moment from the Physics of Life conference 🙂 Mark Leake Molecular and Nanoscale Physics group

It's been a great week at the #Photosynthesis Gordon Research Conference 2023 in Maine. So many excellent talks from light-harvesting to electron/proton flows to evolution! Great to catch up with Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 Matt Johnson Gabriela Schlau-Cohen Nicoletta Liguori Photosynthesis Amsterdam Emilie Wientjes

Check out our new paper: "Unravelling the fluorescence kinetics of light-harvesting proteins with simulated measurements" in BBA Bioenergetics @BBAjournals! doi.org/10.1016/j.bbab… 🧐 Great collab +Chris Duffy Queen Mary University of London! Thanks to Molecular and Nanoscale Physics group, Physics and Astronomy at Leeds and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research for funding!

Fully-funded #PhD studentship opportunity on advanced electron microscopy & fluorescence to study the #biophysics of #photosynthesis! Apply by 7 Jan 2024. Stephen Muench + me.🧐🔬 Please share with undergrad students interested in biochem/ biophysics/ structural bio (Oct 2024 start)

"Evidence for a transfer-to-trap mechanism of fluorophore concentration quenching in lipid bilayers" - our new preprint is now on #bioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Great work Dr Sophie Meredith + collab with Morigaki group in Japan 🥳🔬☀️ Molecular and Nanoscale Physics group steve evans Simon Connell

It's was a great week in Padua (Italy) for the 2nd European Congress on #Photosynthesis ePS2_2024! Excellent talks ranging from biophysics of light harvesting to plant science. Many interesting conversations and new ideas 😀 Thanks particularly to Tomas Morosinotto &all Plant Lab Unipd!

I had a great day at the Centre for #Plant Sciences Symposium 2024, yesterday!🌿🌾 Some great talks ranging from the vernalization to root development. I enjoyed speaking as the keynote and discussing with many at Plant Sciences Leeds! 😀 University of Leeds Benitez-Alfonso lab Tom Bennett

Check out our new paper: "Evidence for a transfer-to-trap mechanism of fluorophore concentration quenching in lipid bilayers" 😃 🔦⚡️🔬 doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.… - published in Biophysical Journal Dr Sophie Meredith Understanding Life in Molecular Detail

I'm doing the #BigHike marathon in the peak district to raise money for Cancer Research, with my wife Siobhan, this Saturday 14 June 2025! In memory of Siobhan’s grandma, Stella 🙂 Please #sponsor us by donating money to this charity here- fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/siobhan-a… Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK

"The impact of carotenoid energy levels on the exciton dynamics and singlet-triplet annihilation in bacterial LH2" - our new preprint inn #bioRxiv! doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… Great work sagar satpathi! in collab with Andy Hitchcock Gabriela Schlau-Cohen jakub psencik 😀 #photosynthesis #light