Just given my first set of directions to the helpfully named Chemistry West block this year- only another 996 explanations to go…..

What a ride from Otley born Lizzie deignan to win Paris Roubaix! 80 km solo on those cobbles. Mind blowing!

Power cut in the middle of cooking the Yorkshire puddings! Arghhh….

I’ve been enjoying helping our students hone their python skills with the help of DataCamp . This year’s final assignment will see them analysing some data from the wonderful MalariaAtlasProject project

There are 100’s of thousands of people across N England and am sure in Scot. and wales that have had no power for at least 24 hours. Phone signals also off but it barely warrants a mention on national news. I suspect that if this was in the SE Armageddon would be being reported!

The cat is in no way spoiled…..

The local red kites have now started perching in the tree in my garden. So lucky to have them around

Marmelade Time

Excited realise autonomous phenotype-directed discovery of chemical probes at Rosalind Franklin Institute w/ Understanding Life in Molecular Detail University of Leeds MPI Dortmund ? join our growing team in high-throughput discovery at Harwell (near Oxford) Steve Marsden The Wilson Group Megan Wright Mark Basham Pls retweet!

Hawthorn bluebells and oak

Just chilling on the lawn staring at the tree and sky

Great tits nesting in the base of an old lamp post in the garden. They seem to be delivering food about ever 2 minutes!

First garden broad beans and new potatoes of the year with tonight’s roast tea

Pretty spectacular fungi

Want to integrate synthesis and chemical proteomics to target the dark proteome? A PhD studentship (with enhanced stipend) with me, Megan Wright and Stuart Warriner, collaborative with GSK, is available for 2023! #beyondCys #covalentprobes phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1474-e…

Listening to Elizabeth Alker playing sounds from Eastgate sheep show on the radio while driving through ..Eastgate was a bit surreal. Sun just burning through some early morning mist for hopefully a lovely day in upper Weardale.

We are really excited to be recruiting four new lecturers at School of Chemistry - University of Leeds! Details can be found at: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… Please reach out if you have any queries about the chemical biology of disease mechanisms post! The Astbury Centre

Just announced - four lectureships in chemistry at Leeds. Happy to field any questions re the Digital Chemistry position! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…