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David Aragão 🔶
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Structural Biologist ⚛, Instrument Scientist 🥼. Share personal views. ADD 🎧 🧠, Equality 🟰, empowering others 💪🏽, making world 🌞 are my lifeblood 🩸.
(can ne triggering) When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate
A new law legitimises violence and entrenches control over the bodies of millions of women and girls like me
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
An absolute blast from the past at the LOAD ZX Spectrum Museum in #Cantanhede! A must-see for 80s computing fans. They even repair old Spectrums and are looking for new models for their display! Info: loadzx.com/en/ #zxspectrum #loadmuseum #portugal #spectrum #1980s #oldcomputers #retrogaming
August 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our @diamondlightsource.bsky.social Amy Thompson teaching scaling, merging and multi crystal data reduction at the #ccp4 #workshop #york #summerschool #crystallography
August 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Why English doesn’t use accents?

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/why-englis...
Why English doesn’t use accents
And why French is full of them
www.deadlanguagesociety.com
July 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Dublin, you were once mine, and I've never forgotten. Just a fleeting hello from the clouds today, but I promise to return. Always, a little bit yours. #dublin
July 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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GOL DO BENFICA

⚽️ Andreas Schjelderup
🅰️ Fredrik Aursnes
🇵🇹 Benfica 1x0 Bayern München 🇩🇪
🏆 #FIFAClubWorldCup
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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In a recent speech on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, I spoke about the crucial role local councillors played in improving plans for over 4,000 homes at Valley Park in Didcot — securing better healthcare provision and active travel links.

This is exactly why local voices matter.
May 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Cracking start to the day! After the daily 45 min beamline tango, our fastest 500Hz test run with whisper-thin transmission (1.5 MGy) and tight 20µm vertical beam just spat out ISa~40 and inner shell Rmeas of 2.7%. Fingers crossed the samples play nice too! 🙏 #MX #Crystallography #Science"
May 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is how my views compare with the election candidates in the upcoming Australian election according to @VoteCompass. Try it for yourself! #AusPol #AusVotes
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My Vote Compass Results - 2025 Australian Election
Vote Compass calculated my alignment with the candidates running in the 2025 Australian election. Try it for yourself!
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May 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
George #Sheldrick (1942-2025) took the natural sciences courses in maths, physics and chemistry. He specialized in the latter, attracted by #structuralchemistry and the cutting-edge methods being developed in #Cambridge. @crystallography.org.uk #crystallography

journals.iucr.org/a/issues/202...
George M. Sheldrick (1942–2025)
In memory of George Sheldrick.
journals.iucr.org
April 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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This is truly wonderful... The gems of science history, ethical and intellectual depths surrounding the incredible character of Kathleen Lonsdale, so beautifully condensed in just above 10'. Absolutely worth watching for anyone, and a must if her name sounds new to any chemist. #womeninScience
March 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Congratulations to Wojtek Stawski, winner of the 2025 CCDC CCG prize.
April 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Struggling with #Chemical #Crystallography refinement including anisotropy and other challenges? Check the videos by winner of the early career prize at the #BCASpring meeting @crystallography.org.uk on his YouTube

youtube.com/@wojtekstaws...

Well done Wojtek !
Wojtek Stawski
youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Participants in the annual serial crystallography workshop for graduates student some funded by our @wellcometrust.bsky.social PhD program have got homework to do in the evening time …. @diamondlightsource.bsky.social @instruct-eric.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
April 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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This year's Lonsdale prize lecture opens #BCA25 and is delivered by Emma McCabe on Strategies and consequences of breaking inversion symmetry. See crystallography.org.uk/prizes for the history of this lecture
April 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Celebrating #IWD2025 ! You are important, today we celebrate you! 🥂🙌🎓🎇
March 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Happy National Protein Day! Even though I've been a protein crystallographer for ~5 years now, it never ceases to blow my mind that these intricate little molecular machines can form beautiful crystals that are useful for #structure determination!
February 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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1/5: It was a privilege to speak in the #Ukraine debate to mark the 3rd Anniversary of the invasion by Russia. Here I highlight the generosity of those in the Didcot and Wantage constituency who have welcomed refugees...
March 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
January 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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H5N1 confirmed in more cats as probe into raw pet food widens www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
H5N1 confirmed in more cats as probe into raw pet food widens
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Okay I've whipped up a preliminary starter pack for crystals and crystallography. Still in the process of searching and adding, please repost and let me know who else in the world of crystals is on bsky!
go.bsky.app/Cpx2Ppu
November 12, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Title: #Marriage proposal in snow dome" another of my protein crystallisation trials at #CSIRO #CSIROC3 circa December 2013 #ozxtals #crystallisation #crystallography #proteins #LCP
January 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Science is also made by people and these make organizations that outlive them. For those interested in the boundary between documentaries, history and science
#BushCrystallographers #SCANZ #crystallography #diffraction #braggslaw @iucrdata.iucr.org @iucr2026.bsky.social @iucrjournals.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM