Andy Purkiss
@andypurk.bsky.social
X-ray crystallographer and structural biologist at the Francis Crick Institute. Cats not dogs. Also interested in railways, Sci-Fi and Star Trek (amongst other things). Type 1 Diabetic
Coolant for our X-ray generator which should be transparent but looks "Milky, milky".
Advice has been sought, but hopefully Hugh Denis won't be involved (call back to the Mary Whitehouse experience's Mr Strange).
Advice has been sought, but hopefully Hugh Denis won't be involved (call back to the Mary Whitehouse experience's Mr Strange).
September 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Coolant for our X-ray generator which should be transparent but looks "Milky, milky".
Advice has been sought, but hopefully Hugh Denis won't be involved (call back to the Mary Whitehouse experience's Mr Strange).
Advice has been sought, but hopefully Hugh Denis won't be involved (call back to the Mary Whitehouse experience's Mr Strange).
AI will take over the world...
Auto-corrupt's "help" today.
Auto-corrupt's "help" today.
August 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
AI will take over the world...
Auto-corrupt's "help" today.
Auto-corrupt's "help" today.
June 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Quote with a movie poster from the year you turned eighteen. 👀
April 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Quote with a movie poster from the year you turned eighteen. 👀
Had a nearly 'live' dry shipper failure this afternoon. Managed to rescue the samples (still very cold) and transfer to another dry shipper for shipment to Diamond Light Source.
Hint: These shippers should never be covered in frost/snow and this is a sign that the vacuum has failed.
Hint: These shippers should never be covered in frost/snow and this is a sign that the vacuum has failed.
April 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Had a nearly 'live' dry shipper failure this afternoon. Managed to rescue the samples (still very cold) and transfer to another dry shipper for shipment to Diamond Light Source.
Hint: These shippers should never be covered in frost/snow and this is a sign that the vacuum has failed.
Hint: These shippers should never be covered in frost/snow and this is a sign that the vacuum has failed.
February 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What should my fee to Bruker be for extracting the circular mount, where a sensor sits, during this week's overdue service visit for our #MetalJet X-ray generator
December 16, 2024 at 6:13 PM
What should my fee to Bruker be for extracting the circular mount, where a sensor sits, during this week's overdue service visit for our #MetalJet X-ray generator
Released in the UK in the correct year, but a year earlier in the US.
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November 23, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Released in the UK in the correct year, but a year earlier in the US.
m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5...
m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5...