Andrew Bowman
@bowchro.bsky.social
Scientist and serial hobbyist. Warwick Uni. How does chromatin move, and is it important? Contrary to my profile picture, I am ambivalent towards cats. Chickens however....
Potato or DNA polymerase?
September 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Potato or DNA polymerase?
Spring has arrived and yes, the two bunnies we got in Autumn were a boy and a girl.
April 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Spring has arrived and yes, the two bunnies we got in Autumn were a boy and a girl.
They say life becomes boring in middle age, but I recorded both a Eurasian Green Woodpecker AND a Rose-ringed Parakeet on my lunch break today. So there.
March 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
They say life becomes boring in middle age, but I recorded both a Eurasian Green Woodpecker AND a Rose-ringed Parakeet on my lunch break today. So there.
Seeds in a PCR tube? This is combining work and play.
March 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Seeds in a PCR tube? This is combining work and play.
Mendel vibes in the greenhouse this morning.
March 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Mendel vibes in the greenhouse this morning.
Feeling distinctly mediterranen in the greenhouse today.
February 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Feeling distinctly mediterranen in the greenhouse today.
Mid-November and still going strong, but will my hollyhocks last into December?
November 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Mid-November and still going strong, but will my hollyhocks last into December?
ChatGPT talking crazy. @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 4:16 PM
ChatGPT talking crazy. @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social
They took a little encouragement, but got there in the end:
November 13, 2024 at 4:07 PM
They took a little encouragement, but got there in the end:
"Colours are a bit off. Use hexadecimal code to make them more reflective". Beautiful.
November 13, 2024 at 2:31 PM
"Colours are a bit off. Use hexadecimal code to make them more reflective". Beautiful.
Should one use the colour of their institution in figures, and should one use ChatGPT to do it?
November 13, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Should one use the colour of their institution in figures, and should one use ChatGPT to do it?
The British compulsion for play-on-words is a disease.
November 11, 2024 at 4:48 PM
The British compulsion for play-on-words is a disease.
For those paying for Adobe illustrator from tight budgets, try Figma - free for education institutions and just as good (once you get used to it quirks!). www.figma.com
November 11, 2024 at 3:02 PM
For those paying for Adobe illustrator from tight budgets, try Figma - free for education institutions and just as good (once you get used to it quirks!). www.figma.com
Teaching finished. Cells resuscitated. Science begins.
November 11, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Teaching finished. Cells resuscitated. Science begins.
Panic over. Normalcy resumed in the following paragraph, i.e. figure references being put in brackets (where they belong!).
November 4, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Panic over. Normalcy resumed in the following paragraph, i.e. figure references being put in brackets (where they belong!).
I just spent a day marking students work and telling them to stop using "In Figure x, ...." or "Figiure X shows, ....". But then I read the AF3 paper published earlier this year in Nature and it is everywhere! Is this now ok? Have I been wrongfully penalising students (perish the thought)!?
November 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM
I just spent a day marking students work and telling them to stop using "In Figure x, ...." or "Figiure X shows, ....". But then I read the AF3 paper published earlier this year in Nature and it is everywhere! Is this now ok? Have I been wrongfully penalising students (perish the thought)!?
I missed lunch today because of teaching, but fortunately someone left one and a half marrows and a jar of honey on my desk.
October 1, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I missed lunch today because of teaching, but fortunately someone left one and a half marrows and a jar of honey on my desk.
Teaching the next gen how to purify recombinant histones.... and having a good workout on the dounce at the same time.
September 19, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Teaching the next gen how to purify recombinant histones.... and having a good workout on the dounce at the same time.
There is an R color palette in my current flock's eggs im sure.
September 10, 2024 at 12:49 PM
There is an R color palette in my current flock's eggs im sure.
