@davidroper2.bsky.social
Professor of Biochemistry at U.Warwick, UK. bacterial cell walls, cell division, antibiotic discovery and resistance mechanisms. I’m on
here for science just like @davidroper2.
His name is Gus if you are wondering…
here for science just like @davidroper2.
His name is Gus if you are wondering…
30 years on since @YSBL_York who would have thought these two old gits would find themselves in a lab together again!
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
30 years on since @YSBL_York who would have thought these two old gits would find themselves in a lab together again!
Two PhD theses submitted to day from @warwicklifesci.bsky.social Kate Willett from my lab and Becca Bailey from @pstansfeld.bsky.social. Supervisor of one, internal examiner for another!
September 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Two PhD theses submitted to day from @warwicklifesci.bsky.social Kate Willett from my lab and Becca Bailey from @pstansfeld.bsky.social. Supervisor of one, internal examiner for another!
Lovely trip back to @UniOfYork to the carbohydrate group meeting of the @RoySocChem. Old friends and familiar places
September 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Lovely trip back to @UniOfYork to the carbohydrate group meeting of the @RoySocChem. Old friends and familiar places
It’s been my honour and privilege to co-organise the Great Wall Symposium with @ivo-boneca.bsky.social for the past 14 years, roll on 2027 more news soon.
September 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It’s been my honour and privilege to co-organise the Great Wall Symposium with @ivo-boneca.bsky.social for the past 14 years, roll on 2027 more news soon.
And that’s a wrap on the Great Wall Symposium 2025!
Roll on 2027, venue to be confirmed shortly …
Roll on 2027, venue to be confirmed shortly …
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
And that’s a wrap on the Great Wall Symposium 2025!
Roll on 2027, venue to be confirmed shortly …
Roll on 2027, venue to be confirmed shortly …
And we are off! Professor Tame of Yokohama City University starts his first experiment as part of his sabbatical thanks to an IAS fellowship here
September 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
And we are off! Professor Tame of Yokohama City University starts his first experiment as part of his sabbatical thanks to an IAS fellowship here
How it’s started, how it’s going …
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How it’s started, how it’s going …
Professors Roper and Tame visited Hadrians wall today and contemplated the eternal philosophical question of “what did the romans….”🤣
August 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Professors Roper and Tame visited Hadrians wall today and contemplated the eternal philosophical question of “what did the romans….”🤣
Professors Roper and Tame up a hill in Yorkshire, grand…
August 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Professors Roper and Tame up a hill in Yorkshire, grand…
Just thinking about my September plans..
Anyone else..?
Just sayin...
Anyone else..?
Just sayin...
August 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Just thinking about my September plans..
Anyone else..?
Just sayin...
Anyone else..?
Just sayin...
I was delighted to @UHCW path labs today to give a talk on our works and perspective on b-lactam usage and discuss with Steven Montgomery-Laird and colleagues, future collaborations and interactions @WarwickLifeSci
@BMSatWarwick & Institute of Translational Medicine.
@BMSatWarwick & Institute of Translational Medicine.
August 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I was delighted to @UHCW path labs today to give a talk on our works and perspective on b-lactam usage and discuss with Steven Montgomery-Laird and colleagues, future collaborations and interactions @WarwickLifeSci
@BMSatWarwick & Institute of Translational Medicine.
@BMSatWarwick & Institute of Translational Medicine.
Today is World NTM awareness day (worldntmday.org) so timely to announce a collaboration between Professor Bavesh Kana at the University of the Witwatersrand. Charis Thompson in my lab works on a linkage between ST kinases and the control of peptidoglycan cross linking chemistry in NTMs.
August 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today is World NTM awareness day (worldntmday.org) so timely to announce a collaboration between Professor Bavesh Kana at the University of the Witwatersrand. Charis Thompson in my lab works on a linkage between ST kinases and the control of peptidoglycan cross linking chemistry in NTMs.
Dr Gillett dons the ceremonial robes yesterday to get her degree certificate @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Dr Cheng managed to look at the camera for a change..
July 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Dr Gillett dons the ceremonial robes yesterday to get her degree certificate @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Dr Cheng managed to look at the camera for a change..
Andrew Harvey former Warwick Biochemistry student and now Global Marketing Director @pfizer (boy did well..) came to @uniofwarwick to speak and inspire at the graduation ceremony for @WarwickLifeSci graduates. Great to see you again!
July 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Andrew Harvey former Warwick Biochemistry student and now Global Marketing Director @pfizer (boy did well..) came to @uniofwarwick to speak and inspire at the graduation ceremony for @WarwickLifeSci graduates. Great to see you again!
Phil Stansfeld and I played host to Dr Chandra Verma @ASTARsg former collegue of mine from @YSBL_York visits @WarwickLifeSci & @BMSatWarwick today to tell us about developments in the institute and research in his group.
If only he could stay longer for an international fiesta, old style !
If only he could stay longer for an international fiesta, old style !
July 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Phil Stansfeld and I played host to Dr Chandra Verma @ASTARsg former collegue of mine from @YSBL_York visits @WarwickLifeSci & @BMSatWarwick today to tell us about developments in the institute and research in his group.
If only he could stay longer for an international fiesta, old style !
If only he could stay longer for an international fiesta, old style !
Another victory for Gibbet Hill Rovers, 1 - nil against statistics @WarwickLifeSci @warwickmed @uniofwarwick
July 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Another victory for Gibbet Hill Rovers, 1 - nil against statistics @WarwickLifeSci @warwickmed @uniofwarwick
Striking fear into the ropergroup today, I’m back in the lab!!!
June 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Striking fear into the ropergroup today, I’m back in the lab!!!
Today we say farewell and best of luck for the future as Dr Fran Gillett leaves the Ropergroup and @WarwickLifeSci after 8 years, undergrad through postdoc and goes off to industry. We will miss you Fran
May 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Today we say farewell and best of luck for the future as Dr Fran Gillett leaves the Ropergroup and @WarwickLifeSci after 8 years, undergrad through postdoc and goes off to industry. We will miss you Fran
Microbiology royalty @WarwickLifeSci today, Professor Malcolm Winkler and Tiffany Tsui @IndianaUniv. Fantastic lecture on Pneumococcal PG biosynthesis.
Took them to the Blue Pig in Wolvey of course!
Took them to the Blue Pig in Wolvey of course!
May 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Microbiology royalty @WarwickLifeSci today, Professor Malcolm Winkler and Tiffany Tsui @IndianaUniv. Fantastic lecture on Pneumococcal PG biosynthesis.
Took them to the Blue Pig in Wolvey of course!
Took them to the Blue Pig in Wolvey of course!
Sage words prof.
Ians post on linkedin was slightly longer and expands on the above, and is just beautiful.
Ians post on linkedin was slightly longer and expands on the above, and is just beautiful.
April 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Sage words prof.
Ians post on linkedin was slightly longer and expands on the above, and is just beautiful.
Ians post on linkedin was slightly longer and expands on the above, and is just beautiful.
Dr Souvik Naskar from @imperialcollege @thelowlab and former @MRCDTP_IBR PhD student with me @WarwickLifeSci spoke today at the Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre symposium on his wonderful work on Vipp1 and revealed who’s in charge of data processing!
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Dr Souvik Naskar from @imperialcollege @thelowlab and former @MRCDTP_IBR PhD student with me @WarwickLifeSci spoke today at the Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre symposium on his wonderful work on Vipp1 and revealed who’s in charge of data processing!
Emma Hesketh from @LeicStructBio discussing the leciester Cryo-EM facilties, an important partner in the new Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre
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March 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Emma Hesketh from @LeicStructBio discussing the leciester Cryo-EM facilties, an important partner in the new Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre
warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dept...
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Opening symoposium for the Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre (warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dept...) today !
March 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Opening symoposium for the Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre (warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dept...) today !
Gibbet Hill Rovers took on Stats tonight and won 4:1, empathic victory.
March 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Gibbet Hill Rovers took on Stats tonight and won 4:1, empathic victory.