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Senior Editor for Nature Catalysis and Nature Chemical Biology, so expect some #ChemSky and #chembio content every now and then. Used to make colourful things in a lab 👨‍🔬 Sometimes by the river Po 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️📸 Views my own.
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Not to mention savour some of the local foods!
Some Nanjing food specialties Nanjing hairy crab in a white bowl Table set for food with a dolly Prawn wonton and siumei
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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It’s been quiet here because… life. But this past week I have had the pleasure of intensively interacting with academic researchers from Nanjing University, Nanjing Tech University, and Fudan University in Shanghai, in both chemical biology and organic chemistry. Great research and discussions!
The old main hall of Nanjing Universoty The Chemistry Department of Nanjing Universoty A view of Nanjing at night The Chairman Mao statue at the entrance of Fudan University. Fudan University also celebrated 120 years, as written in red at the front
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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A nice way to end #Pride month in Nottingham (UK): going on the LGBTQ+ history walk and listening to historic facts about queer past and the many (lost) venues with many other members of the community, old and new friends. Kudos to the organisers!
A diverse crowd gathering outside the Lord Roberts, listening to the organisers of the Nottingham LGBTQ+ History Walk
June 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Good to reconnect with ECRs involved in understanding natural products pathways at #CBNP18 organised by @albertilab.bsky.social and Matt Jenner @rsc-cbbg.bsky.social
The Chemical Biology of Natural Products Symposium logo (red background, CBNP in white capital letters and XVIII in orange, with the model of a protein) is showing on two small tv screens and from a white projector screen. They are having from the grey concrete wall on an auditorium.
June 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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“In the spirit of the GRC”, we’ve started our last day of the Plant Metabolic Engineering conference with the business meeting #PlantScience
The introductory slide to the 2025 GRC Business meeting of the Plant Metabolic Engineering conference, projected on a screen on top of a black curtain.
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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#chembio
This is a still image from The Curse of Monkey Island, where the protagonist Guybrush Threepwood has been ingested by a green snake at the top of a cliff overlooking the sea, resulting in his shape inside the snake. The protagonist needs to use pancake syrup with the ipecac flower to create the syrup of ipecac and administer it to the snake, so that he can be vomited out, onto the quicksand below.
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Seems Sweden is a favourite on here #eurovision2025 #esc
The leaderboard for the Eurovision Song Contest based on scorecards collected on Bluesky. Sweden is leading; the UK is in fifth place, Italy in tenth
May 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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My steeds for today, or two generations of #intercity services #uktrains
An intercity 225 in the red and white LNER livery at the platform under the glass vault ceiling of Kings Cross station. It is a sunny day so the lights shines through. A British Rail class 800 in the dark blue livery of Hull Trains leaves Grantham station. It is golden hour and the golden light is reflecting off its right side. There are clusters of passengers still walking towards the platform exit.
May 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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When reality surpasses fiction…
A screenshot of episode 6 from the Netflix TV series The Residence where Senator Filkins asks Senator Bix whether she wants to “buy Greenland or Hungary or frack directly under San Francisco” in order to make a deal.
April 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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It’s the weekend (finally), so I’m catching up on Topolino. Seems an apt reading for the recent announcement on these 4 characters #fantastc4 #topolino
Mickey Mouse , Minnie, Goofy and Donald Duck as the Fantastic 4 in the cosmos
February 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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It’s from “Topolino, Pippo E Il Passato Ricorrente” from Topolino n. 3606 of the 3rd of Jan 2025, cover below
The cover of Topolino n. 3606: in the background the Paris Opera with a cloacked figure on the roof. In the foreground, a tall standing crow with a crane, dressed in all black like a late 1800s policeman (he has a tall hat with a badge on). There is also uncle Scrooge dressed in late 1800s fashion with his top hat , azure shirt and yellow waistcoat and red jacket. There is also a black crow.
January 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I’m catching up on some reading (Topolino): in these four panels from a story, Pippo (Goofy) offers Topolino (Mickey Mouse) Earl Grey tea and adds a little bit of salt “to let the aroma develop”. Pretty sure the writer Giulio D’Antona is familiar with @michellefrancl.bsky.social’s book on tea!
January 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Wild that @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social is giving notifications about #TraitorsUK final!
A partial screenshot that at 20:39 BBC News gave a notification that the Traitors’ UK final has started and suggested to watch it live.
January 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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It’s the weekend: slàinte! Catching up on #TheTraitors
A wee dram to cheer the weekend while Traitors: Uncloaked’s Ed Gamble introduces tonight’s episode
January 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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A frosty commute, where everything is white coated and the air so crisp! #ukweather
January 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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We counted and it’s more than 7 seconds! Is Claudia in with the #TraitorsUK too?
A still from the first episode of the Traitors UK: it’s sunset and torches are lit outside, and Claudia is saying that “You have exactly seven seconds” before the round table starts, to grab snacks.
January 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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And this is the finished product: Pasticcio Ferrarese, white ragù savoury pasta in a sweet pastry. Have a great 2025 everyone!
A couple of golden, cooked pasticci ferraresi (two emispheric pastries filled with white ragù pasta) on a baking tray
December 31, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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#chemistswhocook (or is it #editorswhocook now? 🤔)
Getting the filling for the pasticcio moving…
Picture of a glass bowl containing gluten free rice macaroni pasta with béchamel and a white ragù made with pork, onion and carrot.
December 31, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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From the other place:
A picture of a post from the other place by Diane Morgan, who plays Cunk in Cunk On Life, beside Prof.Brian Cox, seemingly ignoring her. The caption is as follows: Cunk On Life is on @bbciplayer tonight at 9pm. Here I am getting on famously with Professional Brian Cox before being fired through the large hardon collider.
December 31, 2024 at 10:42 AM
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Riflessi in Po.
Santo Stefano 2024.
Picture of the sky at dusk from the river banks. In the foreground there are naked trees, beyond which there is the River Po reflecting the trees from the opposite side and the sky at dusk.
December 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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The stock is ready for tomorrow’s cappelletti #christmastraditions
A pot filled with water, a piece of cappone (a castrated cock) and vegetables on a stove)
December 24, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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I just watched this with my nephew, and it’s one of the saddest moments in a cartoon…
Text says: “it’s just a cartoon, you can’t cry. The cartoon:” and it is followed by four shots from Disney’s A Christmas Carol. First image is Timmy holding his crutch downstairs, followed one where his dad (Mickey Mouse) takes z him up in a warm embrace. The third image is when his family his grieving his passing, and the last one is his dad putting his crutch on his tomb. This is from a Facebook page called Italy Disney Comics).
December 23, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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When home…
This is a pic of a round panino (a round shaped sandwich) filled with mortadella being eaten, inside some paper and plastic bags Picture from the inside of a car, of the road in front. It is A bright but foggy day, the car are going but not many can be seen in the distance. The picture of a pampepato from Ferrara (IT) l: it’s a doughy cocoa based cake with nuts, covered in chocolate. In the background there are Christmas tree lights.
December 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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Nice to find this Christmas pudding coming from my side of Italy in Nottingham today. Brings back memories of Christmas past 🎄🎅🏻
A chocolate covered cake in the shape of a duck, enclosed in a bag and inside a transparent box with the writing Anatra All’Arancia (orange flavoured duck in Italian) in front.
December 14, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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It is that time of year 🎄
Closing lines in email that say: "With best wishes for the upcoming Holiday Season, Francesco Zamberlan"
December 2, 2024 at 12:52 PM