John Speakman
@johnspeakman4.bsky.social
Scientist interested in energy balance - hence obesity and aging. Running labs in China (Shenzhen) and Scotland (Aberdeen). Co_EIC life metabolism. Also likes photography: especially wildlife.
RACMEM 2025 is over and everyone is home safely. Time for some relaxation and photography. White throated kingfisher. zoom in for feather details. Nikon Z9 with 600m f4 lens. 1/1000s f5.6.
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
RACMEM 2025 is over and everyone is home safely. Time for some relaxation and photography. White throated kingfisher. zoom in for feather details. Nikon Z9 with 600m f4 lens. 1/1000s f5.6.
Immature black winged stilt. Shenzhen. October 2025. Nikon z9 600mm f4 1/10000s
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Immature black winged stilt. Shenzhen. October 2025. Nikon z9 600mm f4 1/10000s
Bee fly eye. Zoom in for detail of ommatidia.
Nikon z9 with 105,, f2.8 macro and 250 Raynox. 1/6400 s f10
Nikon z9 with 105,, f2.8 macro and 250 Raynox. 1/6400 s f10
September 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Bee fly eye. Zoom in for detail of ommatidia.
Nikon z9 with 105,, f2.8 macro and 250 Raynox. 1/6400 s f10
Nikon z9 with 105,, f2.8 macro and 250 Raynox. 1/6400 s f10
Bee fly with pollen on its face. Nikon z9 with 105mm f2.8 macro lens and Raynox 250. 1/6400 s f10.
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Bee fly with pollen on its face. Nikon z9 with 105mm f2.8 macro lens and Raynox 250. 1/6400 s f10.
Two flies on a dead shrew. Nikon Z9 with 105mm f2.8 macro lens with raynox 250 fitted. !/6400 s f4
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Two flies on a dead shrew. Nikon Z9 with 105mm f2.8 macro lens with raynox 250 fitted. !/6400 s f4
Singer and bassist. Meeting jazz club, Shenzhen. Nikon Z6
August 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Singer and bassist. Meeting jazz club, Shenzhen. Nikon Z6
Li River. Guilin to Yongshou. 2006. Taken on film and now digitised.
August 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Li River. Guilin to Yongshou. 2006. Taken on film and now digitised.
flying carrion crow against blue sky. Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. August 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm f2.8 lens. 1/10000s
August 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
flying carrion crow against blue sky. Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. August 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm f2.8 lens. 1/10000s
wood pigeon on silver birch tree. Aberdeen. May 2025.
June 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
wood pigeon on silver birch tree. Aberdeen. May 2025.
Chinese pond heron in summer plumage. May 2025. Shenzhen. Nikon z6.
May 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Chinese pond heron in summer plumage. May 2025. Shenzhen. Nikon z6.
Yellow-eyed penguin. OPERA Eco reserve. Otago peninsula, near Dunedin, South island, New Zealand.
February 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Yellow-eyed penguin. OPERA Eco reserve. Otago peninsula, near Dunedin, South island, New Zealand.
Paradise shelduck in the afternoon sun. New Zealand endemic. Christchurch. Feb 2025. Nikon z6 with 120mm lens. F4 1/3200s
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Paradise shelduck in the afternoon sun. New Zealand endemic. Christchurch. Feb 2025. Nikon z6 with 120mm lens. F4 1/3200s
University of Canterbury. Christchurch, New Zealand. Feb 2025
February 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
University of Canterbury. Christchurch, New Zealand. Feb 2025
Gannet coming in to land looking like a ballerina. They are so graceful in the air but so clumsy on the ground. Murawai gannet colony, North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon z9 with 200mm 1/4000s f14.
February 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Gannet coming in to land looking like a ballerina. They are so graceful in the air but so clumsy on the ground. Murawai gannet colony, North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon z9 with 200mm 1/4000s f14.
Australasian Gannet in flight. Murawai gannet colony. North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm lens. 1/3200s f14
February 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Australasian Gannet in flight. Murawai gannet colony. North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm lens. 1/3200s f14
Swamp hen adult. Auckland. New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm lens. 1/4000s f5.6.
January 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Swamp hen adult. Auckland. New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm lens. 1/4000s f5.6.
Spur-winged plover. Auckland. New Zealand. Nikon z9 200mm lens. hand held 1/4000s f8
January 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Spur-winged plover. Auckland. New Zealand. Nikon z9 200mm lens. hand held 1/4000s f8
Immature swamp hen stepping out. PiHa North Island, New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm + 2x converter. 1/4000 f8
January 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Immature swamp hen stepping out. PiHa North Island, New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm + 2x converter. 1/4000 f8
A rather angry looking spotted dove. Auckland, New Zealand. Nikon Z9. 200mm lens with 2x converter. f5.6 1/1250s hand held.
January 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A rather angry looking spotted dove. Auckland, New Zealand. Nikon Z9. 200mm lens with 2x converter. f5.6 1/1250s hand held.
Tikaokao Quail New Zealand. Auckland. North Island. Nikon Z9 200mm lens with 2x teleconverter. f 5.6 1/1250s January 2025
January 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Tikaokao Quail New Zealand. Auckland. North Island. Nikon Z9 200mm lens with 2x teleconverter. f 5.6 1/1250s January 2025
LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards @lifemetabolism.bsky.social
sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social
and the final winner is Elijah Lowenstein @lowensteined.bsky.social from BIDMC, Harvard to attend the Keystone meeting on Ingestive behaviour.
Congratulations...
sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social
and the final winner is Elijah Lowenstein @lowensteined.bsky.social from BIDMC, Harvard to attend the Keystone meeting on Ingestive behaviour.
Congratulations...
January 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards @lifemetabolism.bsky.social
sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social
and the final winner is Elijah Lowenstein @lowensteined.bsky.social from BIDMC, Harvard to attend the Keystone meeting on Ingestive behaviour.
Congratulations...
sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social
and the final winner is Elijah Lowenstein @lowensteined.bsky.social from BIDMC, Harvard to attend the Keystone meeting on Ingestive behaviour.
Congratulations...
LIFE METABOLISM Travel prizes
@lifemetabolism.bsky.social
Sponsored by
@sablesys.bsky.social
Our 3rd winner is Zeyuan Zhang from Stanford who will present his work on novel products of the CART gene at the Metabolic signalling cold spring harbor meeting
Congrats...
@lifemetabolism.bsky.social
Sponsored by
@sablesys.bsky.social
Our 3rd winner is Zeyuan Zhang from Stanford who will present his work on novel products of the CART gene at the Metabolic signalling cold spring harbor meeting
Congrats...
January 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
LIFE METABOLISM Travel prizes
@lifemetabolism.bsky.social
Sponsored by
@sablesys.bsky.social
Our 3rd winner is Zeyuan Zhang from Stanford who will present his work on novel products of the CART gene at the Metabolic signalling cold spring harbor meeting
Congrats...
@lifemetabolism.bsky.social
Sponsored by
@sablesys.bsky.social
Our 3rd winner is Zeyuan Zhang from Stanford who will present his work on novel products of the CART gene at the Metabolic signalling cold spring harbor meeting
Congrats...
LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards.
@lifemetabolism.bsky.social
sponsored by
@sablesys.bsky.social
Our 2nd prize winner is @lundjens.bsky.social
from the Novo-nordisk foundation to attend the keystone meeting in Banff to show his work on whether fatness drives obesity in mice on HFD
Congrats..
@lifemetabolism.bsky.social
sponsored by
@sablesys.bsky.social
Our 2nd prize winner is @lundjens.bsky.social
from the Novo-nordisk foundation to attend the keystone meeting in Banff to show his work on whether fatness drives obesity in mice on HFD
Congrats..
January 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards.
@lifemetabolism.bsky.social
sponsored by
@sablesys.bsky.social
Our 2nd prize winner is @lundjens.bsky.social
from the Novo-nordisk foundation to attend the keystone meeting in Banff to show his work on whether fatness drives obesity in mice on HFD
Congrats..
@lifemetabolism.bsky.social
sponsored by
@sablesys.bsky.social
Our 2nd prize winner is @lundjens.bsky.social
from the Novo-nordisk foundation to attend the keystone meeting in Banff to show his work on whether fatness drives obesity in mice on HFD
Congrats..
LIFE METABOLISM Travel award @lifemetabolism2
Sponsored by @SableSys
The first of our 4 winners is
Enchen Zhou from UC San Diego who will go to the ADA meeting In Chicago this summer to present his work on Liver X receptors in the gut
Congratulations...
Sponsored by @SableSys
The first of our 4 winners is
Enchen Zhou from UC San Diego who will go to the ADA meeting In Chicago this summer to present his work on Liver X receptors in the gut
Congratulations...
January 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
LIFE METABOLISM Travel award @lifemetabolism2
Sponsored by @SableSys
The first of our 4 winners is
Enchen Zhou from UC San Diego who will go to the ADA meeting In Chicago this summer to present his work on Liver X receptors in the gut
Congratulations...
Sponsored by @SableSys
The first of our 4 winners is
Enchen Zhou from UC San Diego who will go to the ADA meeting In Chicago this summer to present his work on Liver X receptors in the gut
Congratulations...
Sunset over Shenzhen. January 2025.
January 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sunset over Shenzhen. January 2025.