shocking to read over and over the stories of close colleagues who can't run their lab anymore. I know Karen well and it's heartbreaking. Also #PIinthelab! www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Harvard’s research is shrinking amid the Trump administration’s freeze
Even if grants at Harvard are suddenly restored, there is deep-rooted uncertainty about the damage already done and the future of basic science research in the U.S.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
shocking to read over and over the stories of close colleagues who can't run their lab anymore. I know Karen well and it's heartbreaking. Also #PIinthelab! www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
What's the #techStartup term for #PIintheLab? Great visit to see @timcraggs.bsky.social and @ei-science.bsky.social shiny new home this morning! @sheffielduni.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What's the #techStartup term for #PIintheLab? Great visit to see @timcraggs.bsky.social and @ei-science.bsky.social shiny new home this morning! @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Preparing a set of samples for neutron diffraction and it turns out that my spinel materials are really hard. Managed to get blisters on my hand and chipped off some bits from the pestle (luckily I found all the pieces in the sample). But now everything is ready to ship 😁
#ChemSky #PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬
#ChemSky #PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬
March 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Preparing a set of samples for neutron diffraction and it turns out that my spinel materials are really hard. Managed to get blisters on my hand and chipped off some bits from the pestle (luckily I found all the pieces in the sample). But now everything is ready to ship 😁
#ChemSky #PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬
#ChemSky #PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬
Yesterday's black goo has been calcinated and now is a brown powder. We can use the powder directly as active material for 🔋 electrodes. For detailed structural characterization (neutron diffraction) we need to press and sinter ceramic pellets from the powder to enhance crystallinity.
#PIInTheLab 🧑🔬
#PIInTheLab 🧑🔬
February 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Yesterday's black goo has been calcinated and now is a brown powder. We can use the powder directly as active material for 🔋 electrodes. For detailed structural characterization (neutron diffraction) we need to press and sinter ceramic pellets from the powder to enhance crystallinity.
#PIInTheLab 🧑🔬
#PIInTheLab 🧑🔬
Achievements today: produced two batches of very sticky, black goo which smells of burnt caramel aka sol-gel synthesis ready for calcination 😁
#PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬🔬
#PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬🔬
February 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Achievements today: produced two batches of very sticky, black goo which smells of burnt caramel aka sol-gel synthesis ready for calcination 😁
#PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬🔬
#PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬🔬
The good thing is: we will get very nice neutron diffraction data of our new spinel compounds in April. The bad thing is: I have to redo 6 syntheses and press and sinter about 90 ceramic pellets in order to have enough material for measurements 🫠
#PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬🔬
#PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬🔬
February 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The good thing is: we will get very nice neutron diffraction data of our new spinel compounds in April. The bad thing is: I have to redo 6 syntheses and press and sinter about 90 ceramic pellets in order to have enough material for measurements 🫠
#PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬🔬
#PIInTheLab 🧪🧑🔬🔬
It’s a rare privilege these days to spend the day in the lab but had fun this week purifying & crystallising a new protein. #PIinthelab Still my happy place, peering through the microscope and excited when seeing some promise of #crystals. #structuralbiology
November 13, 2024 at 10:41 PM
It’s a rare privilege these days to spend the day in the lab but had fun this week purifying & crystallising a new protein. #PIinthelab Still my happy place, peering through the microscope and excited when seeing some promise of #crystals. #structuralbiology
I did a science today! Being in the lab always sparks joy! Being a PI means much more time at the computer and less at the bench. I always schedule myself a summer project, but it's nice to find small things I can play with in the academic year too! #newPI #PIinTheLab #Drosophila
November 8, 2024 at 9:09 PM
I did a science today! Being in the lab always sparks joy! Being a PI means much more time at the computer and less at the bench. I always schedule myself a summer project, but it's nice to find small things I can play with in the academic year too! #newPI #PIinTheLab #Drosophila
I want to know what my students do and don't want to loose the sense of how long lab work takes. Today, me and my master student both learned to build our very first own battery cells. 😁🔋 #PIinthelab #ChemSky
October 31, 2024 at 10:52 AM
I want to know what my students do and don't want to loose the sense of how long lab work takes. Today, me and my master student both learned to build our very first own battery cells. 😁🔋 #PIinthelab #ChemSky
Spent the last 2 weeks in the lab, supervising and teaching the new #PhD student. It's so rewarding to pass on knowledge and see them learn and grow in confidence. And to look at the new data! #microsky #PIinthelab #rewardsinacademia
October 24, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Spent the last 2 weeks in the lab, supervising and teaching the new #PhD student. It's so rewarding to pass on knowledge and see them learn and grow in confidence. And to look at the new data! #microsky #PIinthelab #rewardsinacademia
I texted him this morning that I didn’t blow anything up or set anything on fire while I was in the lab! #PIinthelab
October 2, 2024 at 12:13 PM
I texted him this morning that I didn’t blow anything up or set anything on fire while I was in the lab! #PIinthelab
Proving I'm not a #PIintheLab and that I still know what I'm doing!
September 16, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Proving I'm not a #PIintheLab and that I still know what I'm doing!
Long overdue update: crystals diffracted to 1.6-1.8A and no ice rings! #PIinthelab #stillgotit
a man in a leather jacket says i still got it in a dark room
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September 5, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Long overdue update: crystals diffracted to 1.6-1.8A and no ice rings! #PIinthelab #stillgotit
I was flash cooling* crystals w/ AmSO4 today.
It was so cool to:
1. Do something I love again
2. Know I still got it! 😆
Can’t wait to see if cryo worked and they diffract! #proteincrystallography #PIinthelab
*not frozen. Speak to Elspeth Garman if you don’t know the difference
It was so cool to:
1. Do something I love again
2. Know I still got it! 😆
Can’t wait to see if cryo worked and they diffract! #proteincrystallography #PIinthelab
*not frozen. Speak to Elspeth Garman if you don’t know the difference
March 20, 2024 at 11:12 PM
I was flash cooling* crystals w/ AmSO4 today.
It was so cool to:
1. Do something I love again
2. Know I still got it! 😆
Can’t wait to see if cryo worked and they diffract! #proteincrystallography #PIinthelab
*not frozen. Speak to Elspeth Garman if you don’t know the difference
It was so cool to:
1. Do something I love again
2. Know I still got it! 😆
Can’t wait to see if cryo worked and they diffract! #proteincrystallography #PIinthelab
*not frozen. Speak to Elspeth Garman if you don’t know the difference
Got a nice new instrument to play around with. The violet light you can see in the image is the plasma during the sputter coating process 🤩.
#PIinthelab 🧪👩🔬
#PIinthelab 🧪👩🔬
November 9, 2023 at 2:37 PM
Got a nice new instrument to play around with. The violet light you can see in the image is the plasma during the sputter coating process 🤩.
#PIinthelab 🧪👩🔬
#PIinthelab 🧪👩🔬
Have been quiet as I spent last week in the lab. It's fun to be doing experiments again but processing RNA from 30 samples is not an easy task! #PIinthelab #Academia
October 16, 2023 at 8:45 AM
Have been quiet as I spent last week in the lab. It's fun to be doing experiments again but processing RNA from 30 samples is not an easy task! #PIinthelab #Academia
Behold my tiny bottle of emergency agar, which has saved me precious minutes on a Friday evening 💜 #PIinTheLab https://t.co/5nz0ntSiBL
June 30, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Behold my tiny bottle of emergency agar, which has saved me precious minutes on a Friday evening 💜 #PIinTheLab https://t.co/5nz0ntSiBL
What's on my bench today: antibiotic susceptibility tests for a bunch of #Pseudomonas strains, for a cool new collaboration with @dralhubb! #PIintheLab #Antibiotics #AntibioticResistance https://t.co/vzc2Unngy2
February 21, 2023 at 3:13 PM
What's on my bench today: antibiotic susceptibility tests for a bunch of #Pseudomonas strains, for a cool new collaboration with @dralhubb! #PIintheLab #Antibiotics #AntibioticResistance https://t.co/vzc2Unngy2
This has been a great #PIinthelab week. Testing some new plant extracts for activity against G+ and G- bugs; trying to find wild #pseudomonas in samples from my garden and the local common; planning metagenomics and even (😮) about to do a miniprep!
September 18, 2020 at 10:28 AM
This has been a great #PIinthelab week. Testing some new plant extracts for activity against G+ and G- bugs; trying to find wild #pseudomonas in samples from my garden and the local common; planning metagenomics and even (😮) about to do a miniprep!
if you'd like some tips on how to cut your hand while washing a fly cage with only rounded edges, i'm your man. #PIinthelab
December 4, 2024 at 4:31 AM
if you'd like some tips on how to cut your hand while washing a fly cage with only rounded edges, i'm your man. #PIinthelab
When a PI wears a labcoat again, most students flee, but in this case they flocked around Peter from @DedeckerLab to be immersed in the world of science. #PIinthelab #ScienceEducation #ScienceIsForEveryone
November 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
When a PI wears a labcoat again, most students flee, but in this case they flocked around Peter from @DedeckerLab to be immersed in the world of science. #PIinthelab #ScienceEducation #ScienceIsForEveryone
Just finished a very enjoyable week of being a #PIinthelab. I love bench science and it’s been wonderful to be able to concentrate on one task for extended periods. No explosions, uncontrolled fires or unintended mutagenic events to report, so I think I have kept my skills.
June 14, 2019 at 5:02 PM
Just finished a very enjoyable week of being a #PIinthelab. I love bench science and it’s been wonderful to be able to concentrate on one task for extended periods. No explosions, uncontrolled fires or unintended mutagenic events to report, so I think I have kept my skills.
Is this a pellet I see before me? RNA saga continues #PIinthelab https://t.co/w1WuI0Wxpu
November 9, 2018 at 5:34 PM
Is this a pellet I see before me? RNA saga continues #PIinthelab https://t.co/w1WuI0Wxpu
Spot which biosensor worked and which didn't #PIinthelab https://t.co/Gng3wDh87t
June 15, 2018 at 3:13 PM
Spot which biosensor worked and which didn't #PIinthelab https://t.co/Gng3wDh87t