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Today arrived my first order from BestGene, with two new lines of transgenic flies that were funded by my fellowship. Looking forward to looking at their brains soon! 🙂

Good news – I have obtained a travel grant from the Physiological Society to attend the Microelectrode Techniques course this September!

This week I went to the University of Ioannina to give a short lecture and a lab demo about the use of insects in research. I really enjoyed meeting first-year Biology students, staff of the Department of Biological Applications and … Continue reading →

I am helping to spread the word about the Manchester network of Marie-Curie fellows. We have now set up a website, a twitter account and a LinkedIn account, and we are looking for past and present fellows to join us. … Continue reading →

This is the first mosquito that eclosed in my newly-established insectary at Manchester Uni. Hope it will like its home 🙂 To have some money to support the mossies, I have submitted a Wellcome Seed Award application today. Fingers crossed … Continue reading →

The image of Anopheles antenna that I have submitted to the Wellcome Image collection is now available online: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/email/300887.html

Mentions our work too! http://www.pnas.org/content/114/9/2096.full

And just as I got back from Japan, I received an email informing me that the Royal Society has endorsed my application for the Tier 1 visa. This visa will allow me to stay in the UK for 5 years … Continue reading →

Am currently at the MBSJ 2016 conference in Japan – very nice conference and very happy to be in Japan for the first time! Lots of new people to meet and a lot of exciting experiences to have!

I wrote a short Wikipedia entry on the Q-system, and it has just been published: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-system_(genetics) Woo hoo! This is my first non-monetary contribution to the Wiki 🙂 Many thanks to Olya for inspiring me.