And one more good news this week – I received £1025 from my department, DNEP, to buy a small piece of equipment. Thank you DNEP! 🙂
Another good news! 🙂 I have received a travel grant from the European Chemoreception Research Organisation (ECRO) and Polak Foundation, to go to Insect chemosensory conference this year. Many thanks! 🙂
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 Technology, and of course spending time and planning future collaborations with my lovely host Lefki! Am looking forward to the next visit 🙂
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. Please come and say hello!
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 the panel likes my project!
The image of Anopheles antenna that I have submitted to the Wellcome Image collection is now available online:
Mentions our work too!
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 regardless of whether I have a job or not, and what employer I work for. Finally, after 11 years of living abroad, I’m not a slave of my employer any more – feels good 🙂 Now the task is not to relax too much… time flies.
