the morning after

 Hallowe'en decor on a nearby house that gave me pause this morning.

sunset

 Another lovely sunset this evening.

view from a hotel window

I'm in Sheffield for G2W: Genomics to Whole Cell workshop, being run as part of our TORC EPSRC-SFI research project.  This will be my last project workshop before I retire, and it should be very informative. 

the hotel has nice grounds

view from a hotel window

I'm in Groningen in the Netherlands for Brainspiration 2024.  This will be my last international conference before I retire, and it looks like it will be very interesting.  However, I have some free time today before the event starts, so I'm off for a bit of an explore.

that's the conference venue: not far to walk!

spotty

We haven't managed to see the allegedly spectacular Northern Lights; it's been too cloudy at night.  But during the daytime, we've been able to see the cause.

oodles of sunspots, seen using our SeeStar telescope with a solar filter

exaugural lecture

I'm retiring at the end of the month.  I'm planning an "academic retirement", in that I want to spend more time with my research.  Here's a recording of the talk I gave today describing the area in which I wish to do more work.

sequestering carbon, several books at a time CXLII

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