Syma Khalid

Gloat away - you have every right to!

We can have a game next time we catch up.

Football and cricket can get in the bin.
Henceforth, I shall focus my attention on tiddlywinks

Get Archer back on to nip out Starc

We are back, soon!
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word

This was incredible. Think you know about how we interact with bacteria? Think again. Some really eye-opening stuff here- including how our gut bacteria can influence our personalities.
youtu.be/Q8Yew7XanNo

Some bonkers good goals

Congratulations Scotland! What a win. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Sorry! (Not sorry)

Great @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social podcast on the science of the microbiome with the brilliant @auraulo.bsky.social and @eveliinahanski.bsky.social. Can't recommend it enough. @sykhalid.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

The music in Thessaloniki airport, hotels, restaurants and bars really is a charming trip down memory lane. One exception is the version of ‘My Way’ we are currently being subjected to at the airport - it’s torturous.

Great talk by @philbiggin.bsky.social on proton coupling in membrane proteins - at the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting in Thessaloniki.

The ancient and the contemporary - Thessaloniki.
Enjoying the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting on peripheral membrane proteins in this wonderful city

I appear to be in Thessaloniki

@mjafreeman.bsky.social can we invite him to Oxford to give a seminar?

Omar Yaghi

On a flight, listening to an old episode of Desert Island Discs - Arsene Wenger. He’s quite a man, a good man - really impressive. Highly recommend.

Wellcome Discovery Award secured for ground-breaking malaria research The Wellcome Trust gives Discovery Award to Professor Matt Higgins to support his "Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria" research

The Wellcome Trust has awarded a prestigious Discovery Award to Professor Matt Higgins to support his research on “Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria”. 👏👏👏 Read the full story: ⬇️

Thanks for listening!
Some good questions from your colleagues kept me on my toes

53 minutes in and Liverpool have had more shots on target than any other side against Real Madrid this season (7)

Real Madrid wear Connor Bradley PJ’s

Liverpool restricted Real Madrid to just 0.45 xG tonight. That's the lowest figure Madrid have registered in any game in over a year (0.47 vs Villarreal Oct 2024).

#LIVRMA #UCL

He was excellent. But standout again was Szobo

Two papers accepted and Liverpool beat Real Madrid - am I dreaming? This week is delivering

Welcome to Anfield

My drink is in danger of being poured over …..

In a pub in Jericho, Oxford, watching football - the amount of mansplaining is mind boggling. Running commentary by chaps who are clearly football tactics geniuses and are wasted in academia. FFS

We’re glad you are back, Tim!

YouTube video by Science Of The Times Podcast Science Of The Times Ep 29_Entangled Futures: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing

A trip away has kept me away from socials, but @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social continues. Latest episode is out! Quantum computing. What is it? How does it work? Will you have quantum laptop soon? All the answers you could ever want
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTy... @sykhalid.bsky.social

Really interesting interview. @timcoulson.bsky.social and I were also fortunate to chat with David Baker on our podcast which you can catch here: Science Of The Times EP7 Pt2 - Interview with 2024 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry David Baker
youtu.be/jShxgJ3XrWA