Andrew Beale

Yeah my favourite bit of the journey was a chill breakfast in Perpignan!

I made this journey with the climate in mind - it's important for scientists to attend meetings, but it's also important to do so while minimising impact. Yes this journey was long, and yes it was more expensive than flying. But it's possible, especially within Europe.

Arrived! 7 legs of public transport from home to the conference with not a single problem.

Solid night's sleep! (OK, bar is low with a young family).

Dinner in Paris, breakfast in Perpignan, lunch in Barcelona - travelling by train is great!

So the intercite du nuit is cosy. Bed's comfy enough - I've got the bottom bunk which is at least easy to get into!

A conference in Europe gives the opportunity to not travel by plane
So, I'm travelling to GRC Chronobiology #circadian in Barcelona by train from Cambridge. Smooth ride so far but Eurostar is unexpectedly busy! Next connection - the overnight from Paris to Perpignan. Travelling backpacker style 😀

A cellular basis for the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switch Early mammals were nocturnal until the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction enabled diurnal niche expansion. Diurnality evolved multiple times independently, but the mechanisms driving this shift remain un...

If anyone is interested, I've updated our take on a cellular basis of the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switch @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social

We've refined the paper (for the better, hopefully!) - my fave updates are the results from a collab with Zoonomia (Fig 3)

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#EMBOClimateResilience
“The way in which our universities have divided up the sciences does not reflect the ways in which nature has divided up its problems”
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I was today years old when I first heard this gorgeous quote at #EMBOclimateResilience: “The way in which our universities have divided up our sciences does not reflect the way in which nature has divided up its problems” (Kurt Salzinger) - thank you @luciastrader.bsky.social!

Thank you 👍

Thank you, I really appreciate your posts!

My final hour application might have unfortunately been too late to get me a stream link. Teaches me a lesson!

Is anyone (virtually) attending the @embo.org EMBO Workshop on Integrating cell and planetary scales to address climate resilience? Looks fascinating but I think I put my application in too late to get the stream link. So, if anyone wants to fill me in I would love to hear!

#EMBOclimateresiliance

Programming scheduled self-assembly of circadian materials - Nature Communications Harnessing biomolecular systems to endow synthetic materials with life-like properties is a significant challenge. Here, the authors use the biomolecular KaiABC circadian clock proteins to control aut...

Biology-inspired design has always fascinated me. I am by no means an expert, but I was interested to see this paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social this month - using the autonomous Kai oscillator for time-dependent synthetic assembly: "circadian materials".

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Thanks for this list! Very helpful to get started on here