Sara Henderson

Alas my ERC starting grant was not passed to stage 2. I always knew my goal was just to get the second part read and this just feels like one more kick in the teeth. Guess I'll buy some new jumping spikes tonight....

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Can someone explain why my pile of marking didn't just vanish into thin air over the Christmas break 😒

Very humbled to have been awarded the Skyrac AC senior track and field athlete of the year during an injury riddled season when others stepped up so much ☺️ couldn't have got through this year without the support of my my amazing team - Sue, Sam and Alan

I wonder if there are any academics out there who have taken a step back from a permanent position to a post-doc. I'd be interested to talk to anyone who has made this decision as I'm contemplating it as a possibility.

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I recently sequenced an interesting bacterial genome, with the idea of making the interesting recombinant genes from this strain.

Problem: after a morning searching the genes of interest just aren't there. Not a trace, and all literature says there should be 2 copies. 😭🤯 #help

What a lovely lawn of marshmallows....but not the Staphylococcus homonis that I was looking for 😮‍💨 @contamclub.bsky.social

After optimizing said script went it's time to load in 265 sequences not 1. Yeah that's going to take my poor little computer ~18 hours 😭🥴

*Should have logged into the HPC 🤣

That slightly giddy feeling when you write an R script and it actually does what you wanted it to do (after 3 hours of talking to copilot) 🥹

Fellowship submitted. Now to catch up on 3 months sleep 😴😴😴😴

Internal checks passed 🥹 fellowship to be submitted Tuesday. Can't quite believe this little girl with hundreds of ideas actually managed it 🥹🥹🥹

kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter . ALT: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .

Why is it that at 4:30 on a Friday night you finally find your grant writing mojo?

Something really big happened this week. No I didn't submit that fellowship, nor did I get my 4* refable paper.

No I got a diagnosis after 6 years of begging to be tested. 🥹🥹🥹 It's official I am what I am 🥹🥹🥹 and that is very much neurospicy.

Are there any European dates?

So after some digging, David Dryden is now retired...so back to the original question does anyone have or know anyone with David Dryden's collection - specifically after NM1261(DE3) and/or NM1261 🙏🙏🙏 looks like it could be very useful for some of my mechanistic work.

Being autistic can mean many things for people. One might not be comfortable with sound, whereas another might not be bothered in the slightest. One can't cope with food mixing with other foods on the plate; to someone else, it doesn't matter.

Truth be told, one set of traits doesn't fit all.

Thank you 🙏 I will take a look and see if I can source it. Seems like a very useful strain but all the papers I read were so old so assumed it would have been deposited

Hi I'm trying to find a repository that has the E. coli NM1261(DE3) historical strain - anybody have any suggestions, checked BEI, NCTC, DSMZ and ATCC 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Pink bacteria on top. Yellow bacteria on bottom.

My DS-Red Express Staphylococcus hominis has turned pink!!! 🩷 So excited to get these on some skin now 🤓

Having ruthlessly cleared my desk of all random scraps of paper and post-it notes, what is the betting that I'll realize something was useful in 3 days time?

I have a fantastic AMI vacation student (recently completed their degree) in the lab at the moment who is looking for a home (UK based) to continue their training. If anybody is looking for a lab technician please get in touch - they are very motivated and especially interested in Bacterial micro!

Plastic Free July is an initiative to reduce plastic waste♻️
Reducing your use of single-use plastic is a simple way to take part. Plastic debris, such as microplastics, serve as a vessel for microbial growth and can facilitate the development of Antimicrobial Resistant strains.

Don't worry I think the same about this place to be honest. 2 grants rejected and 2 papers rejected so far this year....but then again teaching has been really rewarding - seeing the visually impaired student recieving her degree today was one of the highlights of my year.

Also want to make some new formers as didn't get any for the smaller tanks? If anyone can suggest where to get them from.

And finally does this photo show an old school transfer systems?