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Martin Walsh

@walshdls.bsky.social

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Structural Biologist at Diamond Light Source UK. Interests mainly respiratory bacterial and viral pathogens, AMR and methods developments to leverage synchrotron radiation and electron imaging. Synergetic imaging is yer only man. Views definitely my own

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Aug 4

krios 1 @diamondlightsource.bsky.social celebrated 10 years of user operations last week - many people thought we were mad to plonk it down in this spot in the synchrotron …but its still there as we ended up with a lot more in a very small space of time !

Titan krios I (a 300 KeV Cryo transmission electron microscope) with its 10 yr birthday hat in the experimental hall of Diamond Light Source.

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Sep 7

Watching us open on sky sport’s … paying for the day for the first time EVER ;-) …there are adverts and the commentary is uht milk level … bbc Wimbledon coverage superb and value for money and impeccable…just saying …

Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Sep 6

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... …bill and tes meets sam

Behind the Scenes of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves' 'Waiting for Godot'

Jamie Lloyd's production of 'Waiting for Godot' stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves of 'Bill and Ted' — and is soon opening on Broadway.

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Syma Khalid @sykhalid.bsky.social · Aug 22

Awesome work!

Oxford Biochemistry @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social · Aug 22

Read the full story here: 📣Breakthrough discovery reveals new gene linked to chronic pain ➡️ bit.ly/202508_newst...

Cryo-Em structure of the SLC45A4 polyamine transporter depicted by a substantial yellow and green area, a purple mid-section, punctuated with turquoise and with the top third of the whole surrounded by a transparent 'membrane'-like structure

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Aug 18

The boys are back in town ;-)

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · Aug 18

www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Private jet lands at Knock Airport as Mayo locals wonder whether Oasis are on the way

A private jet has landed at Ireland West Airport following a short flight from Dublin, fuelling speculation that the Gallagher brothers may be visiting Co Mayo after their sold-out dates in Croke Park...

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Aug 18

They do a breakfast burrito at the ral canteen @diamondlightsource.bsky.social we should compare notes ;-)

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Syma Khalid @sykhalid.bsky.social · Aug 10

Carol Robinson on Desert Island Discs - have a listen friends: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
An inspirational scientist & friend. An example of combining scientific excellence, courage, hard work and really importantly; kindness. (Yes I’m biased, but it’s true nevertheless)
@kavlioxford.bsky.social

Desert Island Discs - Professor Dame Carol Robinson, scientist - BBC Sounds

Dame Carol Robinson, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Aug 18

Continuing the theme of venue ceilings (admittedly its had poor uptake and i think no one else has succumb to this potentially riveting trend) but as the hotel carpet at this event is not going to impress @scurry.bsky.social i submit this interesting (if i do say so myself) ceiling venue …

Ceiling of venue hosting the final ASAP all hands meeting somewhere in Europe

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Aug 12

Mary Robinson urges states to act decisively to stop Gaza’s ‘unfolding genocide’

Elders group urge targeted sanctions on Israeli prime minister and security cabinet

www.irishtimes.com

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Aug 13

Maybe Sally O’Brien can help ;-)

Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) @pdbeurope.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚀 Macromolecule structures have been front & center at #ISMBECCB2025 in Liverpool -- the world’s largest #bioinformatics meeting!

🗝️ Keynotes:
www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025...

🧬More strucurtal bionformatics / computational biology talks, #3DSIG stream:
www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025...

@3dsig.bsky.social

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Keith Collantine @keithcollantine.bsky.social · Jul 5

A tribute parade for the late Eddie Jordan will take place at Silverstone today.

Many of his team's cars are here, from the first to one of the last (looking particularly odd here due to its absence of nose, Pirelli tyres and lumpy engine cover to accommodate a change of motor).

#F1

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Jun 25

Looking forward to a day of science from our Wellcome Phd programme coordinated by @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @diamondlightsource.bsky.social and the Rosalind Franklin Institute

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is exciting! www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/News/La... @instruct-eric.bsky.social @fragment-screen.bsky.social @ukri.org @wellcometrust.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org

Diamond will host a pioneering AI-driven drug discovery consortium - - Diamond Light Source

New consortium OpenBind will make the UK a world-leader in drug innovation and advancement

www.diamond.ac.uk

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · May 23

Paul Durcan obituary: Being a poet was all consuming for him www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2...

Paul Durcan obituary: Being a poet was all consuming for him

Being a poet was all consuming for him. His main pursuit in life, it defined his everyday interactions

www.irishtimes.com

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · May 28

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Oxfordshire clock still keeping village on time after 500 years

The timepiece is believed to be one of the oldest clocks in Britain still in its original location.

bbc.com

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · May 10

Cool location for ringfort!

Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · May 10

Reconstruction of early medieval cashel at Cahercommaun near Kilnaboy, the Burren, Co Clare (by Conor McDermott, based on photo by National Monuments Service and other photoshopped images of houses, cattle, crops and landscape) This is what we think one early medieval ringfort might have looked like

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · May 10

Some Welsh contributions to railway history – part two

Wales has a little-known yet incredible history in locomotion. This Railway 200 commemorative year is a great time to make Welsh achievements better known

✍️ Peter Brown

@bylines.cymru

Some Welsh contributions to railway history – part two

Wales has a little-known yet incredible history in locomotion. This Railway 200 commemorative year is a great time to make Welsh achievements better known

bylines.cymru

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · May 10

Good summary of the state of play for Starmer’s underwhelming government from @iandunt.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Screenshot from article reads:

In every case, the government is typified by a lack of confidence in communication. It is unwilling to lead. It is unprepared to make the argument. It does not have the courage to state clearly what is happening, what it wants and how it will get there. Instead, it operates in the background, saying whatever it thinks necessary to secure goals which you can vaguely discern by virtue of unrelated actions.
This is why we're all so confused. Sometimes you wake up and read what they have to say about Trump, or see how they will decimate our university sector to reduce immigration numbers, and you feel the anger rise up in you. Sometimes you recognise what they're achieving, on the hush-hush, and convince yourself that they're playing some ingenious game you seem to have misunderstood. It is really very hard to be governed in this way. It is emotionally baffling.
The government does good things and bad things, but this approach to government is disastrous. It's democratically unsound for a party to persistently say one thing and do another, as if governing by subtext. It prevents voter scrutiny and is fundamentally duplicitous. It isn't even effective, because it alienates those who like what you're doing and confuses those who don't. You can see that now. Remainers distrust Starmer as much as Leavers do. No-one is happy.

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · May 7

Lovely morning in Abingdon

Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · May 6

walking through Brussels centre to midi station now to get eurostar back to Blighty! @ccpem.bsky.social

Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · May 6

Just finished an excellent midterm review of our fragment screen project funded by Horizon Europe (thanks to everyone and the reviewers and our project coordinator for constructive feedback) @fragment-screen.bsky.social @instruct-eric.bsky.social @diamondlightsource.bsky.social

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Fragment-Screen @fragment-screen.bsky.social · Apr 23

Missed any of the Fragment-Screen webinars with @instruct-eric.bsky.social?

Take a look at them here, with talks from @ceitec.eu, @ebi.embl.org, IBM Research and FFULisboa!

fragmentscreen.org/news-and-eve...

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Apr 28

Hope everyone who made it enjoyed the 3 days of science and networking! We even had nice weather!

EMCC Nottingham - venue for the 2025 Joint BCI (eBIC & B24) user meeting and CCP-EM spring symposium

Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Apr 28