Weigh in day! 15 stone 3.6 lb - so another 3.1 lb (or nearly 1.5 kg) lost this week. It's a bit early to start plotting graphs but my target weight will be met in 12 weeks (24 Oct) if I lose weight at 3 lb per week. At 2 lb per week, it'll take 17 more weeks (28 Nov) - still within my original target of 20 weeks. Who once said on our web-site that I was obsessed about my weight? It was Jon Hill, a former postdoc and still a good friend - if anyone knows him, he's doing very well in software development for a medical software company! Nice one Jon!
So, today's work will involve the start date of my new postdoc, Benedek. I think he's going to be really good. He'll be working on "calixporphs" - a term I coined for calixarenes substituted around their periphery with porphyrins. It's a way of coupling together our work on mixtures of calixarenes and porphyrins but within a single molecule. The chemistry will be done here in Chris Hunter's group and we'll do the sensing work. But I think Ben will be able to offer much more than just one project - he's got a lot of experience, so I'm hoping he'll introduce other new projects into the group as well. Anyhow, good luck Benedek for your time in Sheffield!
If I don't post again today, have a great weekend everyone!
The photos, by the way, are clockwise:
Grapes in Sheffield (our own vineyard in our house!), Sunset in Madeira, Fort in Funchal, Mediterranean Street Scene.
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