Phil Lang is Not a Scientist

Andrew Mason

I spoke to Andrew back in February about a great many things, from informatics to family to Jack Birch. Andrew's York profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/masonandrew/ Most relevant recent preprint:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.03.657659 [https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.03.657659] Andrew's websites:https://asmasonomics.github.io [https://asmasonomics.github.io/] https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/our-staff/masonandrew/ [https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/our-staff/masonandrew/] His LinkedIn profile:www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mason-7a383263 [http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mason-7a383263] Recent blog on ELIXIR and teaching/data stewardship:https://elixiruknode.org/blog/2026/embedding-my-elixir-uk-material-in-university-teaching/ [https://elixiruknode.org/blog/2026/embedding-my-elixir-uk-material-in-university-teaching/]

Chris Macdonald

It was great to talk to Chris earlier this year about his life and career. His profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/biology/people/chris-macdonald/ Foldable portable microscopes:https://foldscope.com/ [https://foldscope.com/]The Garforth restaurant we mentioned: https://www.thestationhousegarforth.co.uk/

James Chong (James II) - Biology HoD

It was fantastc to speak to current Head of Department James Chong, a very friendly and accessible leader and someone who represents the fantastic, collegiate atmosphere in Biology at York. Please be aware that James' reserch involved anaerboic digestion and the treatment of different kinds of human waste - it's probably not an episode to listen to while you eat!

Pint of Science Special (May 2026)

Pint of Science - what a great idea! I attended Pint of Science in York on 19 May 2026 https://pintofscience.co.uk/events/york/ Fortyfive Vinyl was a cracking venue: https://www.fortyfiveuk.com/ Some speaker info/links below Nicole: https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/nicole-levermore Océanehttps://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772318.3791849 [https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772318.3791849]

Jadie Acklam

Jadie is a 'triple threat' - former year in industry student, GenerationResearch alumna and current PhD student/researcher at the University of York!! We talked about Jadie's student journey and her current PhD research . (Some of which happens at Jimmy's, even if Jadie wasn't famiiar with the TV show!) Jadie's recent poster from STEM for Britain can be found here: https://stemforbritain.org.uk/posters-awards-2026/ja1109_POS.pdf https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jadie-acklam-from-university-of-york-investigating-share-7439697550619693056-HSiA/ Delrio's is also recommended! https://www.delriosrestaurant.com/