Chris Hassall (University of Leeds)

Chris Hassall (University of Leeds)

Thanks to Chris for joining me virtually from my former place of work, Leeds Uni! https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/school-of-biology/staff/79/dr-christopher-hassall  Hassall Lab - Home [https://hassalllab.weebly.com/] The BioDAR Project on radar and ecology:: Home - BioDAR [https://biodarproject.org/]. The Extinction Studies DTP is here: Extinction Studies DTP [https://extinctionstudiesdtp.leeds.ac.uk/].

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]