GriffinLab

25/04/2023

Congratulations Maria! Another viva success!

Huge congratulations to Maria Serrano-Albal for passing her PhD viva last week.

20/04/2023

Darren Karl Griffin and GriffinLab take Paris! 🇫🇷🥐https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/griffinlab-on-tour

03/04/2023

Congratulations Dr Grant - we are so proud of you!!

Congratulations to the newly doctored Livy Grant, who successfully defended her thesis last week. We are all so proud of you Livy!! Livy is now continuing her work with a postdoc at KCL.

29/03/2023

Darren and the KMTV crew attended the House of Commons this week! Read about it here!

Darren and the KMTV crew attended an event celebrating 10 years of the newest incarnation of local TV at the House of Commons. Their combined efforts, particularly Generation Genome, got a write up.

26/03/2023

Never a dull week in Darren’s lab! This week, an amazing citation milestone was reached, and Generation Genome has been shortlisted for an award! Congratulations all round 🎉

https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/citation-milestone-reached

https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/generation-genome-success

An amazing 20,000 citations reached on Darren's papers

17/03/2023

Congratulations are in order for Cagri!

GriffinLab would like to extend it's fullest congratulations to our friend and colleague Cagri Ogur (pronounced "Charra Ooor" in case anyone was wondering) on successfully completing her PhD without corrections. Cagri was a leading author on two of our recent publications: https://www.sciencedirect....

16/03/2023

What a week it has been for Darren on his Thai adventure. Check out some of the highlights on his blog! 🇹🇭 from a symposium, to a meeting with the former Thai Prime Minister, to visiting the mangrove swamps, there’s certainly been non-stop action for Darren and the film crew!

https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/1st-animal-genomics-and-bioresources-symposium

https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/the-thai-adventure-continues

https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/last-day-of-the-conference

https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/a-trip-to-the-mangrove-swamps

Day 1 of the 1st Animal Genomics and Bioresources Symposium and Darren was one of the opening talks. Combining his plenary speaker and TV presenter roles, he interviewed colleagues on the role of scientists, conservationists and policy makes in saving species from extinction. Colleagues Vladimir Tri...

12/03/2023

Darren is in Thailand! 🇹🇭 🐘

A fantastic first day in Thailand for Darren, filming at Mae Tang elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai with

11/03/2023

Some exciting updates from the GriffinLab this week!!

Firstly, the Younome exhibition has reopened!
🖼️ https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/younome-exhibition-returns-to-canterbury

Secondly, Darren, Sally and Nicola went to see Stallion AI 🐎 https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/darren-sally-and-nicole-visit-stallion-ai

And finally, a new paper alert 🚨 https://www.griffin-lab.com/post/new-paper-alert-darren-and-cagri-reading-the-last-rights-for-the-inter-chromosomal-effect

We love a busy and exciting week, and have plenty more updates to come!

The Younome exhibition has returned to the Canterbury campus and is now installed in the Pears building - K&M Medical School. The exhibition is free to all! This exciting and thought-provoking art-science collaboration between artist Keith Robinson and Biosciences researchers Dr Gary Robinson and Pr...

03/03/2023

Darren’s off again! Raising money for an amazing cause with a new PB to boot!🏃🏻‍♂️

Darren completed the Brighton Half Marathon in aid of MacMillan last weekend in his personal best of 1.48.34 (previous best was 1.51.01). En route he also broke his best 10k time (passing in 50.40 in comparison to his previous best of 51.01).