After a long wait, I’m off on my Churchill
Fellowship and currently sitting in Dubai Airport.
This photo was taken almost a year ago at
the Churchill Fellows presentation ceremony at Government House. It was a very
memorable night for me, I had my four day old son with me after his very
dramatic arrival into the world in our bathroom! It is also the night that Malcom
Turnbull became Prime Minister.
While the wait has been frustrating, the
delay has been very helpful enabling me to make the most of the Fellowship. Initially
I was planning to use my fellowship to visit a lab in the US to develop new
nitric oxide binding elements for my breath sensor for asthmatics. In December 2015, I met Prof Abhik Ghosh from
Tromsø, Norway. His research interests into diatomic gases (such as nitric
oxide) binding to metal macrocycles fitted in beautifully with my Fellowship
project. A further advantage of collaborating with Prof Ghosh is that he already
has a whole library of compounds. This means that I can focus on testing the
compounds rather than synthesising them.
Although I can’t wait to get to Norway,
along the way I am stopping off in Budapest for a conference and then visiting
some other researchers in England. I’ll be posting more updates explaining what
and why I am visiting these other spots as well.
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