Kim Watson

University of Reading Professor in Structural Biochemistry 👩‍🔬
We are a very dynamic research group working in the field of gut-liver-brain axis and disease.

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

Congratulations DR Abigail Basson!!! 🎉🍾🥂 Very proud to have another of my PhD students sail through their viva, with enthusiasm! Well done Abby and a huge thank you to the wonderful examiners - Profs Jon Swann and Gemma Walton!

[UoR BioSci @ReadingBioSci]

🎉Tomorrow’s the big day! We’re excited to meet you at the @UniofReading Open Day

🌿Explore our campus, chat with passionate students and expert lecturers, and get hands-on with the fascinating world of biosciences. Your future starts here, and we can’t wait to welcome you! 💡

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

@liammcguffin @ReadingBioSci Congratulations!

[UoR BioSci @ReadingBioSci]

🔬We are looking forward to having students back in our #labs very soon!

🧠Hears to a new year of discoveries, experiments, and hands-on learning.

✨Who’s excited to dive into science? #BackToCampus #LabLife #UoR #FutureScientists @UniofReading

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

Top Friday result 🌟 for Abby! PhD thesis submitted! #abigailbasson #guthealth #watsonlab

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

That Friday feeling - very excited for Essi to be kicking off her long COVID study, as part of her PhD work, looking at bile acids for gut health! #postgraduate #longcovid #guthealth @UniRdg_PhD @ReadingLucy1

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

#OnThisDay in 1910, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin FRS was born. She won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to solve the atomic structure of molecules such as penicillin and insulin, the only British woman scientist to have won a Nobel Prize.

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

Our first (of annual?!) group writing retreat in Bettona, Italy. A great opportunity to write, forge new collaborations and solidify lasting friendships!

[UoR BioSci @ReadingBioSci]

Happy #BritishScienceWeek to everyone in the School of Biological Sciences! (8th - 17th of March)

This year, we've asked some of our postdoctoral researchers to showcase their topics of study and demonstrate the breadth of scientific research here @UniofReading
#ResearchShowcase

[Life Tools @UoR_LifeTools]

Feeling stressed? Join today's webinar/talk "Stressed? Learn strategies to maintain your health." 7.3.24, at 13:00-13:45. On campus, HBS, G04. To register go to the Life Tools page on Essentials https://t.co/CoWyMxVIJe @UniRdg_Student @UniRdg_Study @UniRdg_IntStu @UniRdg_PhD

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

Celebrating International Women’s Day!
Very proud to be working with this hugely talented team of scientists. Only the best!

[Simon Cutler @SimonBCutler]

So proud of these guys, bringing home to @UniofReading the #YES23 @Syngenta Sustainable Agriculture Prize 🏆 @UniRdg_KTC

[Syngenta @Syngenta]

@SimonBCutler @UniRdg_PhD Congratulations team, this is well deserved! 🏆🎉

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

Born #OnThisDay in 1903 was crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale FRS. She was one of the first two female scientists to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, along with Marjory Stephenson. She discovered the structure of benzene, and was a committed pacifist.

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

SBS Christmas party! What a lovely occasion and a great job by our talented ECRs organising Secret Santa, quizzes and even a crystal growing competition (my personal favourite)! And the singing…well, it was fab…school choir anyone!?!

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

Huge congratulations 🎉 to DR. Anatol Gawrzak! Very proud to have another of my PhD students pass their viva with minor corrections! And, many thanks to our wonderful examiners! 🍾🥂

[Kim Watson @KimWatsonUoR]

Proud to be the supervisor of this upcoming research superstar! Well done, Abby!!!

[UoR BioSci @ReadingBioSci]

Happy #STEMDay to everyone in the School of Biological Sciences!

Today, we celebrate the contributions of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine that have made life better for us all

Let’s honour the hard work and dedication of STEM professionals! 🥼 @UniofReading

[The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine @ListerInstitute]

Our #ListerSummerStudentships programme has funded over 500 students since 2011. Find out what five of our 2023 students thought about their summer placements. 🎓📚👩‍🔬🧪 #scienceinternship #sciencecareers https://t.co/yJAsps7JNZ