Mark Ofield

Itinerant vesicologist currently battling COVID

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

Part of it immensely and am really grateful to everyone who has helped along the way. Equally I am really excited for the new challenge an although its somewhat surreal that its finally arrived I am proud to be able to contribute to this endeavour 3/3

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

2020 was a very strange year. But 2021 is at least personally shaping up to be stranger still in its own ways. After having made the decision 18 months ago that I needed to move my career away from academia mainly for mental health reasons 1/?

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

Tomorrow is my last day as a post doc, I will be joining the huge COVID testing effort. I am going to be really sad to say goodbye (hopefully not forever) to the vesicle field and the fantastic people who work in it, I have enjoyed being 2/?

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

@luke_ofield Well the pay is definitely better

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

@Dr_Stuart_Hunt Thats a cracking photo with the misty background!

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

@LucyMercerMaps @AcademicChatter sensensence and fluoroesences every single time

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

@don_hale Hammer of the Scots? Arthur? Oppressor of the Poor? 100000 tests?

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

@AaronJonScott @Dr_NawazM @KennethWWitwer @suveda_m Ooh now there's a wormhole to fall down!

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

Stick to your normal routine they said

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

@don_hale @GOVUK @NHSEngland @COVIDLiverpool Thanks Don! I will look now

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

This has been ridiculously difficult to find so I am sharing if anyone can help with Covid19 testing and wants to put their name down. @GOVUK Please please make this easier I can't be the only research scientist desperate to be of use! https://t.co/ed2iEXNAVQ

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

My office buddy does not think much of my review draft 🙁

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

@don_hale I do love this podcast. I listen to it alot. The man was utterly loopy, just read about his Palestine years.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Please help us get this video seen by as many people as possible.

NHS staff like this brave woman cannot get the food they need, and something needs to be done about it urgently.

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

@dapatten1 @DrPink @lambertlab1 @ilovechocagar And one in Birmingham too please!

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

I am trying to find this out too!

[Ryan Pink @DrPink]

@lambertlab1 Can you ask your contact if we can help elsewhere in the country, I tried emailed PHE but all got returned

[Crowdfight @CrowdfightTeam]

For this to work, we need to build a community of people willing to donate their time and skill. We don't need any commitment right now; just to know that you're potentially available. It takes 5 minutes to sign up at https://t.co/QzcCRLcEfw

[Mark Ofield @VesicleMark]

Is anyone doing this in the Birmingham area? Would love to be able to help out if its possible. Did plenty of qPCR during my PhD