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Overly competitive on the exercise bike! 

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Opposite us! younghearts2012:

CRY volunteer spreading the word about Cardiac Risk in the Young

Thank you all of a lovely week, the office seems so quite after the buzz of the exhibition. 

to the final results.. with a little work and a delicious lunch in between! 

from this… 

Well, everything has disappeared off into boxes ready to transport to the Royal Society.  I’m sure we have everything – our control-freak mentality meant everything is on a master list to be checked off, right down to the last bulldog clip.  The attention to detail is phenomenal.  For example, we have an emergency kit (plasters, pain-killers, throat pastilles, bar of chocolate, magic wand…) and they’re all there too, even that last item ;)

I don’t know whether I’m more nervous or excited!  Looking forward to seeing lots of people there.

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Dr. Marco Neira a mosquito expert at Oxitec, see him at the Royal Society on Thursday and Friday! #sse2012

Benjamin Franklin (thanks for the help Mr Franklin, this has inspired me to eat biscuits before going to check the mosquito team rotas again!)