As the tradition of the inauguratory article is to introduce oneself, I will not break from this routine. I am a PhD student at University College London, now basically writing up my thesis. In my project I have been studying the role of gap junctional cell communication during the wound healing events in skin. In particular I look at diabetic wounds which are known to heal slowly. I have a background in genetics (BSc+MSc) but now working very much on a microscopic level! I have enjoyed my PhD but uh, also can’t wait to have it finished soon.

I have actually signed up to Nature Networks very soon after it’s launch early this year but I remained fairly ‘inactive’ until I met the wonderful editorial team at the Source event and the monthly drink session. Since then, I have been convinced to start a blog here. As I already own a personal blog that is semi-scientific, I am going to cheat a little and migrate some relevant articles over to start with. And title “murmur by the coffee corner”, this is because I sit about 3m away from our office coffee pot, where murmurs are mostly exchanged.