John Speakman
@johnspeakman4
Scientist interested in energy balance - hence obesity and aging. Running labs in China (Shenzhen) and Scotland (Aberdeen). Co_EIC life metabolism. Also likes photography: especially wildlife.
Hoverfly in flight. Scotland, UK. Nikon Z9 1/2500s 105mm f2.8 macro lens. even at this speed the wings are blurry
My barista today made me a latte with a coronal section of a mouse brain on the top.
Common green bottle fly (Lucilia sp.). So beautiful a thing commonly swatted to a pulp without a second thought.
RACMEM 2025 is over and everyone is home safely. Time for some relaxation and photography. White throated kingfisher. zoom in for feather details. Nikon Z9 with 600m f4 lens. 1/1000s f5.6.
Immature black winged stilt. Shenzhen. October 2025. Nikon z9 600mm f4 1/10000s
Bee fly eye. Zoom in for detail of ommatidia. Nikon z9 with 105,, f2.8 macro and 250 Raynox. 1/6400 s f10
Bee fly with pollen on its face. Nikon z9 with 105mm f2.8 macro lens and Raynox 250. 1/6400 s f10.
Two flies on a dead shrew. Nikon Z9 with 105mm f2.8 macro lens with raynox 250 fitted. !/6400 s f4
Li River. Guilin to Yongshou. 2006. Taken on film and now digitised.
flying carrion crow against blue sky. Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. August 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm f2.8 lens. 1/10000s
Chinese pond heron in summer plumage. May 2025. Shenzhen. Nikon z6.
Yellow-eyed penguin. OPERA Eco reserve. Otago peninsula, near Dunedin, South island, New Zealand.
Paradise shelduck in the afternoon sun. New Zealand endemic. Christchurch. Feb 2025. Nikon z6 with 120mm lens. F4 1/3200s
Gannet coming in to land looking like a ballerina. They are so graceful in the air but so clumsy on the ground. Murawai gannet colony, North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon z9 with 200mm 1/4000s f14.
Australasian Gannet in flight. Murawai gannet colony. North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm lens. 1/3200s f14
Swamp hen adult. Auckland. New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm lens. 1/4000s f5.6.
Spur-winged plover. Auckland. New Zealand. Nikon z9 200mm lens. hand held 1/4000s f8
Immature swamp hen stepping out. PiHa North Island, New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm + 2x converter. 1/4000 f8
A rather angry looking spotted dove. Auckland, New Zealand. Nikon Z9. 200mm lens with 2x converter. f5.6 1/1250s hand held.
Tikaokao Quail New Zealand. Auckland. North Island. Nikon Z9 200mm lens with 2x teleconverter. f 5.6 1/1250s January 2025
LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards @lifemetabolism.bsky.social sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social and the final winner is Elijah Lowenstein @lowensteined.bsky.social from BIDMC, Harvard to attend the Keystone meeting on Ingestive behaviour. Congratulations...
LIFE METABOLISM Travel prizes @lifemetabolism.bsky.social Sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social Our 3rd winner is Zeyuan Zhang from Stanford who will present his work on novel products of the CART gene at the Metabolic signalling cold spring harbor meeting Congrats...
LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards. @lifemetabolism.bsky.social sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social Our 2nd prize winner is @lundjens.bsky.social from the Novo-nordisk foundation to attend the keystone meeting in Banff to show his work on whether fatness drives obesity in mice on HFD Congrats..
LIFE METABOLISM Travel award @lifemetabolism2 Sponsored by @SableSys The first of our 4 winners is Enchen Zhou from UC San Diego who will go to the ADA meeting In Chicago this summer to present his work on Liver X receptors in the gut Congratulations...