researcher in optical biomaterials - especially coloured structures in plants!
Joined August 2019
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Rox Middleton retweeted
In this week's #SciencePodcast🎙️, @roxmiddleton joins host @boron110 to talk about how blueberries and other blue fruits owe their hue to a trick of the light caused by specialized wax on their surface.
🎧 Listen here: scim.ag/5Tq
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Weder Pflaumen, Trauben noch Blaubeeren enthalten blaue Farbpigmente. 🫐 Warum Blaubeeren eigentlich rot sind & welche Rolle aufgelagertes Wachs spielt, hat Dr. @roxmiddleton, Geförderte der Maria Reiche Postdoctoral Fellowships @TUD_Science, erforscht.
spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natu…
Rox Middleton retweeted
Friday's news pod is here!
@naserturabi @CR_UK on cancer diagnosis
@SarahLWilliams_ @CERN and @Cambridge_Uni on @FCC_study
Joel Thornton and @RiffellLab at @UW on pollution and pollination
@roxmiddleton on blueberries
Michael Reiss on sex education
thenakedscientists.com/podca…
Why are damsons, junipers, blueberries etc. blue? science.org/doi/full/10.1126… a new paper by me & the great @SverreAarTun & our friends - read it, or read about it: independent.co.uk/news/scien…
punchline is: it's not blue pigments, but we reproduced it anyway💙
ALT a sprig of bright blue mahonia fruits
does the experience of beauty in science have value? Wait, what? 'value'? 'beauty'? you want to evaluate it? What are we even doing here. aah, big questions. I almost cannot believe what a magic project this was, not just for the amazing questions, but also for the answers ⬇️
What is the cultural value of beauty? In collaboration with physicist Rox Middleton & philosopher Lucy Tomlinson, we’ve been engaging in a year-long research experiment called The Beauty Project.
We’re so excited to be able to share our findings with you: thebeautyproject.site
ALT A green 'The Beauty Project' lab book on a white background
ALT A graph illustrating moments of connection with others as part of the Beauty Project research.
Rox Middleton retweeted
👀 An artist, a physicist and a philosopher investigate how audiences experience beauty, and start to open up BIG questions about where we place value in the arts.
Discover more about the findings of The Beauty Project in this piece for @ArtsPro.
artsprofessional.co.uk/magaz…
ALT Two pages of a notebook laid out on a table. The pages include drawings of a graph and writing in black pen.
Rox Middleton retweeted
ACE’s Let's Create strategy doesn't mention beauty once. Artist Sarah Hunter, physicist Rox Middleton and philosopher Lucy Tomlinson have been exploring the cultural value of beauty - here's what they found @valuingculture @QtineMcr @roxmiddleton artsprofessional.co.uk/magaz…
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Has beauty become a dirty word in the arts?
In our latest @ArtsPro article, artist Sarah Hunter, physicist @roxmiddleton and philosopher Lucy Tomlinson reflect on the value of beauty – and ask what it means for creativity and evaluation.
artsprofessional.co.uk/magaz…
@QtineMcr
Rox Middleton retweeted
To start off the 2nd days of talks at the #BeilsteinNanosurfaces2023 symposium, @roxmiddleton sheds light on the #optics and #biology of the rare pigments of #bluefruits and their application on #opticalmaterials and #engineering . – at Limburg an der Lahn, Hessen
Rox Middleton retweeted
Multiple origins of lipid-based structural #colours contribute to a gradient of fruit colours in #Viburnum
📖 ow.ly/ZcCU50LYFK8
@MirandaSinnArm @roxmiddleton @OgawaEm @GianniJacca @Edwige_M @Beverley_CUBG @VignoliniLab @wileyplantsci
ALT Fruits of Viburnum species with typical epicarps.
Final day for this! Remember that optical materials physicist you met mentioning they want a job? 👉
❗️Do you know an optical / materials postdoc looking for a project?🧐
🥳We want to find someone up for working (with me) on optically modelling plant-y nanostructures!🌱
🌈12 months' funding (starting by January)
➡️ tinyurl.com/z6rhf2c3
please help us find a great person🙏
❗️Do you know an optical / materials postdoc looking for a project?🧐
🥳We want to find someone up for working (with me) on optically modelling plant-y nanostructures!🌱
🌈12 months' funding (starting by January)
➡️ tinyurl.com/z6rhf2c3
please help us find a great person🙏
Rox Middleton retweeted
Beetle iridescence induces an avoidance response in naïve avian predators
Article in #AnimalBehavior by @KarinKjernsmo @Annaliminator @roxmiddleton Joanna Hall @LeahMCostello @spiloxene Nicholas Scott-Samuel & Innes Cuthill:
tinyurl.com/a62pukma
#Beetles #iridescence
ALT Image is a screenshot of the feature paper showing microscopy images illustrating the effects of the matte and glossy varnish on the jewel beetle elytra. And also, a plot for measurements of reflectance spectra.
Rox Middleton retweeted
An opportunity to work on one of the projects supported by the first round of Collaborate funding, working alongside @QtineMcr and @roxmiddleton
***Job klaxon - Research Assistant on Quarantine's Beauty project with @roxmiddleton supported by @valuingculture *** qtine.com/news/the-beauty-pr…
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***Job klaxon - Research Assistant on Quarantine's Beauty project with @roxmiddleton supported by @valuingculture *** qtine.com/news/the-beauty-pr…
Rox Middleton retweeted
Collaborate Spotlight 🔦
How is an audience affected by beauty? Together, @QtineMcr & physicist @roxmiddleton will investigate ways to understand and articulate the value of beauty.
#research #culture @ahrcpress
Thanks for having me @AdReNa_Lab !
A big thank you 🙏🙏🙏 to @roxmiddleton for stopping by our hybrid group meeting this week to share with us her work on structural colour in fruits. #bioinspired #optics #nanoscience
Rox Middleton retweeted
The #LivingLight2021 conference videos are available now! Catch up with all the excellent vision, coloration and biophotonics research you missed! (12 HOURS of top quality talks)
👁️👁️
👉 bit.ly/3BvB3ms
🦞🪶🦚🦆🌱🌺⚡️🐟🦠🪲🦋🍀🌞🤯🤩
Rox Middleton retweeted
We’re very excited to spend some time researching the value of beauty with @roxmiddleton We felt like we needed some beauty right now….
We’re excited to announce the first cohort of Collaborate research partnerships 💫
By funding collaborations between cultural practitioners and academics, we hope to answer real-world questions and ensure new, diverse voices are heard 📢
Find out more 👇🏽
culturalvalue.org.uk/collabo…
Rox Middleton retweeted
Thanks for letting us be a part of this @valuingculture - we're excited to be working with physicist @roxmiddleton to think about beauty and its value in live performance.
We had 183 applications to Collaborate - our new research collaboration fund 💫
10 projects were shortlisted and have been matched with an academic researcher🫱🏾🫲🏿
Find out who's been matched and more about the exciting proposals they are working on⤵️
culturalvalue.org.uk/collabo…
ALT A big screen on a stage reads "369. Is this the world how you imagined?" In front three people are working on the stage. One has headphones on, another is working with cables.