We've taken a long run up to the festive season. Decorations went up in November. Tunes began playing at the start of December. It's jumper day today and a shindig on Saturday. There's still a long way to go, but in the spirit of the season, Merry Christmas from all at RAPIvD.

First day in the office after an excellent @BioDotInc workshop/conference last week. Plenty of interest in Rob's presentation, especially our positive-read small molecule assay development, Gemina Labs chemistry and @Stream_Bio CPNs. rapivd.com/presentations

Huge congratulations to our COO, Tina Hurst who completed the London Marathon at the weekend, raising over £1300 for The National Deaf Children's Society. From a rain-drenched Greenwich Park to sunshine on The Mall... and still smiling. 👏 👏 👏

Owen won the 'stick the post-it note as high as you can' comp at Colworth Science Park. Jess came second. Oli the twerp, third. Oli's V2 attempt was only to prove that he 'could have won'. Oli won't be dining on Pot Noodle tonight and cleansing with a Radox bath bomb. Owen will.

Meet Owen. Owen is tall too. After some twerp called Oli tried to spoil Jess' fun, Owen restored the natural order of things. #stillwinning

Meet Jess. Jess is tall. Jess can jump - higher than anyone at Colworth by the looks of it.

Well, it is Maaaarrrrch. #leahmops #mopstar

Well done to our own Leanne Walker. Celebrated for her contribution to R&D at Colworth Science Park. A leading location for scientific development and innovation for more than 70 years. #WomenInScience

Stronger ties with Stream Bio unlocks more potential in our in vitro diagnostic assay developments - using high sensitivity, coloured Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles. CPNs™. rapivd.com/news @Stream_Bio

Nothing unusual here. #leahmops #mopstar #pokemop