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In the News
BBC News: Dr Zania Stamataki and Professor Sheena Cruickshank contribute to Josh Elgin’s piece on freshers’ flu, the combination of respiratory diseases affecting freshers at university.
Freshers’ flu is a term used to describe various respiratory viruses that can cause the common cold. Although there are vaccines for influenza, there are no vaccines available for common cold viruses.
BBC News: Exciting update to extend the use of NoriZite Spray, discovered by Liam Grover and Richard Moakes! We were thrilled to offer the antiviral testing for this product. You can read the paper here and the article here.
Scientists in Birmingham say they are close to launching a new hay fever spray treatment that grew out of work on Covid.
During lockdown, a group of material scientists and chemists at the University of Birmingham created a nasal spray to block the virus from entering our bodies though the membranes inside our noses.
The idea developed into a successful commercial product, which customer feedback reported also blocked pollen and pollution.
Dr Stamataki writes for The Conversation
Dr Stamataki writes for the Guardian
Networking -Academy for Medical Sciences
Dr Zania Stamataki and Professor Julie Williams CBE FMedSci FLSW share their top tips on networking with confidence and achieving your goals, in this article by Dr Katarina Kolaric.
In the News
BBC News: Commenting on exciting research from the University of Cardiff for @bbchealth : stable ‘mirror image’ molecules in T cell vaccine design for influenza http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43385777 …
Royal Society Diversity Conference: discussing ideas on how to create a more inclusive research culture at the day themed: Breaking down barriers in science. Thank you to all those who tweeted their opinions! See the full story here.
Times Higher Education article by Jack Grove on the selection of 20 female scientists to take part in SUSTAIN, a programme to help more women achieve senior research positions.
SUSTAIN is a new programme that will work with women researchers to enable them to thrive in their independent research careers. It provides an innovative programme of training and support to develop participants’ leadership and career potential.
Announcement of the programme has also been reported by a press release by the Royal College of Physicians.
BBC Radio 4 report by Dave McMullan for the Pint of Science event managed by Charlie Pinder and Nick Hawes called Robots on the Loose.
Zania is commenting here on how public engagement events can be successful in demystifying science jargon (3’40”).
Links
BSI British Society for Immunology -Visit our West Midlands Regional Group
Join us at the:
2ND ANNUAL WEST MIDLANDS BSI GROUP SYMPOSIUM
12 November Bramall Music Hall, University of Birmingham
BASL British Association for the Study of the Liver
EASL European Association for the Study of the Liver
AASLD American Association for the Study of the Liver
BSG British Society of Gastroenterology
SGM Society for General Microbiology
RIVR Recently Independent Virology Researchers
British Liver Trust registered charity that launched the Love Your Liver campaign
Academy of Medical Sciences independent body in the UK representing the diversity of medical science
Labguru Research management platform owned by a sister company to Nature Publishing Group.
Athena SWAN charter for equality and support for academic career progression
WAMS Women in Academic Medicine and Science at the University of Birmingham
Aurora Leadership Programme Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
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