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📰| Health and Life Sciences at Aston University In the media Idarucizumab, levetiracetam, ustekinumab: how do drugs get their names and why are they so hard to pronounce? theconversation.com/idarucizumab-l… via The Conversation

📖|Aston University's Gina Rippon has written a new book, The Lost Girls of Autism ♀️ She explores why autism in women has been misunderstood 👩🏫She will give a free public lecture on the book on 6/5/25 👉tinyurl.com/3xmb3px3 #AutismAcceptanceMonth #WorldAutismAwarenessDay


💷|Wesleyan Foundation supports PhD Aston University to improve teachers’ wellbeing 👨🏫It is part of the Staff Wellbeing (SWell) project for high-stress workplaces 🫲 Bridget Grenville-Cleave is supervised by Rachel Shaw, Dr. Laura Shapiro @lashaps.bsky.social and Leon Davies 👉tinyurl.com/akrnx2j8



👩🏫|Prof Magdalena Plebanski from RMIT University will give the Aston University Annual Distinguished Lecture on 30/4 🔬She will look at advances in cancer treatment, including ovarian 💉Prof Plebanski develops vaccines, immunotherapies, and disease diagnostics 👉tinyurl.com/42y5v2zx


👁️|More advice needed for young adults amid rise in dry eye disease in 18-25s 💻90% of those studied had at least one sign of dry eye disease 🥤Aston University's Dr Rachel Casemore suggests frequent screen breaks, regular sleep & staying hydrated 👉tinyurl.com/y4c3n2wu



📺On your TV! 🎓Aston University's Joel B. Talcott will appear in a BBC documentary on #dyslexia with Chris Packham 🧠'Inside our Dyslexic Minds' will be available on iplayer from 12/5 and shown on BBC 2 at 9pm on 19/5 👉More information radiotimes.com/tv/documentari…


🤝| Aston University part of major ‘Forging Ahead’ initiative to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across the Midlands 🚀 Launch featured visit from Lord Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation 👉t.ly/IVGS6 #TeamAston


📕|“Females are not autistic enough”: Aston University's Gina Rippon hosts talk on new book 🧠Autism was thought to be a male condition for a long time ♀️Women and girls with autism ‘fail’ standard tests as they are better at masking and camouflaging 👉tinyurl.com/32at326h


🚀|Just out - "Pathways to Success" Aston University new report sets out response to HE sector financial pressures 🤝Aston has developed a more commercial & collaborative approach 💷Already generated over £1bn in value for regional & national economy 👉tinyurl.com/yajkbs9j


💯New recommendations for analysing fatty molecules developed by almost 100 scientists 🧍Oxylipins play central roles in human disease but analysing them is tricky 👩🔬Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence’s Corinne Spickett, Irundika Dias & Ivana Milic were part of the work 👉tinyurl.com/52ufzxm5


💀Life Lessons from death: a morbid route to a healthier future? – inaugural lecture by Andrew Devitt 🧫Prof Devitt is the dean of biosciences Aston University 🦠He is an expert in immune responses to infection, inflammation in the body and cell death 👉tinyurl.com/35rbwjrj


🎙️|Listen to Vice-Chancellor Prof. Aleks Subic interviewed BBC Radio 4 PM 🎓He discusses the issues facing HE 📻Interview with Evan Davis comes a week after release of Pathways to Success Aston University response to 💷challenges facing HE 👉tinyurl.com/4v5ckxpw(47 mins in)

🥼|Prof Chris Johnson chief scientific adviser for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology toured Aston University to view its research advancements 🧠Highlights included UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing, Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence & EBRI - Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute 👉tinyurl.com/5t4pcfv5


📰In the media! ⚓️Prof Tim Meese and Dr Sam Strong ⚡'s research on the effectiveness of WWI dazzle ship camouflage has been covered by BBC News (UK) 📺An interview with the academics and David Gregory-Kumar will be on BBC Midlands at 18:30 BST tonight! 👇bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

💷|West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) realises nearly £50m in private co-investment 🤝Aston University is a partner of WMHTIA, which promotes health innovation investment 📈WMHTIA is successfully supporting regional ambitions 👉tinyurl.com/5bzt2ha5


📺On your TV! 🌊Aston University’s Dr Jonathan Cox spoke to BBC Morning Live about the dangers of sewage in seawater 🏄♀️🤿🏖️ He discusses how to keep safe on the beach this summer 👇 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

🥗|Aston University research suggests how parents can support children’s healthy eating 👨👩👧👧Dr Katie Edwards studied how parents feed children with ‘avid’ eating traits 🍽️Parents could involve children in food decisions and families should eat together 👉tinyurl.com/27yc58mb


👨🏫|Frans Johansson will deliver a keynote lecture Aston University ✨Creating the Medici Effect: A Life at the Intersection of Disciplines, Industries, and Cultures, is on 17/7, 18:00-19:30 BST 🎓Johansson will become will become an honorary graduate 👉tinyurl.com/n88trt89
