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Iapetus DTP @iapetusdtp.bsky.social · May 23

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Iapetus news, May 2025

The latest news from Iapetus DTP

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Apr 24

Prof Phil Wookey has kicked off our Biological and Environmental Sciences Spring PhD symposium at UoS with reflections on his 40+ year career - a very worthy person to fill the ‘legends’ slot 😃

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Prof Anna Mavrogianni @annamavrogianni.bsky.social · Apr 11

📣📣📣 Come work with us! #Postdoc opportunity #2: Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow in Indoor Environmental Modelling. Applications open until 27 April. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #thermalcomfort #airquality #climatechange #EnergyPlus #buildingsimulation #jobalert #jobopportunity #hiring

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Apr 4

Time after work to squeeze in a mini-adventure up Dumyat in the sun - glorious!

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Apr 1

A great day of #airquality discussions…just wish I could have been there in person 😁 @ukcleanair.bsky.social

Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · Apr 1

As always it was great to hear about all of the amazing clean air work that is happening around the UK & NI

@ukcleanair.bsky.social

Nine people in a brightly lit room pose for a group photo in front of a large screen displaying two virtual participants.

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Valerio Ferracci @atmosvf.bsky.social · Mar 22

Come work with us at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) 🧪 A great opportunity in our Air Quality & Aerosol Metrology group
jobs.npl.co.uk/vacancies/24..., apply by 18 Apr 🗓️

Scientist in Teddington, United Kingdom | NPL Careers

View details and apply for this Scientist vacancy in Teddington, United Kingdom. We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Scientist to join our nanoparticle calibration team within the A...

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Prof Jacqui Hamilton (Rickard) @jacquirickard.bsky.social · Mar 19

Super excited about this!! Are you an atmospheric chemist? Then come along to this new conference supported by @ncas-uk.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social and @nceoscience.bsky.social

National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · Mar 19

UK Atmospheric Chemistry Science Conference 2025
📅 9–10 Sept 2025 | 📍 York, UK

The first-ever national gathering for UK atmospheric chemists! Discover. Connect. Advance.

Join us to share science, spark collaborations & build the future of atmospheric chemistry.

sites.google.com/ncas.ac.uk/u...

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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · Mar 13

So many ideas today at the British Academy conference on communicating #airpollution.

Some great highlights in @peteknapp.bsky.social 's thread from the day....

Dr Pete Knapp @peteknapp.bsky.social · Mar 13

At this conference about communicating air quality, @andygrieveair.bsky.social said “we aren’t expecting any fire alarms, but there is a gentlemen’s club next door with fireplaces and cigars (audible gasp) so if you smell smoke it’s probably them”

I love these guys.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Mar 13

Totally - we’re looking at ways to scale up and out, eg deployment via the health service

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Mar 13

@marianeira.bsky.social from WHO - we need to think more about marketing in relation to air quality - eg influencers to mobilise attention, Mums (and Dads!) are powerful in this space, need to frame it as a health problem

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Mar 13

Karine Léger from @airparif.bsky.social talking of the challenges of ‘science as an opinion’ and the rise in fake news in the air pollution world

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Mar 13

@drgaryfuller.bsky.social highlighting issues with air pollution limit values, considered as a ceiling to pollute up to and the idea that below this is safe and above you should do something. Also moving from doom & gloom towards a positive vision of what a healthy air future could look like.

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Mar 13

There is! Hopefully it’s still possible to sign up - www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

Communicating Air Quality: Physical, Digital, and Theoretical Advances

This conference will bring together experts from the fields of sociology, science technology and society, public health, air pollution science, data science (visualisation), and data art to uncover ho...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Mar 13

Super excited to be here today and to be presenting alongside so many interesting folk. Looking forward to a day of discussing air pollution communication 📣

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Feb 13

I’m really looking forward to this 😁

Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · Feb 13

Join me at the 1st International Conference dedicated to exploring Air Quality Communications...

Speakers from across the world of air quality: artists and app-makers, academics and activists and attendees
will explore how the air is communicated in our world.

www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18787...

Communicating Air Quality: Physical, Digital and Theoretical Advances

Led by the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and funded by the British Academy/Wellcome Trust. The one-day event will bring together spe...

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Feb 12

🚨 New competitively funded PhD opportunity! 🚨

Applications are open for a 3 year funded PhD on indoor air quality, behaviour change and health.

🔬 Find out more here: www.stir.ac.uk/research/res...

#airquality #airpollution #behaviourchange

Improving indoor air quality and health through data-supported behaviour changes | Research | University of Stirling

Explore a co-funded PhD opportunity in Improving indoor air quality and health through data-supported behaviour changes.

www.stir.ac.uk

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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · Jan 30

The SAMHE project are looking for some co-design help from headteachers, facilities/site managers, and other members of staff on indoor air filtering.

SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · Jan 30

Has your #school considered #AirFilters? How would it affect your #AirQuality and #energy use?

Help us design a tool for schools to easily see the costs and benefits of installing #HEPA filter units in their setting.

Read more: bit.ly/40bzWpO

#CHEPA (Classroom HEPA), from the #SAMHE team. 🍎

CHEPA Co-design Process

CHEPA Co-design Process What is CHEPA? The CHEPA (Classroom HEPA) project involves developing a web-based tool to provide predictions of the impact of standalone HEPA filter units on classroom air q...

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ukcleanair.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social · Jan 6

🌟 Calling all air pollution scientists! Enhance your communication skills with our bespoke media training course, designed to help you effectively share your research. 🌍📢
🎯Spots still remain —reserve yours now: tinyurl.com/UKCACMedia25

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Kayla Schulte @kaylloquial.bsky.social · Dec 19

First post 😍 so so excited to annouce that registration is now OPEN for my dream conference ➡️ Communicating Air Quality: Digital, Physical, and Theoretical Advances - co-delivered with @andrewgrieve.bsky.social @karldudman.bsky.social - register here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · Dec 16

Calling all (future) atmospheric scientists! We have the perfect course for you: ncas.ac.uk/study-with-u...

Introduction to Atmospheric Science - NCAS

The Introduction to Atmospheric Science training course provides students and early career researchers with a broad overview of atmospheric science.

ncas.ac.uk

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Dec 13

We've seen in Scottish villages that people believe traffic is the main air pollutant. However, it's when people look at their local #AirPollution data and see evening peaks in particulate matter that their perceptions begin to change.

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Dec 13

Yes, totally. That's why projects like Forth-ERA where we're monitoring #AirQuality in smaller cities, towns and villages is important, too #Stirlingshire #Clackmannanshire www.stir.ac.uk/about/scotla...

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Heather Price @drheatherprice.bsky.social · Dec 9

I’m at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London today hearing about the latest updates in air quality research….looking forward to the day ahead! #AirPollution

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Patrick Lee @patrickjalee.bsky.social · Dec 5

Great to see Starmer acknowledge children shouldn't breathe air pollution.

"I don't want my children breathing dirty air."

But the Govt is failing. 99.8% of schools in England are in areas where fine particulate pollution is above safe levels 🧵

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...

"I don't want my children breathing dirty air", PM tells pupils - BBC Newsround

The UK's prime minister invited Newsround into 10 Downing Street to answer questions from a group of primary school pupils.

www.bbc.co.uk

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