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Aston University retweeted
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
🎙️Aston Health Matters
S1⃣E5⃣1. Understanding DNA: What happens when things go wrong?
🧬@AstonUniversity's Dr John Reynolds & Dr Rebecca Jones explore DNA replication & repair & how this could lead to new treatments for disease
Listen 🎧open.spotify.com/episode/6uR…
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📺On your TV!
🇫🇷@AstonUniversity politics expert @JosephDowning1 spoke to @France24_en about the ongoing protects in France
🚔He discusses police brutality, the difficulties of managing peaceful vs violent protests, and lessons that could be learnt
👇youtube.com/watch?v=qp3sxls4…
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💻In the media!
✍️@AstonUniversity visiting professor Monika Brusenbauch Meislová writes for @ConversationUK on PM Andy Burnham's plan for closer ties to the EU
🪢She discusses the approach of previous UK PMs to the EU and examines the current options
👇theconversation.com/for-andy…
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💊@AstonUniversity-led study finds ADHD medication unlikely to raise risk of self-harm
🧠Many worry that the drugs may increase the risk of self-harm
❌The international team led found that the risk of self-harm is highest before starting ADHD meds
👉tinyurl.com/yc7hr5y4
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✍️On a blog!
🇪🇺🇨🇦@AstonUniversity's Uwe Wunderlich & Tobias Hofelich co-wrote an article on the EU & Canada's proposed new strategic partnership
↪️"Canada’s pivot to Europe [from the US] is part of a broader strategic recalibration"
👇blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2…
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💻In the media!
📱Work by @AstonUniversity's Evelyn Murray into public perceptions of social media has been featured by The Brighter Side
✍️"Their findings show a wide gap between public understanding, academic definitions, and policy discussions"
👇thebrighterside.news/post/st…
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🗞️In the media!
🕹️@DailyMailUK reports on work by @AstonUniversity's Dr Sarah Olive to see whether video games could get kids into Shakespeare
🗣️"The Shakespeare Arcade is an exciting opportunity to expand existing resources...for teaching his works"
👇dailymail.com/sciencetech/ar…
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🤝 We welcomed Wolfson Foundation Chief Executive Paul Ramsbottom OBE yesterday to meet our new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Colin Grant.
🔬 The visit showcased how its investment is supporting research into dementia, ageing and low-carbon hydrogen.
🔗tinyurl.com/4xjdwprn
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🧰|AI toolkit created to help law firms improve use of artificial intelligence
🧠Researchers @AstonBusiness contributed expertise
🫱It has been developed by #SuperTech which supports financial & professional services across West Mids
👉tinyurl.com/zhua7tc4
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🎉@AstonUniversity celebrates Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) successes at annual showcase
🏢More than 200 professionals gathered at the University
🏆Three awards were presented in recognition of outstanding collaborations and innovation
👉tinyurl.com/26u8mtf7
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🍯|@AstonUniversity's @DrJonathanCox finds vegan honey could be made with antimicrobial properties like mānuka honey
⏬Mānuka honey could be an antibiotic alternative but honeybees are declining
🔍The work helps show which honey compounds contribute
👉tinyurl.com/mrzzcxfd
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🎙️|TV criminologist Dr Elisabeth Carter joins @AIFL_Aston's Writing Wrongs Live! 2026 podcast
💔Dr Carter will discuss romance fraud and forensic linguistics
🗣️Hosted by @AstonUniversity's Prof Tim Grant, Dr Nicci MacLeod with Dr Rasha Kassem on 28/10
👉tinyurl.com/ye23p44z
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💻 In the media!
✍️ @AstonUniversity's Paul Jones writes for @ConversationUK on how to use AI to improve learning, rather than simply provide answers.
🔎How can we make AI work for us?
👇
theconversation.com/heres-ho…
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💷Aston University receives £45,000 to fund brain tumour research
🧠@harry_moseley of cancer charity Help Harry Help Others, set up in memory of her son, gave a cheque to Dr Jan Novak
❇️Dr Novak’s PhD student will look at using MRI scans for diagnosis
👉tinyurl.com/8mmxpcn7
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💻In the media!
💧@watermagtweets promotes the inaugural lecture of @AstonAIME's Prof Alan Goddard
👨🏫Prof Goddard, head of biosciences @AstonUniversity, will explore how nature can inspire more efficient membranes to separate molecules from water
👇watermagazine.co.uk/2026/10/…
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💻In the media!
✍️@AstonUniversity's Ed Turner, Carolyn Rowe and Tobias Hofelich write for @ConversationUK on why Germany is key to the future of the UK-EU relationship
Can closer ties with Germany help reset relations with Brussels?
👇
theconversation.com/when-bur…
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📰In the media!
✍️@AstonUniversity's Dr Carl Senior has written for @OpenAccessGov on the hidden psychology of politics
🏛️"Populist politicians are often highly charismatic, but it would be too simplistic to attribute their success to charisma alone"
👉edition.pagesuite-profession…
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📰In the media!
👓@OptometryToday has covered the news of @AstonOptometry's new partnership with Blink Frames
👁️Prof Sayantan Siswas is leading a trial of the smart frames, which measure light exposure, near work, wear compliance and blink behaviour
👇aop.org.uk/ot/news/2026/10/0…
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💷|@AstonAIME's Prof Paul Topham & Dr Matt Derry in £6.2m @unibirmingham-led membrane research team
🔋The Hephaisteion team will develop membranes to separate lithium from sodium for batteries
They will use proteins to ensure uniformly sized pores
👉tinyurl.com/4pxwrvnr
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🧑🏫|@AstonUniversity's Prof Alan Goddard is to give his inaugural lecture on biomimetic membranes
🧫Very selective cell membranes could inspire better synthetic membranes to separate molecules from water
💺Join him at Conference Aston & online on 21/10
👉tinyurl.com/mr3n46uz
