Research in 60 seconds

Academics from the College of Life and Environmental Sciences take the challenge of describing their research in 60 seconds.

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   Measuring environmental stress by studying animals at the molecular level
   Helping epileptic women make the best healthcare decisions when pregnant    Using plants as pollution filters to help makes cities cleaner
   How cancer cells spread through the body    The psychology of diet
   Studying what makes tiny nanoparticles so reactive   Researching the impact of weather and climate on the built environment
    Studying how the brain learns new skills in order to support recovery from brain injury    Finding a vaccine against tuberculosis
    Studying how stress and depression affects the immune system     Creating a handheld disease detector
   Training the trainers: enabling sport coaches to promote wellbeing     Using urban creativity to improve social, environmental and economic wellbeing