To support our network members in accessing STFC facilities, we have collated a list of useful links (including upcoming access application dates), as well as a round up of current or forthcoming funding calls. ISIS Muon and Neutron Source Information on accessing beam time including upcoming application deadlinesFacility Development Studentship GrantNeutron training courseScience highlights and … Continue reading Air Quality Funding Opportunities and STFC Access
SAQN Travel Grant Report: Harriet Jones
Travel Grant recipient Harriet Jones SAQN offers Travel Grants for activity that will enable network members to build collaborations, make new connections, take advantage of STFC capabilities and assist them in proposal development. Harriet Jones was awarded a grant to deliver a paper at an international conference about her work with STFC Scientific Computing Department … Continue reading SAQN Travel Grant Report: Harriet Jones
Access Call to OCTOPUS and ULTRA Now Open
Applications for access to the Octopus and Ultra facilities of the Central Laser Facility (CLF) in the Research Complex at Harwell are now open. These facilities offer exceptional research capabilities into biological samples, as detailed in our 'Introduction to CLF' training session. Successful applications from academics gain free access to conduct experiments at the facility, … Continue reading Access Call to OCTOPUS and ULTRA Now Open
Featured Scoping Study: Heterogeneous Reactivity of Persistent Organic Particles
Each month we welcome a guest blog post from one of our funded Scoping Studies. This month we're pleased to hear from Dr Jamie Kelly, whose study of Persistent Organic Particles will make use of both the Central Laser Facility and the ISIS Muon and Neutron Source. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are potent chemicals that … Continue reading Featured Scoping Study: Heterogeneous Reactivity of Persistent Organic Particles
Guest Blog: UK ammonia emissions determined with satellite observations and the GEOS-Chem model
We're pleased to welcome a guest blog post from Dr Eloise Marais, University College London, regarding her latest research on ammonia emissions. UK agricultural emissions of ammonia negatively impact human and ecosystem health by forming fine particles (PM2.5) and offsetting the natural nitrogen balance of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. There are few direct policies regulating … Continue reading Guest Blog: UK ammonia emissions determined with satellite observations and the GEOS-Chem model
Featured Scoping Study: Impacts of inhaled particles on the brain – To explore the “lung-brain-axis”
Air Quality and Health is an important area of research, and one we emphasised in our latest Collaboration Building Workshop. In this month's blog post, Dr Chang Guo from Public Health England shares how STFC's Central Laser Facility and the ISIS Neutron and Muon source can shed light on the journey of polluting particles through … Continue reading Featured Scoping Study: Impacts of inhaled particles on the brain – To explore the “lung-brain-axis”
International Collaboration without the Pollution
One of the few benefits of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the shift in culture around meetings. Many of us have seen the advantages of meeting virtually, being cheaper, convenient and representing a huge cut in carbon footprint and air pollution emissions. Developing new collaborations with international colleagues in a virtual space is more challenging, … Continue reading International Collaboration without the Pollution
Air Quality and Emissions Conference features SAQN members
AQE is a focused meeting for Air Quality and Emission Monitoring professionals who are looking for the latest product solutions, technical advice, methods and applications to measure, test and analyse Air Quality and Emissions. The conference programme features many faces from the SAQN, including Professor Rod Jones, Professor Rob Kinnersley, Dr David Green and the network's Principal Investigator, Dr Sarah Moller.
Using high-resolution techniques to assess the potential health and climate impacts of biomass burning aerosol
Each month we welcome a guest blog post from our Scoping Studies, to find out more about the air quality issue they are researching and how STFC capabilities are being used. This month, Dr Sari Budisulistiorini shares the aims and background to her team's project. Wildfire events are occurring worldwide due to dry and warm … Continue reading Using high-resolution techniques to assess the potential health and climate impacts of biomass burning aerosol
SAQN Featured on ‘101 jobs that change the world’
UKRI have launched a campaign called ‘101 jobs that change the world’ focused on the people who work, often behind the scenes, to make research and innovation happen. This aims to publicise the many different and diverse roles and career paths in research and innovation that go beyond the traditional image of an academic, researcher … Continue reading SAQN Featured on ‘101 jobs that change the world’