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Futurum PowerPoints summarise the work of scientists and academics who are working on research projects that are making a difference to the world around us. With a focus on careers, each PowerPoint provides personal insights and top tips from a researcher and ‘talking points’ for class discussions.
Each PowerPoint includes:
- A summary of a research project
- Personal insights into work in a specific field
- Advice on career pathways
- Links to learn more
- Talking points throughout to prompt students to evaluate what they have read and reflect on their own skills and aspirations.
Gerontology
Dr Tina Brinkley
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Can lifestyle choices protect your brain as you age?
RNA biology
Professor Brenda Bass | Professor Taekjip (TJ) Ha
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Decoding RNA mysteries: a new era for biology and medicine
Accounting research
Dr Sanjay Banerjee
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How is climate change affecting accounting and business?
Engaging history: the educational impact of medieval objects
Dr Katherine Wilson | Dr Thomas Pickles
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Engaging history: the educational impact of medieval objects
Analytical chemistry
Dr Ron Quinlan
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Can analytical chemistry make beer taste better?
Detecting deepfakes: how can we ensure that generative AI is used for good?
Professor Siwei Lyu
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Detecting deepfakes: how can we ensure that generative AI is used for good?
A world of opportunity in dental research
Dr Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
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A world of opportunity in dental research
Biomedical imaging
Professor Simon Cherry | Professor Ramsey Badawi
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How does physics allow us to look inside the body?
Computational cognitive neuroscience
Neuroscience of Cognitive Control Lab
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Modelling minds: can computers mimic human intelligence?
Careers in Aviation
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Flying high with careers in aviation
The Application of DNA in the Real World
Dr Kristina Ames
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An educational journey through cell biology
Materials Science and Process Engineering
Dr Theodore Hanein
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Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement
Urogynaecology
Professor Cindy L. Amundsen
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What causes problems with the lower urinary tract?
Music Technology
Dr Jennifer MacRitchie | Dr Justin Christensen | Jon Pigrem
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How can music technology improve the well-being of people living with dementia?
Malaria Research
Professor Richard Bucala
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How to build a game-changing malaria vaccine
Atmospheric Chemistry
Dr Tran Nguyen
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Understanding the atmosphere: What can atmospheric chemistry teach us about air pollution?
Cognitive Psychology
Simon P. Liversedge | Dr Chuanli Zang
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What do eye movements tell us about the psychology of how we read and process words?
Marine Geology
Dr Julia Reece
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Can tiny fossils disrupt global communications?
Climate Science
Professor David Thornalley
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Can we use mud to understand climate change?
Using Big Datasets To Find Out What Affects Children’s Quality of Life
Professor Birgitta Rabe
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Using big datasets to find out what affects children’s quality of life
Social Policy
Professor Ingela Naumann
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Why good childcare provision is important for gender equality
Control Engineering
Total Channel Control
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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?
Temporal Logic in Aerospace Engineering
Dr Kristin Y. Rozier
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In conversation with a (highly passionate) temporal logician
Lupus Research
Professor George C. Tsokos
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How can scientists improve the well-being of patients with lupus?
Biomedical Engineering
Dr Chi Hwan Lee
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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?
Medical Sociology
Dr Sangeeta Chattoo
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What exactly is the ‘heaviness’ in heavy metal music?
Musicology and Music Technology
Dr Jan Herbst | Dr Mark Mynett
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What exactly is the ‘heaviness’ in heavy metal music?
The engineering behind Evolutor
Professor Tuck Seng Wong
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The engineering behind Evolutor
Taking metal to extremes
Dr Alexander (Sandy) Knowles
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Taking metal to extremes
Combining medicine and research to treat children with tuberculosis
Dr James Seddon
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Combining medicine and research to treat children with tuberculosis
Structural, Wind and Control Engineering
Dr Alice Alipour | Dr Jared Hobeck
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Morph with the wind: shape-changing buildings
The Missing Millions Project
Alan Blatecky
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The Missing Millions: bridging digital divides
The X-ray Materials Science (XMaS) Project
Professor Tom Hase and Dr Didier Wermeille
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The power of x-rays in materials science
Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering
Dr Xiao Yu
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What if we understood the role underwater plants play in the flow of water?
Health Economics
Dr Howard Thom
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How can we improve the cost-effectiveness of medical trials?
Electronics Engineering
Professor Peter Gammon
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How can electronics engineers help to power the green transition?
Sedimentary Geology
Professor Peter Clift
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Monsoons and mountains: unpicking the sedimentary geology of Asia
Epidemiology & Clinical Trials
Professor Andrew Nunn
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How can we treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis?
Ophthalmology
Professor Tunde Peto
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Reaching out to overcome diabetic eye disease in the Philippines
Materials Chemistry
Dr Nicolas Boscher
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How can scientists clean up hydrogen production to help tackle climate change?
Molecular Oncology
Professor Ian Prior
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What if we understood the genetic causes of cancer?
Sustainable Food Systems
Dr Carole Dalin
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How sustainable is your food?
Explosion Engineering
The Blast and Impact Diagnostics Lab
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Out with a bang: the challenge of measuring explosions
Proteomics
Professor Neil Kelleher
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Mapping every protein in the human body
Academic Primary Care
Professor Trish Greenhalgh | Laiba Husain
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Care at a distance: adapting during the pandemic
Hydrology
Professor Lixin Wang
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The water of life: Where does desert fog come from?
Marine Biology
Dr Susan Fitzer
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How does climate change impact aquaculture?
Radiochemistry
Dr Davide Audisio
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How can radioactive elements help us?
Inquiry and exploration – enabling students to use large datasets
Dr Tanya Josek
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Inquiry and exploration – enabling students to use large datasets
High-Energy-Density Physics
Dr Valentin Karasiev | Dr Suxing Hu
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How can hydrogen become a metal?
Quantitative Social Science
Dr Alita Nandi | Nicole D. James
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How one massive study is uncovering the secrets of UK society
Astrophysics
Dr Brice Orange | Dr David Morris
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Observing the need to foster inclusion and embrace diversity
Marine Biology
Dr Sean Colin
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Solving a biomechanical mystery: how jellyfish swim and feed
Plant Science and Bioengineering
Dr Alexander Jones
Discover the ‘big five’ types of plant hormones!
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Understanding the mechanisms behind lyme disease
Experiential Learning
Dr Corliss Thompson
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What if experiential learning can make STEM more accessible for students of colour?
Biomedical Science
Dr Catherine Brissette
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Understanding the mechanisms behind lyme disease
Physics and Nanoscience
Yashaswi Nalawade
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The extraordinary potential of nanoscience (from a researcher with extraordinary potential)
Using computer science to assist in creating an ultra-clean scientific lab environment
Professor Klara Nahrstedt
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Using computer science to assist in creating an ultra-clean scientific lab environment
What can we learn from plant proteins?
Dr Charles Stewart Jr.
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What can we learn from plant proteins?
Anthropology
Dr Darren Ranco
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What if indigenous science were part of the science curriculum?
Melanoma Research
Professor Marianne Berwick
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An inspirational insight into advancing understanding of melanoma
How do sea level oscillations contribute to sea level extremes?
Dr Jadranka Šepić
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How do sea level oscillations contribute to sea level extremes?
Did you this read right?
Dr Jonathan Grainger
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Big Data and AI
Professor Tian Zheng
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Using big data to map forests, tree by tree
Physical Oceanography
Dr Xinan Liu
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What if raindrops could help us understand climate change?
Climate Modelling
Dr Alan Condron
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Climate modelling: predicting the future of the planet
Gene Editing
Dr Natalia Rivera-Torres
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Editing genes to benefit sickle cell disease patients
Anthropology
The TRANSGANG project
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Did you know that gangs are not all about crime and violence?
Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
Dr Elliott Rouse
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How can robots help us walk?
Soil, Plant and Water Sciences
Dr Shad Nelson
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Start now to reap the rewards later
Mechanical Engineering
Dr Mark Rentschler
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Mech-ing endoscopies safer by using robots you can swallow
LED Paper Circuit Necklace
Dr Liz Johnson
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How can STEM education provide ‘light-bulb’ moments?
Cyber Security
Prof Shujun Li | Dr Jason Nurse
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How to beat the cybercriminals and stay safe online
Volcanology and Geology
Professor Stephen Self
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Volcanology and geology: an explosion of possibilities