Reading in the news - Fri 5 Feb

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) answered listeners questions on BBC World TV and BBC Berkshire; and spoke to BBC Scotland, BBC Manchester, BBC Berkshire and a number of other local radio stations about testing for mixed doses of vaccines.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted widely on the trials of mixing different doses of vaccines, including the Independent, Hindustan Times, LA Times, CBC, and Breibart via the Associated Press.
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in a Yahoo! News story about whether Iodine mouthwash might help to protect against Covid.

 Planet Partners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Liz Robinson (Agriculture) spoke to Times Radio at 7.15am and is quoted in the Independent, Yahoo! News and MSN following the launch of a new report by the Climate Coalition about the health effects of climate change. Read our news story here.

• PhD researcher Maureen Wanzala (GES) spoke to BBC Berkshire about flooding in the UK.
• The Potsdamer quotes Dr Marlene Kretschmer (Met) about the causes of a potential deep winter in Germany.
• BBC Berkshire spoke to Professor Brian Scott-Quinn (Henley Business School) about renewable energy and electric cars.

Flight paths re-routed: Further coverage of a study by Professor Paul Williams and Cathie Wells (Meteorology) published with global media coverage on how shifting transatlantic flight paths would cut flight times and emissions, in the Independent. Read our news story.

Other news

• Medical Expo reports on the EIT Food-funded ONCOFOOD project creating new food products for cancer patients, led at Reading by Dr Stella Lignou (Food).
• Wokingham Today report on a consultation with local residents about a possible development of a Lidl in Lower Earley, on land formerly owned by UoR.
• A potential new food product using chicken feathers co-developed by Keshavan Niranjan (Food) is featured in Country Smallholding (in print).
• An obituary in the Guardian looks at the life of Richard Pierce, a polymath who studied and taught Agricultural Economics at Reading in a varied career including as a psychotherapist.