Mari Herigstad

A blind spot in fMRI research: Overlooked tobacco smoking-related confounds The confounding effects of smoking are often overlooked in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research, potentially distorting results. By i…

Interesting paper on blind spots in FMRI research related to tobacco use www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

Carbon monoxide and Platelets: The role of CO in clotting | CO Research Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless gas commonly encountered in urban environments due to pollution, in occupational settings, and sometimes at home from faulty appliances. At toxic levels...

Thrilled our proposal on 'the effects of carbon monoxide on platelets' has been funded by CO Research Trust! Excited to study this under-researched area & provide new insights.
#PublicHealth #CarbonMonoxide #Platelets
@herigstad.bsky.social, Caroline Dalton
@sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social

Reduced risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality with exercise (and dose-response) throughout adulthood from a systematic review of 85 studies bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Anecdotally, this is also true for carbon monoxide. Generators can emit a large amount in some cases.

Air pollution controls weaker for larger emitters, research finds Diesel generators allowed to emit 48 times more nitrogen oxides than gas boilers producing same amount of energy

Some types of engines, turbines and chimneys are allowed to emit more pollution than others.

This will have significant implications for our #netzero future.

New research by @york.ac.uk. Piece by me.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brain fodder!!

The weather is lovely so this is just a small reminder to never have a BBQ in an enclosed area, e.g. inside a tent or even under an awning. Also, even if coals are cold enough to hold with your bare hands, they can still emit significant amounts of carbon monoxide. #carbonmonoxide

Our research is currently all about carbon monoxide and its impact on health, but I find it is not really possible to not pay attention to wider air pollution patterns.

Unthinkable just 10 years ago:

Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.

Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.

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Funding Call - Wellcome Career Development Awards fund mid-career researchers to lead bold research and become global leaders in health, life, and wellbeing-related fields. Closing date: 24th July

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/well...

For anyone interested in why CO alarm levels matter (or, indeed, just want to know at which CO level your alarm will sound - hint, it needs a pretty high dose), I can recommend this white paper: www.ncoaa.us/resources/lo...

Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah became the first person in the world to officially die from air pollution. A statue of her will stand in a London park.

A powerful moment, charged with sadness for a life that could have been but also hope for the future and the huge fortitude of Ella’s mother and family.

Honoured to be in south east London this afternoon for the unveiling of Ella's statue.

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Tomorrow CORT host Dr Mari Herigstad and her team from the Sheffield… | CO Research Trust Tomorrow CORT host Dr Mari Herigstad and her team from the Sheffield Hallam Research Group to present updates on their current projects: "The effects of…

Most of the Sheffield CO Research group (plus two collaborators) will be speaking tomorrow for the April edition of the CO Research Trust lecture series. There's a lot of work gone into these slides, and I'm very lucky to be working with this fantastic team.

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❓ Have you applied for our EDI Fund yet?

Apply for up to £1000 to promote and champion equity, diversity, or inclusion in physiology.

⏰ Deadline is 3 April, apply now ➡️ www.physoc.org/grants-and-p...

Understanding the genetic roots of aggressive childhood cancer: Research aims to improve Neuroblastoma treatment Scientists have secured £1.5 million from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to investigate the genetic secrets behind neuroblastoma - aiming to improve treatments for this aggressive childhood cancer.

I am grateful to @cancerresearchuk.org for choosing to support our work aiming to understand the links between distorted embryonic development and neuroblastoma initiation using our human pluripotent stem cell differentiation model: www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/...

Hiring soon!
I am looking for a preclinical imaging physicist with MRI experience. We will be investigating gas exchange in the mammalian brain, with a particular focus on oxygen. Using a gas contrast agent to ask fundamental questions about gas exchange and cerebral perfusion #hiring #neuroscience

YouTube video by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Protecting London’s Children from Air Pollution | Mayor of London

ULEZ is working—saving lives and protecting children from deadly air pollution. This is why it matters.

Listen to Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE from The Ella Roberta Foundation, as she shares her powerful story about the impact of toxic air and why clean air policies are so important.

Delighted at having had the opportunity to speak to key stakeholders and policy makers at the CO and pregnancy symposium in London last week, presenting new numbers about CO exposure levels in UK homes. Pre-print here: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Carbon monoxide and women, made by the students in the Sheffield CO Research group. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeDfJbN/

Happy International Women's Day! I am lucky to work with fantastic women daily, including some excellent students who I am sure will go on to do great things. So here's to all the marvellous women in science.

Activity packs - British Science Week Teachers, educators and community groups, download your activity packs and celebrate British Science Week with these free science resources!

Each year we run #BritishScienceWeek #BSW25 - in 2025 it takes place 7-16 March 🥳

To help you celebrate the Week, we have published 4 FREE activity packs for young people and community groups.

They're full of 'Change & adapt'-themed fun 😍🪱!

www.britishscienceweek.org/activity-pac... #BSW25

Today I had the very good fortune to be part of the International Women's Day Science Event for Science Week 2025, thanks to @mellacey.bsky.social. Top marks to the visiting students from nearby Schools who were fully engaged and asked really good questions.

Congratulations 🎊

U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.

The US embassies’ air quality data were sometimes the only reliable data in an entire country and influenced local air quality policies. We used the Indonesian US embassy data extensively and co-located our lo-cost PM sensors by their regulatory-grade ones. 😔
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...

This series by @momrunninglate.bsky.social is really nice. Good to see May-Britt Moser included as well. I remember her getting the Nobel, and was more than a little chuffed that it went to (a) a woman, (b) in neuroscience, from (c) my alma mater, NTNU. Really lovely work!

I work with CO, and can testify how dangerous the gas is. At home, I have one alarm in each room with a fuel burning appliance (recommended). Remember that CO can also move through walls in terraced houses.

A small reminder to make sure you have at least one carbon monoxide alarm in your home, that it is within date and bought from a reputable store (hint: many CO alarms available on e.g. amazon look nice but do not work at all).