{"id":2217,"date":"2019-11-21T14:05:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2019-11-21T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:05:42","slug":"nri-scientists-of-chatham-helping-in-the-battle-against-malaria-appear-on-bbc-south-east-inside-out-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/2019\/11\/21\/nri-scientists-of-chatham-helping-in-the-battle-against-malaria-appear-on-bbc-south-east-inside-out-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"NRI scientists of Chatham helping in the battle against malaria appear on BBC South East Inside Out programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Tim Acott appeared on BBC South East Inside Out programme to talk about the work of the NRI on mosquitoes and malaria. The BBC programme, aired in October, visited the Natural Resources Institute in Chatham, University of Greenwich Campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/m0009vv8\/inside-out-south-east-28102019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim.png 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Dr Tim Acott <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-4-1.png 787w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-4-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-4-1-768x404.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> &#8216;Mosquitoes can detect over 300 specific chemicals to find someone to bite&#8217;, says Professor Gabriella Gibson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2223\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/?attachment_id=2223\" class=\"wp-image-2223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-1.png 798w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-1-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-1-768x395.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2221\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/?attachment_id=2221\" class=\"wp-image-2221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-3.png 834w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-3-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-3-768x406.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"919\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2220\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/?attachment_id=2220\" class=\"wp-image-2220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-2.png 919w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-2-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/11\/Tim-2-768x297.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong>The environmental impact of mosquitoes and malaria <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FACT:  Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal in the world, killing more than a million people a year. The malaria parasite persists in warmer climates and rapidly spreads. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Tim Acott appeared on BBC South East Inside Out programme to talk about the work of the NRI on mosquitoes and malaria. The BBC programme, aired in October, visited the Natural Resources Institute in Chatham, University of Greenwich Campus. &#8216;Mosquitoes can detect over 300 specific chemicals to find someone to bite&#8217;, says Professor Gabriella &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/2019\/11\/21\/nri-scientists-of-chatham-helping-in-the-battle-against-malaria-appear-on-bbc-south-east-inside-out-programme\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NRI scientists of Chatham helping in the battle against malaria appear on BBC South East Inside Out programme&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-humanities-and-social-sciences"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}