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• 19th April 2022 - PERFORM Study on Aerosols Emitted During Exercise Published
  Vigorous exercise does not produce significantly more respiratory particles than speaking, but high-intensity exercise does, finds PERFORM study. Published in Communications Medicine, the study is the first to measure exhaled aerosols generated during exercise.
• 21st February 2022 - Airborne Survival of SARS-CoV-2 Discussed in The Scientist
  A summary of what is known and what isn't know on the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is published in The Scientist. Along with other work, our work on airborne survival is discussed considering factors that can change infectivity on early timescales.
• 23rd February 2022 - PERFORM Study on Aerosols Emitted from Children Published
  We report new measurements of the absolute amount of aerosol that individuals exhale when breathing, speaking or singing. In particular, we conclude that children (12-14 years old) emit the same amount of aerosol as adults when vocalising and breathing.
• 7th February 2022 - Blog Post by the PROTECT Study
  A blog post is published by the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 following the publication of our preprint on arirborne survival. Jonathan discusses the implications of our recent work on airborne survival.
• 31st January 2022 - Nature intervew Lara Lalemi
  Lara Lalemi, a PhD student at BARC and founder of the Creative Tuition Collective, shares with Nature Chemistry some of her projects — from climate chemistry to social justice — to improve our environment in all senses of the term.
• 31st January 2022 - Consensus Statement Published on SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Dynamics
  Working with collaborators in the US, Canada and Australia, BARC publish a consensus statement on the dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in aerosol. Observed losses in early time infectivity should be considered alongside variations in viral load and exhaled aerosol amount.
• 11th January 2022 - New Study on Airborne Survival of SARS-CoV-2 Reported in the Media
  The Guardian and numerous news outlets around the world report on our new study that examines the potential influence of aerosol microphysics on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 at early times after exhalation.

• 29th December 2021 - RI Christmas Lecture
  Prof. Jonathan Reid contributes to the 2021 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, broadcast by the BBC. In lecture 2, The Perfect Storm, Jonathan shows how much aerosol we exhale when we breathe or vocalise, potentially transmitting viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.
• 29th June 2021 - Wind Instruments and COVID
  Aerosol generated by playing woodwind and brass instruments is less than that produced when vocalising (speaking and singing) and is no different than a person breathing, new research from BARC has found. See the press relese.
• 8th June 2021 - Jonathan wins prestigious RSC prize
  Prof. Jonathan Reid has been awarded the Tilden Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry for pioneering studies of the chemical and physical properties of micron-scale aerosol particles and their impact in atmospheric, health, analytical and formulation sciences.
• 16th May 2021 - Talking to the BBC about easing lockdown
  Prof. Jonathan Reid and Dr. Bryan Bzdek talk to the BBC about what they will and won't be doing as lockdown eases from exercising to flying seeing family and being outdoors.
• 3rd February 2021 - The Guardian reports on AERATOR research
  As part of the AERATOR study investigating aerosol generating procedures, our work suggests that a coughing COVID positive patuent coughing is a far greater risk to NHS staff than respiratory therapies such as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure.
• 21st October 2020 - Intubation and Extubation AGPs
  The New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch and Guardian report on our our publication exploring intubation and extubation as potential Aerosol-Generating Procedures. We conclude that the aerosol generated by these AGPs is much less than coughing.
• 25th September 2020 - CELEBS advances reported in Guardian
  Our new approach to exploring the airborne survival of viruses in aerosol, the CELEBS, is reported by the Guardian. Measurements are now underway to measure the aerostability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
• 7th October 2020 - CELEBS advances reported by BBC News
  Our new approach to exploring the airborne survival of viruses in aerosol, the CELEBS, is also reported by BBC News. Measurements are now underway to measure the aerostability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
• 20th August 2020 - PERFORM study results published
  We report the outcomes of the PERFORM study on the risks of airborne transmission of COVID-19 during singing, showing a marginal increase in aerosol comapred to speaking. The outcomes are reported in major news outlets around the world including the BBC and many daily newspapers.
• 28th July 2020 - Science Weekly Guardian podcast
  Prof. Jonathan Reid is interviewed by the Science Weekly Guardian podcast on the risks of airborne transmission of COVID-19 by singing. With evolving evidence on airborne transmission and early super-spreading events linked to choir practices, how risky it is to sing and play instruments?