As part of our citizen science project, we like to regularly invite scientists or industry professionals to do a one hour live chat with us, where we can seek expert answers to some of our many nappy/water/soap/washing/chemistry/physics/etc. questions. Below you’ll be able to find a list with links to all the write-ups from our previous chats.
- Penny Broderick from the Nappy Library Information Service
- Mark Smith and Adrian Clark, water scientists
- Ian Strudwick, fabric technologist and technical manager of Shirley Technologies
- Patrick Phillips, Suzi Gage and Rob Aldridge epidemiologists who work with large datasets
- Verity Mann and Trisha Schofield from the Good Housekeeping Institute
- Jessica Liley, water scientist, who researches ecological soaps
- Anna Gibson from Go Real
- Zion Lights, writer of The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting
- Rob Aldridge and Suzi Gage who came back to tell us more about experiment design
- Amy Barron from the marketing team of Ecoegg
- Tony Pierlot, textile scientist expert in the structure and properties of wool
- Judith Mathias from Home Scents, who developed Violet’s Natural Laundry range
- Mark Webber, microbiologist who studies bacterial resistance to antibiotics and sanitisers
- Louise Pendry, psychologist who studies parents’ attitudes to cloth nappies and cloth nappy online communities
- Esha Massand, neuroscientist who studies the links between Down’s syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer’s disease
- Philip Powell, who researches the psychology of disgust
- Elena Hoicka, psychologist who studies joking, pretending and deception in babies
- Helen Ball, who researches infant sleep
- The best chat that never happened
- The admins from Fluff Love University
- Laura Boundy, psychologist whose work focuses on babies’ early gestures
- Jo Schanschieff, head of product development for Bambino Mio
- Alan Tapp, professor in marketing and behaviour change at UWE in Bristol
- Sam Durrant, Caroline Rowland and Michelle Peter, researchers of children’s language development from the Language 0-5 Project
- Amber Hatch, author of Nappy Free Baby: a practical guide to baby-led potty training from birth
- Jamie and Claire, researchers who study the role of family-based shared reading on language development
- Petra Boynton, psychologist who researches sex and relationships’ health (also find the follow-up Q+A here)
- Mark and Adrian, the water scientists are back for a second chat
- Tom and Jonathan, from the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society of Chemistry
- Chantelle Loevborg, biomolecular engineer who ran her own independent studies on detergents
- Liz Kirk, developmental biologist
- Helen Cain, language therapist
- Katie and Silke, language researchers from Lancaster Uni Babylab
- Emma Weitkamp, Professor in Science Communication
- Magnus from TotsBots
- Lindsey, lecturer in woven textiles
- Emma McColm from LOVEmyBEACH
- Bella Starling, Wellcome Trust public engagement fellow
- The Big Results Reveal at the Science Museum in London and the Shirley Technology labs in Manchester.
- Dr Clare Taylor, from Edinburgh Napier University, and also General Secretary of the Society for Applied Microbiology
- Jenn Philpott from Born Ready
- Chris Peters from “Sense About Science” and the Ask for Evidence Campaign
- Rob Hull is currently doing a PhD in Biofilms at Southampton University
- Jennifer and Jonathan Bartley of the Cardiff Catalysis Institute
- Ian Strudwick, technical manager at Shirley Technologies on Hydroxyl Apatite in Laundry
- Elaine Berry and Greg Siragusa (U.S. Meat Animal Research Center.
and Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories): How bacteria and Hydroxyl Apatite interact - Prof Brian Darvell, Honorary Professor at the Birmingham University School of Dentistry: Hydroxyl Apatite solubility
- Hydroxyl Apatite experiments: what did we learn?
Nappy Science Gang 