Professor chris cooper
 
 


TELEVISION

Chris Froome cleared of doping with salbutamol - Sky News (July 2 2018)

Russian curling medallist tests positive for meldonium – BBC World News (Feb 19 2018)

Russia banned from Winter Olympics – France 24 (Dec 05, 2017)

  1. Sunday Times allegations of Mo Farah doping (Sky News, Feb 26th, 2017)

  2. Miracle Body: Russia's Golden Mermaids – NHK documentary describing our research on elite
    synchronised swimmers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08B2WNUxkXw  (2016)

Athlete’s Medical Files Hacked - BBC 2 Victoria Derbyshire (Sept 14, 2016)

Why are athletes accusing their fellow competitors of cheating at the Olympics? CNN (August 2016)
https://twitter.com/CNNConnect/status/763402520223883264

Sports doping and the Olympics – TRT World (July 2016)

IOC decision not to ban Russia from Rio Olympics – Sky News, CNN (July 2016)

John Oliver's comedy show on HBO on (June 27, 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pxc00PbEbs (starts at 2:15)

Russian athletes banned from Olympics - Sky News (June 2016)

Russia frustrates doping tests before Olympics  – Sky News (May 2016)

British Doctor claimed he doped 150 sports stars – Sky News, BBC World News (April 2016)

WADA report on doping in Russian athletics  – Huff Post live huff.lv/QYYqyp   (November 2015)

WADA report on doping in Russian athletics  – Sky News, BBC News  (November 2015)

Paula Radcliffe and doping allegations - Sky News (September 2015)

IAAF and drugs cheats in athletics  - BBC World News (August 2015)

Essex-scientists-develop-artificial-blood-substitute  - Anglia News (June 2014), http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2014-06-12/essex-scientists-develop-artificial-blood-substitute/

French Senate Tour de France doping report – France 24 (July 2013)

Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay: Doping Allegations – Sky News, CNN International (July 2013)

Anabolic Steroids in horses - Sky Sports News (April, 2013)

Cycling High: Doping to Win - National Geographic TV (April 2013)

A variety of interviews to media organisations about Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France and doping in cycling e.g. France 24 and Sky News  (Jan – March 2013_

A variety of interviews to media organisations during the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics on the topic of sports doping including ITN Lunchtime News, BBC 2 Newsnight, BBC Worldwide, CNN (International), ABC (USA), France 24 (July-August 2012)

Goodbye to blood donations? – Channel 4 News (March, 2009)

A model of a stroke – BBC One “The One Show” (March 2009)

Chemical warfare in the home - BBC Look East (March 2008)

How to kill a human being  - BBC2 Horizon (January 2008)

Blood Substitutes – BBC Look East (July 2006)

Blood Substitutes  - Rumanian national TV ( TVR1, TVR2, Antena 1, ProTV) (Sept, 2006)           

Blood Substitutes  - Greek national TV (ERT) (March, 2006)



RADIO

Any old iron – a discussion on the role of iron in biology (part of the Radio 4 series “In their element” first recorded on August 1, 2018) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bclbmx

Doping in Amateur Sport – BBC Radio 5 live phone-in with Nicky Campbell http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j97bx#play and BBC Radio Wales 

Russian 2nd hack of WADA therapeutic use exemptions – BBC World Service (September 15, 2016)

Therapeutic Use Exemptions in Sport – Radio 5 Live (September 14, 2016)

Russian hack of WADA therapeutic use exemptions – BBC Radio Wales (September 14, 2016)

IOC decision not to ban Russia from Rio Olympics – BBC Radio Wales (July 2016)

Doping in football – a live debate BBC Radio 5 Live (April, 2016)

Meldonium and sports doping – BBC Radio 5 Live (February, 2016)

WADA report on IAAF – BBC Radio Wales (January 2016)

“I’m a celebrity” and anabolic steroids - BBC Radio Five Live Drive (November 2015)

WADA report on Russian athletics - – BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Essex (November 2015)

IAAF and drugs cheats in athletics – BBC Radio Five Live Drive (August 2015)

IAAF and drugs cheats in athletics – BBC Radio Four PM (August 2015)

Xenon and Argon in sports doping – BBC Radio Scotland (August 2014)

Artificial Blood - BBC Radio Essex (June 2014)

Rise in soldiers testing positive for steroid use - BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat (June 2014)

A variety of interviews to media organisations about the Lance Armstrong doping scandal including BBC Radio 4 World at One, BBC World Service, BBC today program, France 24, BBC Essex and BBC WM (October 2012)

New Books in Sport: Extended Interview (October 2012)

A variety of interviews to media organisations during the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics on the topic of sports doping including Radio 4 pm, Newstalk Ireland, BBC WM, National Public Radio (USA), Cleveland's Lanigan & Malone Morning Show.

Creating Blood – Frontiers documentary on BBC Radio 4 (June 2012)

Quirks and Quarks – Extended interview on drugs in sport CBC Canada (June 2012)

Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat – extended interview for Bookbound, Dublin City FM (May 2012)

Drugs at the 2012 Olympics – BBC Radio 4 Today program (April 2012)

Drugs in Sport – Newstalk Ireland (April 2012)

Vampires vs. Zombies – BBC Radio 4 (June 2011 - Documentary of the week)

Toxicity of Tear Gas – BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House (April 2011)

Blood Substitutes – BBC Essex (August 2010)

Artificial Blood - Dream 100 (January 2010)

Hibernation on intensive care and a spacetrip to Mars – BBC Radio 4 Leading Edge (July 2009)

The science of the perfect sports pitch - BBC World Service, Science in Action (June 2009)

Caffeine on the brain - BBC Essex (June 2009)

Life’s Blood – Sheffield Live! The Sound of Science (February 2009)

Artificial blood -  Sheffield Live! The Sound of Science (March 2009)

Red wine as a vascular pipe cleaner?  - BBC Radio 4, The World Tonight (December, 2008)

Ex-builder in search for blood substitutes – Dream 100, SGR Colchester (November 2008)

What causes wrinkly hands after a bath? - BBC Essex (October, 2008)

University hospital joint research  - Dream 100 (September, 2008)

Sports Drug Testing Science  - BBC Radio 4 Material World (July, 2008)

Olympic Science on “The Naked Scientist” BBC Essex, Suffolk and

Cambridgeshire (July, 2008)

The colour of blood – BBC Essex (May, 2008)

Blood, Sweat and Tears – BBC Essex (April, 2008)

Drugs to aid sports performance – BBC Essex and SGR Colchester (March, 2008)

Olympic Splash – SGR Colchester and Dream 100 (November, 2007)

Blood Substitutes - BBC Radio Essex (July, 2006)

  1. Fake Blood  - BBC Radio 4 Material World (August, 2005)


POPULAR SCIENCE  WEB PAGES

  1. NIR sensor refined to analyze swimmer performance – optics.org http://optics.org/news/5/12/16

  2. HaemO2: Making a One-Size-Fits-All Artificial Blood – NewsBeatSocial http://newsbeatsocial.com/watch/0_03gq7ka8 (June 2014)

  3. Artificial Blood Substitute Haem02 (June 2014) Firetown.com http://www.firetown.com/2014/06/24/interview-with-chris-cooper-from-the-university-of-essex-on-artificial-blood-substitute-haem02/

  4. As part of National Blood Week (June 2014), the HaemO2 blood substitute project featured on a variety of web pages including Business Weekly , Gizmodo, Medical Design Technology, ScienceDaily, MedicalDaily, Science2.0 and Gizmag and road.cc

  5. Search for an Artificial Blood Substitute – Science Daily (January 2010). Note this story was covered in a large number of web pages as revealed by a google search for “essex vampire blood substitute”

  6. Enzyme key to fighting E. coli bug  - BBC online Health Web pages  (December 2008)


PUBLIC LECTURES (examples)

  1. Blood: A Very Short Introduction Edinburgh Science Festival (March, 2018)

  2. Panel discussion on “Doping in sport: fair game” at the British Library on Tuesday 28th June. The discussion was chaired by Owen Gibson (Chief Sports Correspondent at The Guardian) and also featured Professor Andy Miah (Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford) and Nicole Sapstead (Chief Executive of UK Anti Doping) (July 2016) https://youtu.be/FKHm7EwUU3Q.

  3. The Science behind Drugs and Doping in Sport Oxford University Scientific Society (April 2013)

  4. How can we make artificial blood? National Science Week, Colchester Royal Grammar School (Mach 2013)

  5. Run, Swim, Throw Cheat? Café Scientifique, Colchester (November 2012)

  6. Run, Swim, Throw Cheat? Manchester Science Book Festival (October 2012)

  7. Run, Swim, Throw Cheat? Edinburgh International Book Festival (August, 2012)

  8. Oxford Scibar: Run, swim, throw, cheat: The science behind drugs in sport (July, 2012)

  9. The science behind drugs in sport  WEA Essex (July, 2012)

  10. Mitochondrial Olympics FEBS workshop & MiPsummer School Cambridge, UK (July 2012)

  11. Designer athletes: fair play or foul? Edinburgh Science Festival (March, 2012)

  12. Cheating in Sport: Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival (March, 2012)

  13. Designer athletes: fair play or foul? Cambridge Science Festival (March, 2012)

  14. Drugs in Sport  Words by the Water Literary Festival (Keswick, UK, March 2012)

  15. Shining Light on the Human Body Edinburgh Science Festival (April 2011)

  16. Vampire juice or the real thing?: Hollywood versus Holyrood in the search for a blood substitute Edinburgh Science Festival (April, 2010)

  17. Shining light on elite sport - Using optics to measure performance in Olympic short track speed skaters Essex Open House (May 2010).

  18. Vampire juice or the real thing? - The search for a blood substitute in Hollywood and Colchester Essex Open House (May 2010).

  19. Coenzyme Q10: Biological spark plug, radical killer or a waste of money?
    British Science Association Annual Meeting (Guildford, September, 2009)

  20. "Haemoglobin: from Romans in Britain to Carry on up the Amazon"
    Colworth Seminar Series (1998)