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C-GAPS: Cellular to Global Assessment of Phytoplankton Stoichiometry
JGI Seedcorn funding 2024-25: Nicola Wiseman & Léo Gorman Introduction The oceans play a key role in keeping the earth cool by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the surface waters. This carbon dioxide is either slowly transported to the deep ocean by currents or taken up by microscopic marine algae called phytoplankton and used for photosynthesis. Like…
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Comparing two devices for measuring body temperature across the menstrual cycle
JGI Seedcorn funding 2024-25: Sarah Koerner & Louise Millard Body temperature changes across the menstrual cycle with a small rise indicating ovulation. New wearable technologies make it possible to track these changes continuously during the user’s sleep. This type of data can provide valuable insights into menstrual health patterns and cycle variability, offering researchers ways to study reproductive health in real-world settings. …
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Web Archives for Social Sciences Datathon
Blog post by Prof. Emmanouil Tranos There is something magical when you have 25 people in the same room working on similar problems. It becomes even more exciting when these people are super-talented social data scientists, who are passionate about using web data at scale to answer policy-relevant research questions. The task at hand was…
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Visualisation tool for Enhancing Public Engagement Using Supermarket Loyalty Card Data
JGI Seedcorn funding 2024-25: Laura Fryer & Huw Day Introduction Digital footprints are electronic traces of our daily lives which can provide insight into behavioural patterns and habits. Things like bank transaction records, fitness and wearable technology and supermarket loyalty cards all provide insight which can be useful for health research. One example of this can be seen in the application…
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Using topic modelling to study lived experiences in extreme weather conditions
In 2025, Huw Day (formerly JGI Data Scientist, now Research Associate in Digital Health at the VIVO Hub for Enhanced Independent Living) completed a project working with Eunice Lo and Joanne Godwin, helping them with a study of lived experiences in extreme climate conditions in the South West of England. This project has now been…
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Irish Financial Records from the Reign of Edward I: What Applying Data Science Techniques Can Reveal
JGI Seedcorn follow on funding 2023-25: Mike Jones and Brendan Smith Introduction This project was a follow-on extension of the JGI-funded seed-corn initiative titled ‘Digital Humanities meets Medieval Financial Records: The Receipt Rolls of the Irish Exchequer.’ The original project, along with a subsequent paper, ‘The Irish Receipt Roll of 1301–2: Data Science and Medieval…
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AI in Health Awardees 2025-2026
Over summer, the Elizabeth Blackwell (EBI) and Jean Golding (JGI) Institutes together with the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences strategic research support fund, and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, ran a pump-priming funding call to support innovative applications of AI in health or biomedical research. This funding call came with the…
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Telling Tales: Building a Folk Map of St Lucia
JGI Seedcorn Funding Project Blog 2024/25: Leighan Renaud In a research trip funded by the Brigstow Institute, a small research team and I met on the Eastern Caribbean island of St Lucia in the Summer of 2024 and spent 10 days immersed in the island’s folk culture. Our research was guided by the question: how…
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Widening Participation (WP) Research Summer Internships
The Widening Participation (WP) Research Summer Internships provide undergraduates with hands-on experience of research during the summer holidays, with the aim of encouraging a career in research. Interns gain professional experience and knowledge through a funded placement in their chosen subject. This also supports application for postgraduate study and other research jobs. This year, the…
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