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Load More...Blake (banned for 4-methyl-2-hexanamine.)
Gay (banned for anabolic steroids.)
Powell (banned for amphetamines.)
Gatlin (banned for testosterone +.)
Coleman (currently banned.)
Bolt (linked by Alex Ariza/Victor Conte to Angel Heredia. WADA refused to retest his samples.) https://twitter.com/AthleticsWeekly/status/139057714578149376277 days to Tokyo...
Only six sprinters have ever gone faster than 9.77.Pre race testing is a very good development. Cocaine will probably be detectable in saliva for 12+ hours after last use.
A two-month pilot of using saliva tests to screen jockeys for cocaine and other banned substances has begun.
So far, all samples have come back negative.
#bbcracingGreat article on inclusion in connection with use of webcams for online learning "the best student‐centered policy would be to not require students to use cameras" and good strategies for encouraging but not requiring webcam use. @DdysguE #AberPGCTHE https://twitter.com/whitneykilgore/status/1389963353733439499
New research from Frank Castelli & Mark Sarvary: Why students don't turn on their cameras https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.7123 #PPRS21 #edtech #highered #onlinelearning
The 4 Stages of Marking.
Marking Denial: I'll get to it.
Marking Fear: Shit, I really need to get to it.
Marking Panic: Extreme productivity. Get most of it done. Only a couple of papers to go.
Marking Denial Part 2: I'll get them done. Just gonna go on the internet for a bitYou said… what?
Dr Tom Bassindale on Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
3rd Apr 17
Thanks Christiaan, I agree it is a real thing, it looks like China and Mexico have a particular issue, amongst…Christiaan Bartlett on Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
3rd Apr 17
The contaminated meat causing clenbuterol positives is a real thing: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2011-10/wada-withdraws-cas-appeal-in-case-of-mexican-footballers but as you say this exoneration maybe only possible…Dr Tom Bassindale on Forensic scientists arrested following probe at Manchester toxicology lab
20th Feb 17
Thanks Bob, a useful example for our students of the importance of getting it right or holding your hand up…
caffeine archive
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![From midnight (starting 26 May 2016) the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 comes into effect, aiming to stamp out the market in ‘legal highs’ or novel psychoactive substances. The Act, which has seen several delays […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cynicism-2-1445003-1280x960-115x115.jpg "Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 – The end of legal highs?")
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 – The end of legal highs?
Posted on May 25, 2016 | 3 CommentsFrom midnight (starting 26 May 2016) the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 comes into effect, aiming to stamp out the market in ‘legal highs’ or novel psychoactive substances. The Act, which has seen several delays […] -
![In the fall out from the Sharapova Meldonium case much has been made of what is and what isn’t cheating or doping. This is not such a certain area, containing many shades of […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pharmacy-4-1519663-1280x1280-115x115.jpg "Doping: black and white or shades of grey")
Doping: black and white or shades of grey
Posted on March 20, 2016 | No CommentsIn the fall out from the Sharapova Meldonium case much has been made of what is and what isn’t cheating or doping. This is not such a certain area, containing many shades of […] -
![A study was published late last year in the open access journal PlosOne on ‘cognitive doping’ in triathlon. That was a new phrase for me so I thought it was worth […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Brain-115x115.jpg "Brain doping – use of smart drugs in sport")
Brain doping – use of smart drugs in sport
Posted on January 20, 2014 | No CommentsA study was published late last year in the open access journal PlosOne on ‘cognitive doping’ in triathlon. That was a new phrase for me so I thought it was worth […] -
![Well, ok not really completely ban, just regulate. This week there was a suggestion that the amount of caffeine put into energy drinks may be harmful or deadly to younger caffeine […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/freeimage-5250349-115x115.jpg "And now they want to ban caffeine?")
And now they want to ban caffeine?
Posted on March 22, 2013 | 3 CommentsWell, ok not really completely ban, just regulate. This week there was a suggestion that the amount of caffeine put into energy drinks may be harmful or deadly to younger caffeine […] -
Caffeine in hair
Posted on October 31, 2012 | 3 CommentsLast year I had an undergraduate student investigate the analysis of caffeine in hair samples. The aim was to determine if there was a correlation between the amount of caffeine in […]
