UCL news podcast: 8-14 November

A travelling bug exhibition, research-based romance, UCL's Old Masters, public engagement bursaries, and events for international students are discussed in this week's UCL news audio podcast, now live on iTunes U.

The podcast covers:

• Dr Steve Cross (UCL Public Engagement Coodinator) on Beacon Bursaries - new funding for communicating research to the public
• 'Bugs R Us': an exhibition explaining human microbiology by Professor Michael Wilson (UCL Eastman Dental Institute), Dr Mark Lythgoe (UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging), and Professor David Becker (UCL Cell and Molecular Biology)
• The new exhibition at the Strang Print Room, featuring 16th- and 17th-century Old Masters
• Receptions to be held next week for students from the Middle East, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Korea by the International Office
• Dr Jenny Rohn (MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology) on her new book 'Experimental Heart: A Novel' and the genre 'lablit'.

The podcast is approximately 10 minutes long. You can listen through your computer or mp3 player via iTunes U.

All UCL weekly news roundup podcasts are available at UCL's presence on iTunes U, in the News and Events section.

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Image: 'Rest on the Flight to Egypt' by Joseph Heintz, one of the old masters on display in the new Strang Print Room exhibition 'A Drawing Cabinet Unlocked: Old Masters from UCL Art Collections'