Thursday 4th December 2025 – Wellcome Collection, London
The most recent GASG meeting took place at the Wellcome Collection, a renowned museum which blends history, art, and science to tell varied stories about health and the environment. The meeting programme was similarly eclectic, featuring two plenary talks. Mark Miodownik spoke on ‘The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand our World’ covering a wide range of historical issues relating to the discovery and use of gases, while after lunch, Claire Guest described her work on disease detection with highly trained Medical Detection Dogs in ‘Forging a New Path in Science’. In a first for GASG, delegates were also treated to an impressive live demonstration showing the speed with which samples can be reliably differentiated by canines.
The packed day also included presentations from Oliver Gould (NOx Production in Smart Dressing Applications), Catherine Gardner (The 12 VOCs of Christmas), Anjali Piette (Exoplanet Atmospheres), Jessica Gabb (Gas Raman for Tritium Analysis) and Paul Thomas (Locating Buried Victims: The Trapped Human Experiment).
This was one of the most informative and varied meetings of recent years and the excellent presentations were well received by all those present. A full report of the proceedings is included in Newsletter #84 along with details of the GASG AGM which was also held during the day. Members are also able to access the presentations here (subject to author’s publication approval).