We've just launched brand new Faces of Chemistry videos in collaboration with Queen Mary, University of London sponsored by ESPRIT.

The videos investigate the role of two chemists, Dr Anna Spehar-Deleze and Dr Salzitsa Anastasova-Ivanova, who work in the material science laboratory at QMUL. They develop and use biosensors to help athletes improve their performance.

The videos give you exclusive, behind the scenes access to the sport performance research which is carried out in their lab. It was great to see how cutting-edge chemistry research translates into real-life applications in the sporting world.  London 2012 is just around the corner and these videos explore the importance of chemistry in sports performance.

In one day we got to film the development of a biochemical profile of an athlete from the information collected from the biosensors. The sensors were inserted into tissue and measured analytes in sweat and blood before, during and after exercise. The information provided can help construct individualised training programmes and even recovery strategies when an athlete is injured.

It will be no coincidence this summer that new records and personal bests will be broken at the London 2012 Olympic Games in no small part to the work done by Anna and Salzitsa.

Check out the new Faces of Chemistry - Biosensor videos.