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#austerityGtrMcr - photography competition

20 May - 20 June 2014
Are you affected by recent cuts in public services? Are they worsening your standard of living or the quality of your life? Or have you found new ways of taking control of things in…

A deep evolutionary history of miRNAs?

12:00 - 13:00 11 June 2014
Gene Regulation and Cellular Biotechnology - Spring Seminar Series 2014

A neural circuit model of the oculomotor integrator: theory for optogenetic dissection

13:00 - 14:00 11 June 2014
The oculomotor integrator (OI) in the hindbrain transforms incoming horizontal eye movement commands into position signals to maintain stable eye fixations after saccades. Previous…

Aftermath: 100 years of creativity from conflict

7 February - 29 June 2014
How remarkable is it that, throughout our shared history, some people have been inspired to answer the worst examples of man’s inhumanity with acts of compassion and creativity? Aftermath…

Ageing, hearing loss and acoustics: can we improve communication in noisy environments like waiting rooms?

13:00 - 16:00 11 June 2014
MICRA Public Seminar 14.00 16.00, Free networking lunch from 13.00 Speakers and presentations: Dr Tim Wilding (Lecturer in Audiology, University of Manchester) and Dr Bill Davies…

Bus Stop Stories

20 February - 22 June 2014
At the start of 2013, John Shinnick, a Manchester photographer, set out to document the people using a local, city centre bus stop; a quiet stop were people rarely alight. The people…

Curator Talk: Bus Stop Stories

11:00 - 11:30 11 June 2014
Join photographer John Shinnick as he talks about the connections he made with people he met and photographed at his local bus stop.

Free Public Talk on China: Silkworms to Gunboats

13:00 - 14:00 11 June 2014
James Trapp is China Education Manger at the British Museum, London, where he supports the study of Chinese art, history and culture for primary and secondary schools. China's dramatic…

From the War of Nature

11 April - 31 August 2014
Manchester Museum new exhibition. Boxing hares, burrowing parasites, baby birds and prowling wolves are just some of the characters appearing in this story of predation, competition,…

Humanities India Country and Region Group

12:30 - 14:00 11 June 2014
The Faculty of Humanities’ Internationalisation Working Group is running an India Country and Region Group, chaired by Professor Bertrand Taithe and to which all staff within Humanities…

Imprinting the Imagination: Northern Renaissance Prints from the Holtorp Collection

8 May - 26 October 2014
Imprinting the Imagination delves into the world of the sixteenth-century printed image. This small but captivating show, including works by artists such as Hans Burgkmair, Albrecht…

MAP Library Drop in Sessions

11 June 2014
This 1 hour session will allow you to learn how to access books and online resources at The University of Manchester Library. The aim of the programme is to support entry to The…

Philosophy Conference: Social Cognition and Emotion

10 - 11 June 2014
10-11th June 2014 Location: Room G.6, Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester This event is funded by the AHRC

Political Horizons: Politics in Times of Anxiety Conference

9 - 11 June 2014
Speakers Zygmunt Bauman, Didier Bigo, Michael Dillon, R.B.J. Walker For any queries, please email politicalhorizons@manchester.ac.uk

Research Matters: Pretty pictures and parameters - understanding statistics using graphics (Research Counts)

12:00 - 13:00 11 June 2014
Using statistics effectively in education involves applying a range of analyses to model many different types of data; linear models for variables measured on a continuous scale (eg.…

The 2014 Graduate Fair

10:30 11 - 16:00 12 June 2014
Over 160 exhibitors attend this fair from a wide range of sectors, hopefully providing something of interest for students of all degree disciplines. It is suitable for those looking…

The Space Between: exhibition of artworks by Anthony McCarthy

27 February - 3 August 2014
The concept for the exhibition began as artist, Anthony McCarthy, walked along Chapel Street in Salford heading towards Manchester and The John Rylands Library. Armed with pencil,…

The Whitworth closure for major development work

2 September 2013 - 14 February 2015
The Whitworth reopens on Saturday 14 February 2015. The gallery is currently closed in order to carry out major development work, transforming the Gallery into a new 21st century Gallery…

Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play and Politics

24 May - 5 October 2014
This exhibition examines and explores how the role of Manchester’s Whitworth Park has changed over time. The displays are the result of a local archaeology project and the myriad of…

Whitworth: Past, Present & Future tour - Saturday dates for autumn and winter

11:00 7 June 2014 - 12:00 17 January 2015
On Saturdays: Saturday 6 Dec 11am – 12noon, Saturday 17 Jan 11am – 12noon. *Tours start at The Anchor, 508 Moss Lane East • Which historic areas of the building are being restored…

Whitworth: Past, Present & Future tour - Thursday dates for autumn and winter

12:15 5 June - 13:00 4 December 2014
On Thursdays: Thursday 4 Dec 12.15pm – 1pm, Thursday 15 Jan 12.15pm – 1pm. *Tours start at The Anchor, 508 Moss Lane East. • Which historic areas of the building are being restored…

A novel nuclear role for the mitochondrial hydroxylase Clk-1 in C elegans / The Runx/CBFbeta transcription factor complex drives Epithelial to Mesenchyme Transition in metatastic breast cancer cells

13:30 12 June 2014
Robert Barnes, (Whitmarsh Lab) Gillian Ran, (Shore Lab)

The Whitworth

Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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