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'The Sensory War 1914 - 2014' An exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery

11 October 2014 - 22 February 2015
The Sensory War, 1914-2014 exhibition opened in October at the Manchester Art Gallery. It is the result of a four-year curatorial partnership between Dr Ana Carden-Coyne (Centre for…

A biophysical approach to understand the crosstalk between cytoplasmic streaming and the dynamics of the cytoskeleton (in the Drosophila oocyte)

15:30 - 17:00 10 February 2015
Our main research aim is to investigate the creation of cellular asymmetries in the Drosophila oocyte, and its relation with the fluid mechanical properties of the cytoplasm. The major…

A priceless break in the monotony of things: The Princess Parkway as a prototypical British motorway (1929-1939)

13:00 - 14:00 10 February 2015
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

Afghanistan: The transition - public exhibition

1 December 2014 - 14 February 2015
Afghanistan: The transition - public exhibition Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)'s photography exhibition, in collaboration with documentary photographers Andrea…

B.15:45 Architecture modelmaking exhibition: Celebrating 45 years of the B.15 modelmaking workshop

1 September 2014 - 31 December 2015
2015 marks 45 years of the Kantorowich B.15 modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester. The B.15:45 exhibition is a retrospective look at the last 45 years of modelmaking…

Cooperation and Equality Seminar: Alex Barber (Open), 'Equality & Roles'

13:00 - 14:30 10 February 2015
Seminar organised by the Cooperation & Equality project. More information: http://thomassmit3.wix.com/cooperation-equality

Cotton Mills and Collectors: Manutius in Manchester

18:30 - 19:30 10 February 2015
Our new exhibition celebrates the legacy of Aldus Manutius (1449 – 1515), an Italian humanist scholar who founded the Aldine Press at Venice. His publishing legacy includes scholarly…

Digital Health Assembly – Open Innovation Conference

09:00 10 - 15:00 12 February 2015
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health '''About the event:''' If you have an interest in Digital Health, are involved in eHealth innovations or simply want to find out more about…

Explorer tour

15:00 - 16:00 10 February 2015
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - James Laurence - Is it Diversity or Segregation (or both) that is Harmful for Social Cohesion? A Preliminary Investigation

12:00 - 13:00 10 February 2015
The Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this instalment, which will is held ay lunchtime, James Laurence (CMIST,…

Later-Day Saints

23 January - 28 June 2015
Our ancestors often relied on their beliefs to make sense of their world - is there an equivalent in our modern world of celebrity and material culture? Later-Day Saints brings the…

Loving Illumination - Paintings of Light

4 December 2014 - 29 March 2015
In this exhibition artist Judith Hurst explores the interconnectivity of science, maths, religion and art. Working on vellum, and using inlays of exotic wood and precious metals, Judith…

Merchants of Print: from Venice to Manchester

29 January - 21 June 2015
This exhibition celebrates the legacy of Aldus Manutius (1449 – 1515), an Italian humanist scholar who founded the Aldine Press at Venice. His publishing legacy includes scholarly…

Modelling count data

13:00 - 15:00 10 February 2015
Booking will open at 9am on 29 January This session investigates the use of Poisson regression (a GLM with a log link) to model count response variables. Simple and complex models…

Museum Maketh Man

10:00 - 11:00 10 February 2015
Tues 10 Feb, 10-11am. This tour explores how gender and sexuality is constructed or omitted in Victorian encyclopaedic museums via their displays and associated collections of natural…

Philosophy Research Seminar - 'The Claimability of the Human Right to Subsistence'

15:00 - 17:00 10 February 2015
Abstract: The naturalistic conception of human rights takes human rights to exist independently of specific institutional arrangements. The human right to subsistence is often said…

Siberia: At the Edge of the World

4 October 2014 - 1 March 2015
Until 1 March 2015. The first exhibition of its kind in the UK, Siberia: At the Edge of the World brings together natural history and cultural objects from British and Russian museums,…

Spring Tuesday Talk - Tai Shani - at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)

11:00 - 12:30 10 February 2015
Spring Tuesday Talks - at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Venue for Tuesday Talks on the 20,27 Jan and 10 Feb is: Holden Gallery, MMU’s All Saints Campus. 11am – 12.30pm,…

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…

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 11 February 2015
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between October and March. Please arrive at the…

Lunchtime Seminar: Paul Oldfield: 'The Tyrant Kings of Medieval Sicily'

13:00 - 14:00 11 February 2015
History Lunchtime Seminar All Welcome! Dr Paul Oldfield: 'The Tyrant Kings of Medieval Sicily' Feel free to bring your lunch.

The cell biology of killer cells: from lysosomes to cilia

12:00 - 13:00 11 February 2015
Part of the Leaders in Science Lecture Series, hosted by the Faculty of Life Sciences.

The cell biology of killer cells: from lysosomes to cilia

12:00 - 13:00 11 February 2015
Part of the Leaders in Science Lectures

Tour of Siberia: At the Edge of the World

13:00 11 February 2015
Wed 11 Feb, 1pm & Wed 25 Feb, 9am. An informal tour of our temporary exhibition ‘Siberia: At the Edge of the World’ by one of the exhibition curators Dmitri Logunov. This photographic…

What is..? policy document analysis

13:00 - 14:00 11 February 2015
All welcome. No need to book. Presented by Jonathan Hammond and Imelda McDermott. This session will introduce some of the processes and principles relevant to the analysis of policy…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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