Campus visit/tour, Seminar

Are we technicians or social scientists? A reflexion on research practices in the field of science and innovation policy research

13:00 - 14:00 23 March 2015
Taking into account recent research findings on the ways in which funding patterns and university policies influence research agendas, the seminar will draw attention to the field of…

Challenges and Opportunities in Synthetic Biology

10:00 - 11:30 23 March 2015
This seminar is part of the Synthetic Biology series …

Modelling Aspects of Solid Tumour Growth

14:00 - 15:00 23 March 2015
In this talk I will review some work we have done on aspects of solid tumour growth. This will consist of three cases studies modelling: 1. acid-mediated cell invasion, 2. movement…

Energy balance and the biology of appetite

12:00 - 13:00 24 March 2015
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Seminar Series - Donald Ward and Joy Wang

Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - Lindsey Garratt

12:00 - 13:00 24 March 2015
The Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this instalment of this series, which is held at lunchtime, Lindsey Garratt…

Mancunian Skin Club

14:00 - 16:00 24 March 2015
The Mancunian Skin Club (MSC) is a monthly meeting organised by researchers in MHS and FLS with shared interests in dermatology research. …

Postdoc talks

15:00 - 16:00 24 March 2015
This is part of the Tissue Systems seminar series. Laura Campbell (Grencis/Thornton Labs) "Mucus and immunity to Trichinella spiralis: A systemic affair" Guilherme Costa (Herbert…

Exploring chromosome instability

12:00 - 13:00 25 March 2015
Part of the Leaders in Science Lecture Series, hosted by the Faculty of Life Sciences.

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 25 March 2015
If you are unable to come to one of our University open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus on a Wednesday afternoon. Guided visits include a presentation on the…

MOOCs@Manchester

13:00 - 14:00 25 March 2015
This seminar is part of the Teaching and Learning seminar series. …

SCI Seminar Series - Eivind Jacobsen

16:00 - 17:30 25 March 2015
Abstract Jacobsen argues for combining elements from STS/ANT with practice theory in order to better understand mundane domestic practices. Material artifacts function as ordering…

Education in England after 2015: A Political Debate

16:30 - 18:30 31 March 2015
With the General Election just weeks away, education looks set to be a key campaigning issue. Debates to date have focused on school spending, class sizes and Academy schools. How would…

A Masterclass with Professor Diana Mitlin - 'Understanding social movement strategies: Contention, collaboration and subversion

14:00 - 16:30 1 April 2015
IDPM's State-Society Relations research group and the Effective States and Inclusive Development research centre are convening this masterclass for staff and doctoral researchers interested…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Peter Dinesen

16:00 - 17:15 7 April 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Peter Dinesen from the University of Copenhagen will deliver a talk entitled "Putting attitudes into context: The role of the residential micro-context…

Dalton Seminar Series - 'Characterisation of radiation damage and coordination in plutonium using EXAFS and TEM'

12:00 - 13:00 8 April 2015
A presentation will be given by Dr Patrick G. Allen from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA entitled: ‘Characterisation of radiation damage and coordination in plutonium using…

DemElect Seminar: Do grievances make British ethnic minorities more politically active or more alienated?

15:30 - 17:00 8 April 2015
PhD candidate Magda Borkowska presents her study which firstly, aims at investigating if and when ethnic group grievances, ethnic sentiments and involvement in ethnic associations have…

MCCIR AZ GSK Update Seminar series

15:30 - 16:30 8 April 2015
Tissue-specific control of immune responses in the oral mucosa; mechanisms and crosstalk with distal sites Joanne Konkel At barrier sites maintenance of immune tolerance and generation…

Cultural and Spatial Implications of the Popular Cairene Coffeehouse

17:00 - 18:00 13 April 2015
A Middle Eastern Studies Departmental Seminar by Dr Dalia Mostafa

Functional heterogeneity of inflammatory signaling

14:00 - 15:00 13 April 2015
Robust pathogen recognition and effector cytokine production underlie propagation of inflammation. We found that the toll-like receptor activation in macrophages resulted in an analogue…

Platform Competition: A Research Framework and Synthesis of Game-Theoretic Studies

13:00 - 14:00 13 April 2015
One of the more important forces shaping the Digital Economy is the emergence of platform-based ecosystems. The functioning of platform ecosystems is, however, still very poorly understood.…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 13th April 2015 - Professor Fenella Cannell – London School of Economics - “Book of remembrance; making Mormon American family history”

15:00 - 17:00 13 April 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 13th April 2015 Professor Fenella Cannell – London School of Economics “Book of remembrance; Making Mormon American family history” All Latter-day…

The Wheat Genome and Beyond

12:00 - 13:00 13 April 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series 2015

Whitworth Studies seminar: Catherine Jolivette, Art Historian: "Promoting Power: The Visual Rhetoric of Britain’s First Nuclear Power Stations"

17:15 - 18:30 13 April 2015
In 1956, ‘Operation Switch’ opened up the world’s first atomic power station and gave birth to a new nuclear visual culture at once utopian and terrifying.

Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - Bram Vanhoutte

12:00 - 13:00 14 April 2015
The Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this instalment of this series, which is held at lunchtime, Bram Vanhoutte…

Post-translational processing of the LDL receptor: novel approaches to plasma cholesterol regulation

12:00 - 13:00 14 April 2015
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Seminar Series - Donald Ward and Joy Wang

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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