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A novel role for the Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase 4 protein as a negative regulator of angiogenesis

12:00 - 13:00 22 March 2016
CMD Seminar Series - Joy Wang and Donald Ward. Host: Joy Wang

Astrophotograhy Night at Jodrell Bank

19:30 18 January 2016 - 21:00 18 January 2017
Come along to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre for an informal and fun evening of Astrophotography. You'll enjoy an Introduction to Astrophotography workshop (co-presented by Dr. Ant Holloway…

Ben Rivers

25 February - 22 May 2016
Ben Rivers presents his most ambitious work to date. The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers is Ben Rivers’ most ambitious work to date. Migrating between documentary, fantasy and fable, and…

CoDE seminar Tottenham before and after the riots

13:00 - 14:00 22 March 2016
CoDE welcomes Prof. Bryan Fanning from the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at University College Dublin to the CoDE seminar series. This seminar examines various…

Explorer tour

11:00 - 12:00 22 March 2016
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed

8 October 2015 - 17 April 2016
A groundbreaking exhibition of over 60 animal mummies showing how modern science can help explain this ancient practice. Mummies of jackals, crocodiles, cats and birds are displayed…

Giulio Camillo’s Theatro della sapientia: Theatres of Knowledge in the Early Modern Period

16:00 - 17:00 22 March 2016
This talk will present some initial thoughts on the importance of Logic to understand the different visualisations, and classifications, of knowledge that are found in Giulio Camillo’s…

Globalization, migration and the future of the middle classes

16:30 - 18:00 22 March 2016
Branko Milanovic will discuss recent changes in global income distribution, the creation of a “global middle class”, stagnation of median incomes in the West and propose Kuznets cycles…

Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World

21 January - 21 August 2016
Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. Experience how supernatural forces shaped the lives of everyone from kings and…

New Arrivals

12 March - 20 November 2016
This exhibition brings together a selection of works that have recently been brought into the Whitworth’s collection. Highlighting a contemporary and diverse approach to drawing, they…

Nico Vascellari

25 February - 18 September 2016
Nico Vascellari’s major work, Bus de la Lum draws on the ancient powers of the forest. Light, video and sound explore the legend of a natural cavity located within the woodland of the…

Saving a Century

8 January - 24 March 2016
'Saving a Century', curated by leading architectural historian Gavin Stamp, uses archive photographs and material from over 50 years of the The Victorian Society's fight to save historic…

The Phantoms of Congo River: Photographs by Nyaba Ouedraogo : Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 10 April 2016
Nyaba L. Ouedraogo is a self-taught photographer born in Burkina Faso, and now working and living between Paris and West Africa. The Phantoms of the Congo River is a photography exhibition…

The Study at Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 31 December 2016
Big ideas. Singular collaborations. Strange and wonderful things. Exhibitions and events with some of the most interesting people we know. And somewhere that brings them all together.…

They Said, We Said

11 January - 29 April 2016
?'They Said, We Said' is a collection of artwork produced by members of Pure Studio, an arts facility based in Stockport that helps its members, all of whom have a learning disability,…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

Wallpaper

29 January - 4 September 2016
Continuing the celebration of post-war design this show features highlights from the Whitworth’s collection of 1950s and 60s wallpapers. At the heart of the exhibition are papers from…

Webinar: What is Hive?

15:00 - 16:00 22 March 2016
Hive is a package that works with Hadoop that allows users to manipulate very large datasets. This webinar is intended as an overview of what Hive is and why you might want to learn…

Are effectiveness-based models in danger of collapsing into complexity?

12:00 - 13:00 23 March 2016
Research and Teaching Matters seminar series in Manchester Institute of Education

CLASS Network Conference 2016

12:45 - 16:00 23 March 2016
CLASS Network Conference 2016. Half-day networking meeting for all PSS. Places on the workshops are limited so don’t delay, register today via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/class-netwo…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 23 March 2016
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 23 March 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. Just turn up!

Magic Carpet – Frogs

10:30 - 12:30 23 March 2016
Friday 27 May 2016 Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised…

Research Staff: Perspectives, Opportunities and Support at the University of Manchester

10:00 - 12:00 23 March 2016
This induction workshop is for new research staff from across the University and will signpost them to the wide ranging training and support available to enhance their career and professional…

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 23 March 2016
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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