Lectures and seminars

Communication, collaboration and warfare in the filamentous fungus, Neurospora crassa

14:00 - 15:00 24 March 2016
Manchester Fungal Infection Group Seminar - Host: Professor Nick Read

Cyclooxygenase-dependent tumour growth through evasion of immunity

12:00 - 13:00 24 March 2016
MIG Seminar Series

Research Claims and Interpretative Contexts

13:00 - 14:00 24 March 2016
This seminar with be presented by Professor Bryan Fanning, Simon and Hallsworth visiting professor at the University of Manchester in the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (Code). Andrew…

Plant immune receptors: dissection, diversity and deployment

16:00 - 17:00 30 March 2016
Part of the 'Leaders in Science Seminar Series 2016' Further details available soon

Role of highly oligomeric organising centres in the regulation of inflammatory signalling

12:00 - 13:00 31 March 2016
MIG Seminar Series

Hypothalamic nutrient-sensing and the control of energy balance

12:00 - 13:00 5 April 2016
CMD Seminar Series - Joy Wang and Donald Ward. Host: Simon Luckman

Improved CRISPR editing using chemically-modified crRNA:tracrRNA complexes

14:00 - 15:00 5 April 2016
Mark Behlke runs the CRISPR research programme for Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT). He will discuss the latest developments and products relevant to anyone interested in using CRISPR technology in their research

Redox Regulation of Chondrocyte Integrin Signaling and Osteoarthritis

13:00 - 14:00 6 April 2016
Richard is Director of Basic and Translational Research in the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Abstract : Osteoarthritis results from degradation…

'Living the Weather: a study in the socio-atmospherics of everyday life' - BSA conference stream plenary

09:30 - 10:30 7 April 2016
Professor Jennifer Mason is giving the plenary session of the Families and Relationships stream at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference, held at Aston University, 6-8 April 2016.

Celebrating Research Success in FLS Seminar - “Stitching up holes in epithelial sheets.”

15:00 - 16:00 8 April 2016
The next seminar in the ‘Celebrating Research Success’ series will be given by Dr Tom Millard who is a member of the Developement Research Theme. The seminar is scheduled to take place…

HCRI Speaker Series: Fundraising and campaigning: Insights and experiences

16:00 - 18:00 11 April 2016
This event has two speakers who will talk about fundraising and campaigning in large organisations. They will highlight their experiences and personal, ethical, practical and logistical…

MCCIR AZ/GSK Update Seminar

15:30 - 16:30 11 April 2016
The next MCCIR AZ/GSK Update Seminar is on Monday the 11th of April 2016 3.30 - 4.30pm in the Michael Smith Lecture Theatre The topics are: The impact of substrate rigidity on NK…

Open Science communication and the academic super user

13:00 - 14:00 11 April 2016
Open science is about the sharing of research knowledge and transparency in the research process. Along with major funding councils’ open access policy and data policy, open science…

Social Anthropology Seminar - 11th of April 2016 - Professor Peter Gow (University of St Andrews)

16:00 - 18:00 11 April 2016
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 11th April 2016 Professor Peter Gow – University of St Andrews “The Ghosts of Neighbouring Peoples : On the Freudian concept of the uncanny” …

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Social connections and health in older adults: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

16:00 - 17:30 12 April 2016
Abstract: Social connections play an important role in health and well-being across the life course. As individuals age, they experience a number of changes to their social networks…

Humour and the History of Science

16:00 - 17:00 12 April 2016
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminar Series Feb-May 2016. CHSTM seminars will be held fortnightly on Tuesdays at 4pm in Room 2.57 Simon Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester,…

miRNA signature and novel drug targets in pulmonary hypertension

12:00 - 13:00 12 April 2016
CMD Seminar Series - Joy Wang and Donald Ward. Host: Alison Gurney

The geographies of man: mapping tribal 'landscapes' in nineteenth century India - Cam Sharp Jones (University of Manchester)

13:00 - 14:00 12 April 2016
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…

Who put the phase delay in? And why size matters. Looking at connectivity during the development and growth of the Drosophila motor network.

15:30 - 17:00 12 April 2016
We are trying to understand how those parts of the nervous system develop that generate behaviour. Working with the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, allows us to tap into a rich repertoire…

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