Lectures and seminars

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…

Accounting seminar by Marc Wouters, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

14:00 - 16:00 13 April 2016
Management accounting R&D cooperation: The case of standards for the calculation of cost-of-ownership in the semiconductor industry

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Martyn Bone (University of Copenhagen), 'Southern Studies/American Studies with/without "the South"'

17:00 - 18:30 13 April 2016
English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Martyn Bone (University of Copenhagen), 'Southern Studies/American Studies with/without 'the South': Morrison, Eggers, Lalami and Literary Geographies of Scale'

Epigenetics, Stem Cells and Cancer

16:00 - 17:00 13 April 2016
Part of the 'Leaders in Science Seminar Series 2016' Further details available soon

Finance seminar by Constantinos Antoniou, Warwick Business School

14:00 - 16:00 13 April 2016
Terrorist Attacks, Analyst Sentiment and Earnings Forecast

Having fun in the classroom – encouraging problem-solving, lateral thinking and teamwork

13:00 - 14:00 13 April 2016
This seminar is part of the Teaching and Learning Seminar Series. The seminar will take place in the Michael Smith Building Lecture Theatre on Wednesday 13 April 2016 from 1-2pm. …

JMCE Seminar - Dr Elizabeth Monaghan - Good Start?

14:00 - 15:00 13 April 2016
You are warmly invited to the next JMCE Seminar: Dr Elizabeth Monaghan (University of Hull) A Good Start? The European Citizens’ Initiative and Participatory Democracy in…

José Peixoto Coelho da Sousa (Manchester): ‘Music and lyrics: a proposal for the teaching of songs in Portuguese as a Foreign Language class.’

17:00 - 18:30 13 April 2016
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese research seminar series.

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 13 April 2016
Daniel Tischer, University of Manchester A networked anatomy of the CDO bubble In the talk I will present our analysis of the emerging CDO market prior to 2008 using a network approach.…

The Global Development Seminar Series 2016 - "Commodification, capitalism and counter-movements: perspectives from South east Asia"

16:30 - 18:00 13 April 2016
The Global Development seminar series bringing together scholars involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion, providing…

To be or not to be... disabled? Disability and identity in modern China - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 13 April 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Sarah Dauncey (University of Nottingham) “To be or not to be... disabled? Disability and identity in modern China”…

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar: Dominique Bourel (CNRS, Paris) - "From Kassa to Manchester and Forward: Alexander Altmann and the Mendelssohn Forschung"

16:00 - 17:30 14 April 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop: Prof Christian Belzil

16:15 - 17:45 14 April 2016
Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop

Ehrhardt Seminar: Philippa Townsend (Edinburgh) - "'From Every Nation': Judaism, Universalism and the Book of Revelation"

14:00 - 16:00 14 April 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Innate Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii: a tale of mice and ment

12:00 - 13:00 14 April 2016
MIG Seminar Series

MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 14 April - Fiona Wollard - University of Southampton - Talk title: Harming your foetus: Pregnancy and difficult deontological distinctions

16:00 - 18:00 14 April 2016
Talk title: Harming your foetus: Pregnancy and difficult deontological distinctions. Abstract: Most contemporary discussion of maternal behaviour treats mothers who fail to act…

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