Exhibitions, Seminar

A Stone's Throw

18 April - 17 July 2016
In this photographic exhibition, Manchester photographer John Shinnick has captured the words and voices of people who interact with the centre of Manchester, a metaphorical stone’s…

Climate Control

11 May - 18 September 2016
We hear about climate change on the news and in the newspapers. Climate change is happening all around us, but this isn’t the time to ignore it, it’s the time to get really, really,…

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…

Manchester Pharmacy School Seminar Series 2015/16

12:30 - 14:00 11 July 2016
'''Host:''' Manchester Pharmacy School Presentation title: To be confirmed Speaker: Prof Helen Osborn The seminar series held in MPS is primarily designed to be of interest to staff…

MCCIR AZ/GSK Update Seminar

15:30 - 16:30 11 July 2016
Identifying immunological biomarkers to predict treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis Ben Mulhearn Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease, affecting 5…

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…

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…

Consumer data for big data research: An introduction to data, services and research from the Consumer Data Research Centre

09:30 - 13:30 12 July 2016
Consumer data is a key source of new and novel data or “Big data”. Data previously available only within businesses are increasingly becoming available for researchers to use. These…

SGTA and protein quality control/The role of CLK-1 during embryonic development in C. elegans/Cytoplasmic granules harbouring translation factors mRNAs are inherited by the yeast daughter cell

13:30 - 14:30 14 July 2016
This is part of the CCB Spring Seminar Series 2016. Silvia Dalba/Laura Mellor/Mariavittoria Pizzinga, University of Manchester SGTA and protein quality control/ The role of CLK-1…

TIR Seminar Series

13:00 - 14:00 15 July 2016
15th July 2016 - Host: Professor Giulio Cossu *Please Note: This Seminar will be held in Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Seminar: External Guest, Professor Stephen Tapscott Fred Hutchinson…

Courting Controversy? Recent Developments in Health Care Law

13:30 - 19:00 21 July 2016
This afternoon seminar will examine some controversial recent developments in health care law and introduce two new books on law and medicine. Participants will have the opportunity…

HIV infection and stroke: A clinical paradigm and insight into the mechanism of chronic viral infection and stroke

12:30 - 13:30 21 July 2016
You are invited to talk: HIV infection and stroke: A clinical paradigm and insight into the mechanism of chronic viral infection and stroke

HIV infection and stroke: A clinical paradigm and insight into the mechanism of chronic viral infection and stroke

12:30 - 13:30 21 July 2016
Seminar speaker will be from Dr Laura Benjamin, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Neurology, University of Liverpool/Institute of Neurology, UCL Dr. Benjamin's talk will be on 'HIV infection…

Transparent Publishing & Open Science: how to share reproducible data

11:00 - 12:00 26 July 2016
The biosciences are witnessing a rapid growth and diversification of both research data and publications. Research progress depends on reliable and efficient mechanisms to select, quality…

Unfolding Stories: Sketching the Everyday

10:00 26 July - 14:00 1 August 2016
See the everyday world a little differently, with this free exhibition from urban sketcher and award-winning illustrator, Lynne Chapman. The exhibition features over fifty metres of…

A C-procentric view of collagen assembly

14:00 - 15:00 28 July 2016
This is a special seminar within the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research with the Faculty of Life Sciences

Test event

09:00 - 14:30 4 September 2016
Test event

Catch-up cycles and changes in industrial leadership in six industries

12:00 - 13:00 6 September 2016
This paper proposes an explanation of successive changes in industry leadership (which we call catch-up cycles) in which new firms and countries emerge in international leadership of…

Technicians Seminar Series - Stretched to breaking point: elastic fibres and ageing

13:00 - 14:00 7 September 2016
The technician’s seminars are popular and generally well attended, covering a wide range of research topics with FBMH. This event is to promote general interest across faculty and…

Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground

8 September 2016 - 5 March 2017
Painter, poet, actor and sculptor, a man once described as "the only all-round genius most of us are likely to meet," Jeff Nuttall was one of the few people in the early 1960s to publish…

Squish and squeeze – Nuclear mechanics in 3-D cell migration

13:00 - 14:00 8 September 2016
WTCCMR special seminar

China’s new-to-the-world innovation performance and its antecedents: Evidence from international patent statistics

13:00 - 14:00 9 September 2016
How China performs in new-to-the-world innovations and what underpins its performance are barely addressed in the literature on innovations. To develop a systematic account of which…

Developing proposals for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme

10:30 - 13:00 9 September 2016
This seminar is one of a series organised by the NIHR Research Design Service North West (RDS NW) to highlight national funding opportunities for applied health and social care research.…

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