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"How can mathematical modelling help us understand gene expression dynamics"

13:30 - 14:30 27 October 2016
Gene Expression, Chromatin and Signalling Autumn Seminar Programme Andrew Sharrocks

'Pick your nose' workshop and photo booth

14:00 - 16:00 27 October 2016
Come in to the Library and be nosey! Make your own dream nose in this fun workshop inspired by Gaspare Tagliacozzi, a 16th century pioneer of reconstructive surgery. Pose in our…

Arthur Lewis Annual Lecture: The Enemy between Us - The Psychological and Social Costs Of Inequality

18:00 - 19:00 27 October 2016
We are delighted to announce that Professor Kate Pickett of Epidemiology in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York will be delivering our annual public lecture.…

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…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 28 September - 13:55 23 November 2016
1.05pm, Wednesday 28 September – Wednesday 23 November 2016 (Apart from Wed 2 Nov) This autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for…

Capturing Science: Images Past and Present

22 September 2016 - 29 January 2017
A picture is worth a thousand words and captures a moment in time. Manchester is European City of Science throughout 2016 and to celebrate this, we are sharing a selection of our science…

Create Paper Moths

27 October 2016
Get crafty with the Creative Crew from Stanley Grove and find out more about their Big Draw project, create paper moths to share, keep or treasure. Drop in, free, all ages

CTIS Seminar: Dr Ting Guo, Exeter University, "New Knowledge, Better Knowledge?: Translating Homosexuality into Chinese in Republican China (1911-1945)"

14:00 - 15:30 27 October 2016
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. J. Keith Elliot (Leeds), ‘Novum Testamentum editum est’: The Five-Hundredth Anniversary of Erasmus’s New Testament'

14:00 - 16:00 27 October 2016
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute…

History Research Seminar: Philippa Hetherington (UCL) on ‘Imperial Humanitarianism and Transnational Affect in Russian Campaigns Against the International “Traffic in Women,” 1880-1914’

16:15 - 17:30 27 October 2016
History Research Seminar: Philippa Hetherington (UCL, School of Slavonic and East European Studies), ‘Imperial Humanitarianism and Transnational Affect in Russian Campaigns Against…

Homeless Sculpture

10:00 - 17:00 27 October 2016
How to break the isolation of the sculptural object? Sculpture in the modern and post-modern periods has been characterized by its homelessness. Although developments within site-specific…

Idris Khan

14 October 2016 - 13 March 2017
British contemporary artist Idris Khan's new solo exhibition. Idris Khan draws inspiration from the history of art, music, philosophy and theology, laying and manipulating images and…

Imagining Medicine

14 October - 22 December 2016
Hammers, vacuum cleaners and duck beaks: see how 16th and 17th century surgical procedures have been reimagined through the photography of Dr Sian Bonnell. Bonnell's photographs take…

In a Land of Gods and Monsters: Images of Heaven and Hell in Silius Italicus

16:55 - 18:30 27 October 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Interdisciplinary workshop on water, technology and the nation-state

10:00 27 - 18:00 28 October 2016
This two-day workshop will bring together over 30 researchers from around the world who are contributing to advance the scholarly understanding of the complex and often hidden connection…

Joseph Houston (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 27 October 2016
Exploring extremes of stasis and frantic motion, this programme combines movements from Debussy’s seminal Préludes with more recent works, including a brand new piece by British composer…

Leandro Carvalho (University of Southern California)

16:15 - 17:45 27 October 2016
Heterogeneous Effects of Education on Health Silvia Helena Barcellos, Leandro Carvalho and Patrick Turley Abstract Education and health have been shown to be strongly associated in…

Manchester Museum: Late for Manchester Science Festival

18:00 - 21:00 27 October 2016
Enjoy a late-night view of the museum with the launch of vision technology-inspired project Ocular Bionica and an after-hours look at the Animal Kingdoms exhibition. You can also take…

Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael

30 September 2016 - 23 April 2017
This exhibition features the work of one of the radical originators and innovators of the European tradition of printmaking, Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-c. 1534). Marcantonio was…

Mondays: Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth

10:30 18 July - 12:30 19 December 2016
Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth. Try these workshops – led by artists, dancers and musicians – and let your toddler discover, explore, create and play. Each Monday:…

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…

NEW SCULPTURE

22 October 2016 - 12 June 2017
This exhibition presents a dynamic selection of contemporary sculpture recently acquired by the Whitworth. Spanning the last 25 years, the exhibition offers an eclectic journey through…

Oct Half Term Activities: Animal Prints

11:00 24 - 16:00 28 October 2016
Be inspired by rare animals and plants and create an animal print of your own to take away. Visit our new exhibition ‘Extinction or Survival?’ on floor G. From the Dodo to the Giant…

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…

Printing press demonstration: amputation and regeneration

11:30 - 11:50 27 October 2016
Watch our Columbian Printing Press in action; heralded as one of history’s greatest inventions discover the impact the printing press had on our society and how it revolutionised the…

Social Anthropology Visit of Niko Besnier - Simon Visiting Professor - Seminar

16:00 - 18:00 27 October 2016
Social Anthropology Visit of Niko Besnier Simon Visiting Professor 23 Oct – 13 Nov. 2016 Niko Besnier is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is…

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.…

Visit of Niko Besnier - Simon Visiting Professor

23 October - 13 November 2016
Social Anthropology Visit of Niko Besnier Simon Visiting Professor 23 Oct – 13 Nov. 2016 Niko Besnier is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is…

Webinar: Big Data and Social Research Ethics

15:00 - 16:00 27 October 2016
Big data is everywhere - or at least it seems to be. It may seem that all social research is now devoted to big data in various forms: social media, administrative data, transaction…

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