Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

3rd Annual MaRMN Symposium

12:00 - 17:00 22 February 2019
The next MaRMN Symposium has been scheduled for the afternoon of Friday 22nd February 2019 and will run from 12noon – 5pm. Our plenary speaker is Paul Riley from University of Oxford;…

Jeff Hughes: A Celebration

10:00 - 17:30 22 February 2019
A one-day meeting to celebrate the life and work of Dr Jeff Hughes (1965-2018) as a scholar, teacher, mentor and friend. The meeting will include short talks on current research in…

Seminar: Biochemical and biomechanical interplay in breast cancer progression

13:00 - 14:00 22 February 2019
The extra-cellular matrix (ECM) is a source of biochemical and biomechanical influences that direct cell proliferation and fate. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the interplay…

CANCELLED Global Health research in childhood neurodevelopment and neuroscience

12:00 - 17:00 25 February 2019
Due to ill health this lecture has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience. Professor Jonathan Green will be speaking about Global Health Research in childhood neurodevelopment…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series

15:30 - 17:00 5 March 2019
Dr Nicola Ray, Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University will give a talk entitled Neuroimaging metrics of cholinergic system degeneration for understanding neurodegenerative…

World Healthcare Congress 2019

09:00 5 - 18:00 7 March 2019
The World of Healthcare is coming to Manchester, on the 5, 6 & 7 March. Are you interested in the future of health and social care? The World Healthcare Europe Congress will bring…

DNEP External Seminar Series - next talk - Wednesday 6th March

6 March 2019
The next DNEP External Seminar will be hosted by Deborah Talmi. It will take place on Wednesday 6th March, 13.00 - 14.00, Lecture Theatre C, Zochonis Building Speaker: Dr. Pascale…

Information meeting on Master’s in History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Science Communication, or Medical Humanities

14:00 - 16:00 6 March 2019
The Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) at the University of Manchester in the UK will be holding an event for potential Master’s students on Wednesday…

International Women's Day: Balance For Better

13:00 - 15:00 6 March 2019
Join us as Dr Jess Wade, scientist and equality campaigner, visits The University of Manchester to give a public talk as part of our International Women’s Day celebrations. Jess tirelessly…

Healthcare Heroes – Inspiring Futures

09:30 - 13:00 7 March 2019
Target age group: Years 10-12 Hear from inspiring graduates and staff from our healthcare related courses who have taken an unusual career path or achieved something remarkable in…

Targeting the Hyaluronan-Based Extracellular Matrix to Reverse Neurodegenerative Disease

13:00 - 14:00 7 March 2019
The glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan (HA) is elevated in the central nervous system (CNS) following a number of insults including neurodegenerative diseases. We have found that this HA…

Fabiola Creed - ‘The Body Programme for the Positive Woman’: Sunbed Consumers and Affluence (Liverpool, 1978-1980)'

13:00 - 14:00 12 March 2019
As individuals in the twenty-first century, we often assume that current stereotypes of the sunbed user (i.e., working class young women and homosexual men) match the same demographics…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 12 March 2019
Dr Paul Mullins will give a talk entitled Towards a theory of fMRS: Theoretical and practical issues.

Master’s Information Day – Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

14:00 - 16:00 13 March 2019
This event is for you to find out more about our courses, whether you have already applied to us or if you are just considering a master’s course. '''Timetable''' ''2.00 – 2.30''…

MRC Come & See Marc Abrahams - Improbable research & the Ig Nobel Prizes

15:30 - 17:00 13 March 2019
Improbable research & the Ig Nobel Prizes 4-5pm (coffee & cake from 3.30) The MRC Come & See has invited a renowned keynote speaker from the US: Ig Nobel founder Marc Abrahams. The…

Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research - Monday 18 March 2019

13:00 - 14:00 18 March 2019
Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research Date: Monday 18 March 2019 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Katie Druce and Belay Birlie Yimer– “Waking…

Instruments of Change

19 March 2019 - 31 December 2020
Instruments of Change is an exhibition that showcases objects from the Beswick Collection at the Museum of Medicine and Health, telling the stories of the people of Manchester whose…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series 2019

15:30 - 17:00 19 March 2019
Dr Karin Shmueli, Associate Professor at University College London will give a talk entitled MRI Susceptibility Mapping: What, Why and How? Applications mainly in the Brain

Women and Wikipedia

12:00 - 14:00 20 March 2019
The School of Health Sciences is hosting a workshop on 'Women and Wikipedia' as part of the Faculty's International Women's Day celebrations. Come and join us for a couple of hours…

Maternal and Fetal Health Grand Rounds - 'The Artificial Womb' - Speaker John Aplin

13:00 - 14:00 26 March 2019
MFH Grand Rounds, normally on TUESDAYS at 1.00 pm (unless indicated otherwise) held in the Multifunction Meeting Room AB, 5th Floor, St Mary's Hospital : Speaker: John…

MCRC Director's Lecture: Professor Ashok Venkitaraman

16:15 - 17:15 27 March 2019
Join Professor Rob Bristow at the Oglesby Cancer Research Building for the next seminar in his MCRC Director's Lecture series. Title: "Intervention in cancer through the tumour suppressive…

Mentoring: What's In It For Me?

12:00 - 14:00 27 March 2019
The School of Medical Sciences is hosting a workshop on mentoring as part of International Women's Day celebrations. What is mentoring? Is it helpful? Why become a mentor? How do…

CMB&RM Seminar: David Beech "Piezo1 mechano-sensor in vascular physiology and disease"

13:00 - 14:00 29 March 2019
In mammals the sensing of blood flow is pivotal for embryonic maturation and adult physiology and disease. How this sensing occurs has been surprisingly difficult to decipher. We have…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series

15:30 - 17:00 2 April 2019
Danka Jandric, PhD candidate at the University of Manchester will give a talk entitled Functional Connectivity with Resting State fMRI

Digital Health Seminar: Dr Pratap Kumar

11:00 - 12:00 18 April 2019
Join the Health eResearch Centre for the latest in their series of Digital Health Seminars. Title: Frugal innovation in health systems technology in LMIC settings Speaker: Dr Pratap…

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