Lectures and seminars

Collaborate Seminar Series: BBSRC IPA Case Study: Prof Simon Luckman with Eli Lilly 'IPA: Anorectic Signalling by the Central GDF15/GFRAL System'

12:00 - 13:00 24 February 2020
This 30 minute presentation will provide focus on the scheme and application process, the industry-academic collaboration behind the project and the benefits emerging from it. After…

The Coevolution of Industry Architecture, Geography, and Innovation in Mobile Phone Manufacturing, 1992-2012

15:30 - 16:30 24 February 2020
We examine the shifting geography and architecture of the mobile handset industry over the entire ‘outsourcing era,’ leveraging data on virtually every significant supply relationships…

Advances in Biosciences Seminar: TGF-B superfamily signalling - an exploration in space and time - Caroline Hill, Francis Crick Institute

15:00 - 16:00 25 February 2020
Advances in Biosciences Seminar: TGF-B superfamily signalling - an exploration in space and time Caroline Hill, Francis Crick Institute Host: Hilary Ashe

IHPO/CPCHSR seminar: Dimitra Petrakaki: The invisible and emotional nature of moderation work in digital health platforms

14:00 - 15:00 25 February 2020
Please join us at the seminar, co-hosted by IHPO and Centre for Primary Care on 25 February 2020 in Williamson Building, seminar room1 (5th floor) 2-3pm. Speaker: Dr Dimitra Petrakaki…

Jana De Wiljes - Sequential learning via a combined reinforcement learning and data assimilation ansatz for decision support

12:00 - 13:00 25 February 2020
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: In many applicational…

Kyle Pratt (Oxford) - Number Theory Seminar Series

15:00 25 February 2020
Join us for this research seminar, part of the Number Theory Seminar Series.

Macro Seminar - Mishel Ghassibe (Oxford)

16:00 - 17:00 25 February 2020
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Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 25 February 2020
Manchester Neuroimaging seminar series Dr Bo Yao will give a talk entitled 'The Neural Mechanisms of Inner Speech'

A temperate deciduous forest Free-Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) facility – results from seasons 0, 1, 2 (& 3) of 10

13:00 - 14:00 26 February 2020
Prof Rob Mackenzie, University of Birmingham, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. The land carbon sink is calculated to be the most…

Shreyas Mandre - Physical Applied Mathematics Seminar

14:00 - 14:50 26 February 2020
Shreyas Mandre (Warwick) joins us for the Physical Applied Mathematics Series.

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14:00 - 15:00 26 February 2020
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15:00 - 16:00 26 February 2020
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The Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture 2020 POSTPONED

18:00 - 20:00 26 February 2020
POSTPONED POSTPONED POSTPONED Unfortunately, the Arthur Lewis lecture has been postponed and will no longer be held on the 26 February. We will be in touch with further details…

CMI Seminar by Dr James Laurence (UoM) "Together and Apart: the Dynamics of Ethic Diversity, Segregation and Social Cohesion among Young People and Adults"

15:00 - 16:00 27 February 2020
The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes James Laurence from The University of Manchester who will be speaking on the topic: Together and Apart: the Dynamics of Ethic Diversity, Segregation…

CoDE Seminar: Diane Abbott, misogynoir and the politics of Black British feminism

12:00 - 13:00 27 February 2020
This seminar presents Dr Lisa Palmer's paper that argues that we cannot understand the acute intensification of white supremacist politics in contemporary Britain without paying close…

CTIS Seminar: Computer-aided Literary Translation: An Opportunity, Not a Threat

14:00 - 15:30 27 February 2020

Ehrhardt Seminar: Caroline Kaye (Manchester Metropolitan University) ‘What's Luke got to do with it? Relating the disputation as portrayed in painting to its textual origins’

14:00 - 16:00 27 February 2020
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

Introduction to the Lattice Lightsheet Microscope

12:00 - 13:00 27 February 2020
Introductory seminar on the use of The Lattice Lightsheet Microscope

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14:30 - 15:30 27 February 2020
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Karin Baur: Interactions between Algebra and Geometry - Pure Mathematics Colloquium

15:00 - 16:00 28 February 2020
Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics are closely linked. Starting from classical theorems by Pythagoras and Ptolemy we will discuss the combinatorics of triangulations of surfaces. This…

Robbie Bancroft and Xiaobo Liu - Informal Applied Mathematics Seminar

15:00 - 16:00 28 February 2020
The Informal Applied Mathematics seminar will continue with a double bill from Robbie Bancroft and Xiaobo Liu. Talks will take place in Frank Adams 2 (next to the Alan Turing Building's…

Evaluating the impact of R&D grants and R&D tax credits on firms’ R&D and economic performance: Is there a difference between indigenous and foreign-owned firms?

15:30 - 16:30 2 March 2020
This research evaluates the impact of R&D grants, R&D tax credits and a policy mix of these instruments on firm-level R&D and economic performance, focusing on the difference between…

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