Research news

 

News

New £3 million Midlands centre to tackle age related ill health

Description
Professor Richard Dawkins will officially launch a new £3 million Midlands centre today (7th November) to establish what goes wrong with our bones, joints, ligaments and muscles as we age, the neural and psychological changes that occur and how diet, exercise and other interventions could help prevent this age-related decline. The MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research is a partnership between the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, one of only two new national centres funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Arthritis Research UK.
Date:
07/11/2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Wounded – the emotional story of two soldiers fighting a century apart

Wounded – the emotional story of two soldiers fighting a century apart
Description
As British military casualties continue to return from the war in Afghanistan, Wounded - an emotional new play by Jenny Stephens - tells the stories of two soldiers, fighting a century apart, but both coping with the aftermath of war. Informed by University research into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, as well as military medical practice in modern conflicts and the First World War, this timely and heart-warming site-specific play takes place at the Territorial Army Field Hospital in Kings Heath, Birmingham from October 30 to November 10.
Date:
30/10/2012
Categories:
Arts and Law, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Professor of Public Engagement in Science Alice Roberts meets three of our closest ancestors

Professor of Public Engagement in Science Alice Roberts meets three of our closest ancestors
Description
Our Professor of Public Engagement in Science, Alice Roberts, fronts a new three-part series on BBC Two. Prehistoric Autopsy will use the latest scientific research to reconstruct our closest human ancestors, bringing us face to face with three of the most iconic members of our prehistoric family: A Neanderthal, a Homo Erectus and an Australopithecus Afarensis.
Date:
19/10/2012
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Hospital mortality rates system 'inadequate'

Description
A brand new study by the University of Birmingham suggests that the system used by the Government to inform key decisions about the performance of NHS hospitals is inadequate.
Date:
17/10/2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

University invests £2 Million for environmental genomics and recruits John Colbourne to lead

University invests £2 Million for environmental genomics and recruits John Colbourne to lead
Description
The University of Birmingham's School of Biosciences announced today the launch of a £2 million (3 million US dollar) research initiative to build genomics and bioinformatics expertise for the emerging field of environmental genomics.
Date:
31/07/2012
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Birmingham scientists win £1m cancer research boost

Birmingham scientists win £1m cancer research boost
Description
Birmingham scientists are leading the way in leukaemia research with a project using state-of-the-art technology to study the function of the entire human genome. The researchers hope to reveal how mutations in genes that are critical to the development of white blood cells trigger these cells into becoming cancer cells.
Date:
31/07/2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

UK energy policy plagued by "sense of drift"

UK energy policy plagued by "sense of drift"
Description
Britain's energy policies are in increasing danger of being paralysed by a growing "sense of drift", the chairman of an influential commission has warned. Lord Hunt of Kings Heath said the UK might risk being unable to deal with "formidable challenges" if it fails to decide upon a clear direction in the near future.
Date:
23/03/2012
Categories:
Research

Raising awareness of the brain

Description
It is becoming ever more important to understand how the brain works, in health and in disease. Top scientists and students from across the University of Birmingham are organising a series of events to engage public understanding of neuroscience - Brain Awareness Week.
Date:
13/03/2012
Categories:
Arts and Law, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Teaching
Displaying 9 to 16 of 69
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next