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Paintings Made with Iridescent Nanopaints Change Color on the Spot

Description
The work of School of Biosciences Artist in residence Franziska Schenk has been featured online by Scientific American. Fraziska's work is concerned with the complex interrelationship between humans and the natural world.
Date:
27/04/2012

Be an orangutan for the day with one of our academics

Be an orangutan for the day with one of our academics
Description
Dr Susannah Thorpe is offering you the chance to 'be an orangutan for the day'. As a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biosciences, Susannah's research focuses on the association between animal form function and performance.
Date:
26/04/2012

Biosciences team develops Star Trek 'tricorder'

Description
A team from the University of Birmingham, led by Dr Tim Dafforn of the School of Biosciences, is developing a real-life version of Star Trek medic Dr McCoy's diagnostic marvel, the tricorder, using viruses that behave like spaghetti.
Date:
26/04/2012

Professor Alice Roberts presents at the BGRS Symposium 2012

Professor Alice Roberts presents at the BGRS Symposium 2012
Description
The School of Biosciences was delighted to welcome Professor Alice Roberts, the new Professor of Public Engagement in Science, to present at the Bioscience Graduate Research School (BGRS) Symposium 2012.
Date:
24/04/2012

PhD Studentship in Bioanalytical Chemistry

Description
We seek to attract a PhD candidate of outstanding ability as part of a highly active research program lying at the interface of bioanalytical chemistry and environmental toxicology.
Date:
29/03/2012

Biosciences degree awarded prestigious accreditation

Description
The University of Birmingham has been recognised by the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, as it becomes one of the first universities in the UK to be awarded accreditation for its undergraduate Msci degree course in Biochemistry.
Date:
22/03/2012

Biosciences academic to receive 2013 Colworth Medal

Description
Dr Robin May, Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Lister Fellow at the School of Biosciences, was unanimously chosen by members of the Biochemical Society Awards Committee to be the 2013 recipient of the Colworth Medal.
Date:
06/03/2012
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Pause ! Mark ! Fire ! ; Executing Cellular Differentiation through DNA replication

Date
24/05/2012 (13:00-14:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre 301 - Biosciences Building
Description
Speaker: Dr Jacob Dalgaard, University of Warwick
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

New approaches to treating infections: Innate Defence Regulator and Anti-biofilm peptides

Date
29/05/2012 (13:00-14:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre E102 - Biosciences Building
Description
Speaker: Professor Bob Hancock, University of British Columbia
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

DNA replication, DNA recombination and Genome instability

Date
31/05/2012 (13:00-14:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre 301 - Biosciences Building
Description
Speaker: Dr Tony Carr, University of Sussex
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

APPL&Co: the role of endocytic proteins in signalling and transcriptional regulation

Date
07/06/2012 (13:00-14:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre 301 - Biosciences Building
Description
Speaker: Dr Marta Miaczynska, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Synthetic biology: an integrated approach to building new biological systems

Date
12/06/2012 (13:00-14:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre NG08 - Biosciences Building
Description
Speaker: Geoff Baldwin
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research