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CDS Seminar Series : Dr Shalini Gautam | Counterfactual choices and social judgements in children 23Apr
CDS Seminar Series : Professor Rhodri Cusack | Using Neuroimaging and Deep Learning to Understand Brain Development in Helpless Young Infants 25Apr
Dr Sarah Williams - Techniques to improve stress optimisation for better mental health and wellbeing 29Apr
Athletes' beliefs about elite sporting events can trigger negative responses 25 July 2022 As athletes prepare physically and technically for the Commonwealth Games, it is important that they also prepare well psychologically as the pressure mounts.
University of Birmingham welcomes GAPS Programme athletes ahead of Birmingham 2022 21 July 2022 More than 30 para-athletes have been training at the University of Birmingham as part of the GAPS Programme.
University’s Queen’s Batonbearers announced 21 July 2022 The University of Birmingham’s Queen’s Batonbearers for the England route of the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay have been announced.
Paralympic Athletes call for major revisions to tackle doping 21 July 2022 Concerns from international para-athletes and personnel raised over the integrity of para-sports
Poxvirus proteins enable early strike on immune defences 15 July 2022 Pox viruses are able to get a head start on infecting a host by delivering a package of proteins that directly interferes with the body’s innate immune system.
Action of drug compounds in tissue revealed by new technique 14 July 2022 A new technique that can analyse how drug molecules bind to proteins in tissue samples could offer an improved route to drug discovery and development.
Helping accelerate transition to safe and sustainable materials, products and processes 13 July 2022 University of Birmingham part of a major initiative to accelerate the transition to safe and sustainable materials, products and processes.
Professor James McDonald to join the University of Birmingham 11 July 2022 In September 2022, James McDonald will join the University of Birmingham as Professor of Microbial Ecology.
Keeping 1.5 degrees alive 30 June 2022 We know that we must keep global temperature increase to below 1.5⁰C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
A global observatory is needed to understand how global change is transforming our forests 20 June 2022 Leading forest researchers from around the world are calling for a global forest observatory to provide much-needed data on forest eco-services.