Life and Environmental Sciences News and Events Back to 'Life and Environmental Sciences' Nature contact in prison DescriptionVery strong opinions are held about what is 'appropriate' in prison and could nature help prisonersDate:12/09/2019 Top doctors release new guidance on how to stay fit and healthy DescriptionThe UK's top doctors are recommending over-65s take up dancing, bowls or even activities like tai chi to help stave off injury and illness in old age.Date:11/09/2019 Predatory bacteria attack initiation mechanism revealed in new study DescriptionScientists have unravelled the attack initiation mechanism used by so-called 'predatory bacteria', which are capable of invading and killing harmful bugs including E. coli or Salmonella.Date:09/09/2019 'Follow the leader' mentality a hallmark of gang rape DescriptionPhysically violent rapes by multiple perpetrators are most frequently carried out by groups in which a strong leader is able to influence the behaviour of followers, new research shows.Date:16/08/2019 New study shows impact of largescale tree death on carbon storage DescriptionLargescale 'disturbances', including fires, harvesting, windstorms and insect outbreaks, which kill large patches of forest, are responsible for more than a tenth of tree death worldwide, new research shows.Date:12/08/2019 Course helps teachers understand the impact of social media on young people's health and wellbeing DescriptionAn online course designed to help teachers better understand young people's uses of social media and how it influences their health and wellbeing is being launched at the University of Birmingham.Date:08/08/2019 Young Investigator Award Success at ECSS DescriptionCiara O'Brien and Grace Tidmarsh, PhD students within SportExR, won prizes in the highly competitive Young Investigator Awards competition at the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) Congress in Prague this month.Date:30/07/2019 New Chair of BIFoR Announced DescriptionIn January 2020, Professor Rob Jackson will join the University of Birmingham as the Chair in Tree Pathology in the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR).Date:30/07/2019 New Chair of BIFoR Announced DescriptionNew Chair of BIFoR at The University of Birmingham AnnouncedDate:29/07/2019 IMI Summer School DescriptionThis week, 25 16 and 17 olds will be at the University of Birmingham, sampling what it's like to study and work in a laboratory at the Institute of Microbiology and Infection (IMI) Summer School.Date:22/07/2019 Displaying 1 to 10 of 393 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next Events 'The sequencing singularity: microbiology goes digital!' - The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Nick Loman Date09/10/2019Location: Lapworth Museum - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionInaugural Lecture by Nick Loman. The sequencing singularity: microbiology goes digital!Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research IMH Lunchtime Seminar - Dr Sarah Cassidy Date14/10/2019Location: Edgbastion Campus, Venue to be confirmedDescriptionWe are pleased to invite you to the next instalment of our IMH Lunchtime Seminar Series on Monday 14 October 2019 led by guest speaker Dr Sarah Cassidy from the University of Nottingham.Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences 'Measuring the masses in the 21st Century: from mass spectrometry to metabolism' - The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Warwick Dunn Date16/10/2019Location: Lapworth Museum - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionThe Inaugural Lecture of Professor Warwick Dunn -'Measuring the masses in the 21st Century: from mass spectrometry to metabolism'Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research Displaying 1 to 3 of 3