Life and Environmental Sciences News and Events Back to 'Life and Environmental Sciences' The human brain works backwards to retrieve memories DescriptionWhen we remember a past event, the human brain reconstructs that experience in reverse order, according to a new study at the University of Birmingham.Date:14/01/2019 Bioscientists win prestigious awards from the Society of Experimental Biology (SEB) DescriptionDr Daniel Gibbs and Dr Iain Johnston have both been awarded the President's Medal by the SEB, which is awarded annually to young scientists of outstanding merit.Date:08/01/2019 Forget-me-not: Scientists pinpoint memory mechanism in plants DescriptionPlant scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham have unravelled a mechanism that enables flowering plants to sense and 'remember' changes in their environment.Date:21/12/2018 Morning lark or night owl? How our body clocks affect our mental and physical performance DescriptionOur body clocks actually effect how well a person performs on both mental and physical tasks: Research Fellow Dr Elise Facer-Childs writes for The Conversation.Date:18/12/2018 Measuring speed of mental replay of movies reveals new insights into how we access memories DescriptionResearchers have discovered that 'fully detailed' memories are stored in the brain, but people access this information at different speeds and levels of detail, with people accessing memories 'forward' that is recalling older information first.Date:18/12/2018 Grant awarded to Birmingham for research into shipping emissions DescriptionScientists at the University of Birmingham have been awarded £1.6M by the Natural Environment Research Council to lead a project investigating shipping emissions in the Arctic and North Atlantic atmosphere.Date:14/12/2018 Grant awarded to Birmingham for research into shipping emissions DescriptionScientists at the University of Birmingham have been awarded £1.6M by the Natural Environment Research Council to lead a project investigating shipping emissions in the Arctic and North Atlantic atmosphere.Date:13/12/2018 Innovative DNA recovery techniques could help victims catch rapists in Kenya Description"The self-administered DNA kits we're designing would make it possible to obtain valuable DNA evidence when there are no other means of doing so." Dr Heather Flowe, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, co-authors this piece for The ConversationDate:04/12/2018 Two GEES academics named in global Highly Cited Researchers 2018 List DescriptionProfessor Roy Harrison OBE FRS, and Professor Iseult Lynch PhD, MBA are amongst the most influential researchers as determined by their peers around the globe. Eight academics from Birmingham appear on this year's list.Date:30/11/2018 Autumn train timetables - a leafy subject DescriptionFor railway commuters across England and Wales, December brings to an end the annual 'Leaf fall timetables' and the regular announcements of 'leaves on the line' causing delays.Date:30/11/2018 Displaying 1 to 10 of 344 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next Events LES Lecture Series Date17/09/2018 - 29/04/2019Location: Biosciences Building - Undercroft (R27 on campus map)DescriptionThis is a Series of events run by the College of Life and Environmental Sciences for the University of BirminghamCategories: Lectures Talks and Workshops Visualizing the built structure of places: tools for analysis, critique and design Date23/01/2019Location: Chamberlain Room - Cadbury Research Library - Muirhead TowerDescriptionPart of the Urban Morphology Research Seminar Series. Speaker: Karl Kropf, Oxford Brookes UniversityCategories: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research Inaugural Lecture: The Rise of Dinosaurs Date24/01/2019Location: WG05 Lecture Theatre - Aston Webb Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionDinosaurs are the most familiar of all extinct animals, but how, when and why did they rise to dominate the world of the Mesozoic? We are delighted to present the inaugural lecture of Richard Butler, Professor of Palaeobiology.Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences Birmingham Leading Thinkers Lecture: Professor Jim Skea Date28/01/2019Location: Arts Building Main Lecture Theatre (Room 120)Description"The United Nations IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C: Implications and what comes next" with Professor Jim Skea, Co-Chair United Nations IPCC GP III (mitigation).Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences Psychology Joint Seminar: Dr Juulia Paavonen and Dr Donna Littlewood Date30/01/2019Location: Hills 120DescriptionThis is a joint CHBH and IMh seminar.Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences Green belts and urban growth patterns: past, present and future Date06/02/2019Location: Chamberlain Room - Cadbury Research Library - Muirhead TowerDescriptionPart of the Urban Morphology Research Seminar Series. Speaker: Charles Goode, University of Birmingham - Wednesday 6 February (1400-15.30)Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences IMH Lunchtime Seminar: Dr Sarah-Jane Fenton and Dr Karen Newbigging: Comparing complex cases in health settings Date11/02/2019Location: muirhead 420DescriptionThis is the November lunchtime seminar for the IMH.Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences A methodological framework for defining typological process Date20/02/2019Location: Chamberlain Room - Cadbury Research Library - Muirhead TowerDescriptionPart of the Urban Morphology Research Seminar Series. Speaker: Fei Chen, University of Liverpool - Wednesday 20 February (1400-15.30)Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences Displaying 1 to 8 of 12 Previous 1 2 Next