A list of all SciBar events in reverse chronological order

4th September 2017 – Building Biological Batteries

This topic will be presented by Nick Fowler, a Biophysics PhD student at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. In Nick’s own words: “Nature has had billions of years to evolve the various life processes that constitute life. As a result, these continue reading
3rd July 2017 – Laboratory Support in Poisoning

Laboratory Support in Poisoning – a Clinical Toxicologist’s View Dr Ian D Watson MSc PhD FRCPath FACB FIBMS DipMedTech CSci EurSpLM MCMI Retired Consultant Clinical Biochemist Dr Watson will give a presentation on ‘Laboratory Support in Poisoning’. This will cover an historical perspective, the continue reading
21st June 2017 – Lymm Dam Geology Walk

Leader Fred Owen gathered a group of SciBarians at the Lymm Dam car park for a briefing on the geological history of the area. He explained that Lymm is situated in the centre of the northern part of the Cheshire continue reading
5th June 2017 – Mersey Gateway

Keith Bold will tell the story of one of the largest construction projects in the UK. Work started on the Mersey Gateway Project on 7th May 2014 and in autumn 2017 a new six lane toll bridge over the Mersey continue reading
29th May 2017 – Lions Centenary Fair

The photo above is from a previous big rocket event, held as part of Playday, organized by Friends of the Moor. Please note that Friends of the Moor have said they will NOT be running Playday this year. Update (June 2nd): continue reading
8th May 2017 – Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) System

Andy Canterbury is the business development manager for MC Diagnostics, a small company based in St Asaph, North Wales and they have developed a DNA microarray platform for medical diagnostic testing; the primary application being HLA typing. Andrew has an continue reading
3rd April 2017 – Genes Regulating Ageing

Genes Regulating Ageing and the Quest for Immortality Dr. Joao Pedro de Magalhaes, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool. Hundreds of genes are now known to regulate ageing and have been shown to increase longevity by up continue reading
6th March 2017 – Gravitational Waves

One of our own Knutsford SciBar members, Dr Ian Duerdoth, has agreed to talk to us this month. Ian says: “I’ll outline our understanding of gravity, firstly as discovered by the brilliance of Newton and then extended by the genius continue reading
6th February 2017 – Farming & Agri-business

It’s two for the price of one at next month’s SciBar, when the joint presenters will be Anthony Clarkson, a local arable farmer, farming over a thousand acres in Cheshire and providing services (spraying etc.) to other local farmers, and continue reading
9th January 2017 – Hinkley Point Technology

Carolyn Alsop has worked for 30 years as a nuclear engineer. She now works for AMEC Foster Wheeler based at Booths Hall. For the past 6 years she has been working with EDF on the Hinkley Point design. Her talk continue reading
5th December 2016 {No Meeting}

No meeting was held this month continue reading
7th November 2016 – Big Data

Big Data – The Revolution That Will Change All Of Our Lives Dr Al Dosseter of MedChemica talked with us about “Big Data”, why it is a new buzz term thrown around in the Media and why we should care. Al explained continue reading