Category Archives: Past Events

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5th June 2017 – Mersey Gateway

Posted on March 17, 2017 by KevinG

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 →

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29th May 2017 – Lions Centenary Fair

Posted on March 15, 2017 by jrsee

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 →

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8th May 2017 – Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) System

Posted on March 14, 2017 by mobligit

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 →

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3rd April 2017 – Genes Regulating Ageing

Posted on March 7, 2017 by mobligit

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 →

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6th March 2017 – Gravitational Waves

Posted on February 22, 2017 by mobligit

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 →

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6th February 2017 – Farming & Agri-business

Posted on February 6, 2017 by KevinG

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 →

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