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11th September 2023 – Colourful Fungi

Posted on July 8, 2023 by TerryG

Jeanette Maddy will talk about the ways in which fungi present us with colour, how that colour can be useful to them and to us and about some research directions around fungal pigments. Depending on what fungi are available at … Continue reading →

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10th July 2023: Future Medicines – what have we learned from mRNA vaccines?

Posted on June 3, 2023 by jrsee

The Covid vaccines are estimated to have saved 20 million lives since the start of the pandemic. Two of these vaccines used a revolutionary biological approach to generating a medicine rapidly and flexibly (mRNA), and a revolutionary innovation in delivering … Continue reading →

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12th June 2023 – The use of embryonic stem cells in clinical treatments

Posted on February 21, 2023 by TerryG

Sue Kimber is Professor of Stem & Developmental Biology, Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine at the University of Manchester. Her research focusses on how the human embryo develops and the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESc) … Continue reading →

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15th May 2023 – The discovery and development of propofol (“Diprivan”)

Posted on February 20, 2023 by TerryG

Note this session is on the third Monday of the month, a week later than usual because of the Coronation bank holiday on the second Monday. Propofol (marketed as Diprivan) is now a widely used intravenous anaesthetic.  Iain Glen, its … Continue reading →

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17th April 2023 – Coping with Stress

Posted on September 30, 2022 by jrsee

Please note the date for this session. As Easter Monday falls on the 2nd Monday in April, the SciBar session will be on the 3rd Monday. Postponed from October 2022, Dr Clare Jonas returns to describe her study of how … Continue reading →

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13th March 2023 – Materials Challenges in a Nuclear Reactor

Posted on September 28, 2022 by TerryG

Alex Carruthers is a post doctoral researcher in nuclear metallurgy at the University of Manchester. His specialism is analysis of irradiation-induced microsctructural changes in Zirconium alloys. He will talk to us about the challenges of using such materials in a … Continue reading →

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