Tag Archives: biology

8th December 2025 – Fading Fertility

Posted on June 6, 2025 by TerryG

There is a global decline in total fertility rates – that is, the predicted number of children a woman has in her lifetime. Should we be worried? In this talk Dr Michael Carroll, Reader / Associate Professor in Reproductive Science … Continue reading →

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13th October 2025 – The Secret Lives of Pollinators: Myths, Facts, and Flowers

Posted on May 27, 2025 by TerryG

Dr. Jordan Ryder is a senior lecturer in Zoology and a Public Engagement & Involvement Champion for Natural Sciences at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Chester. In May, he spoke at the Knutsford Bee Trail launch event on … Continue reading →

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12th May 2025 – Parkinson’s Disease Research

Posted on April 10, 2025 by jrsee

Our speaker for this event will be Alan Crossman, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy at the University of Manchester. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Physiology and Biochemistry and then a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Southampton University. He took up a … Continue reading →

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14th April 2025 – The Science of Sleep

Posted on February 11, 2025 by TerryG

We’re not just unconscious when we sleep – hear the facts and learn about the latest science Dr Jill McGarry is a Clinical Psychologist with 28 years of NHS experience in psychological support for people with mental health issues. Throughout … Continue reading →

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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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