Soapbox Science Newcastle 2018 call for speakers 15.12.17 FV

19 March 2018, University of Leeds

RiDNet is a student-led network of PhD students and early career researchers working in international development and/or conducting social research in developing countries.  The conference is a great opportunity for students and early career researchers to share their experiences, research and methods with industry experts as well as leading academics.

This year, the conference aims to explore the methods and tools used to measure, evaluate and document development, both in the world of academia and in development practice. The conference will focus on three themes:

• Measuring and evaluating development
• Reporting and Documenting Development
• Linking academia and practice

RiDnet welcomes abstracts of papers from PhD students and early career researchers. Please email a 300-word (maximum) abstract to ridnet@leeds.ac.uk by 19 January 2018. Selected applicants will be informed within 3-4 weeks of the closing date. They will be given up to 10 minutes to make a presentation, after which 3-5 minutes will be spent taking questions or discussing.

Academy of Medical Sciences – North East Celebration of Success eflyer

The official flier is attached for the 11th January event Christine Harrison is hosting as the Newcastle champion for the Academy of Medical Sciences

The Programme details are  below, thank you all again for agreeing present at this event.

To book (so we know how many refreshments to order) please use the link in the attached pdf.

Academy of Medical Sciences
Raising Awareness and Celebrating Success
11th January 2018    2-6pm
Baddiley Clark Seminar Room

2.00 pm                Introduction
Professor Sir Doug Turnbull, Professor of Neurology Academy Council Member

2.30 pm                New Fellow to Newcastle:
Professor Brian Walker: “Controlling cortisol in degenerative disease”

3.00-4.00 pm     Springboard Award Holders:
Dr David Llobet-Navas: “Characterizing the miR-424/503 network in breast cancer”

Dr Suzanne Spence: “An evaluation of food choice architecture on food and drink consumption in 11-16y olds in Newcastle: a feasibility study”

4.00-5.00 pm     New Newcastle Fellows:
Professor David Burn: “Walking the wheel the wrong way:  A Clinical Academic’s Story”

Professor Derek Mann: “From a GCSE and A levels disaster story to Dean of Research!”

5.00-6.00pm      Drinks reception

2 EDUBITES 2017_18

The first Faculty Post-Doc Symposium will be held on Friday 15th June 2018 to showcase the outstanding contributions and research of post-doctoral staff across all Institutes.  This is the first symposium of its kind for FMS, organised by the newly-formed Post-Doctoral Committee.

We are delighted to have a keynote talk from Prof. Steve Wilson, Professor of Developmental Genetics at UCL, who will also present a prize for best published paper. Prizes will also be awarded for best talk and for best poster.

Calls for abstracts and papers from any post-doc working or affiliated with any FMS institute will open on Monday 5th December 2017 at 9am, and we wish to invite a wide range of talks to truly demonstrate the diversity of research conducted by post-docs across the Faculty.  Submissions will close on Monday 30th April (Easter Monday) at 5pm.

We have secured generous sponsorship from Promega, Sigma, Invitrogen, Merck, Thermofisher Scientific, New England Biolabs, Diagenode and Active Motif, who will be providing material for goody bags on the day for all attendees as well as sponsorship for poster, talk and paper prizes.

We encourage all Faculty to attend to help us celebrate our fantastic work.

FMSPostDocSymposium2018 Schedule

FMSPostDocSymposium2018 Poster

 will be held 1-2pm next Friday (1 December) in room 1.57, Ridley building 2. The paper which will be presented for discussion by Dr Ellen Tullo, School of Biomedical Sciences is:

Ten Cate, O & Durning, S (2007). Dimensions and psychology of peer teaching in medical education Medical Teacher 29(6):546-52

Lunch will be provided, please sign up using this short form as soon as possible if you plan to attend.

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Click here to see a larger version of the flyer: Annual Lecture advert Newcastle 2017