The Cultural Negotiation of Science (CNoS), Northumbria University are hosting a one-day workshop and an evening event in collaboration with the Biochemical Society and Newcastle University’s Institute for Creative Arts Practice (NICAP) exploring ways of working across the arts and sciences. The workshops builds on the strengths of the CNoS’ existing inter-disciplinary workshop capabilities and the experience of CNoS researchers, such as Dr Louise Mackenzie and Dr Daksha Patel, for example the interdisciplinary artist-led genetic modification workshop: Transformation – Thinking through Making with Life, participatory sound and bio-media workshop: Tentacular Resonances, the perception of medical data capture: Biorhythmic Drawing, visual literacy workshop: The Art of Observation and the recent Bio-Aesth-Ethics mini-masterclass led by Mackenzie as part of ASCUS and Edinburgh University’s Bio Design Lab. The event is intended as a primer for ongoing collaborative relationships, leading to new interdisciplinary ways of working that will inform project-based outcomes. For example, CNoS and IGM (NU) have recently established a new format of art/science collaboration through Black Box, a science-themed sculptural cinema and performance project. During development of this project we identified the need to connect artists and scientists towards the production of collaborative public-facing outputs (film, performance, sculpture, sound works, etc). We hope to build on this experience and generate more works that may be premiered at a future iteration of Black Box.

To register, please visit: CNoS website or survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TNWHBF8

Our RUBICON visitor from Anna University in Chennai, Dr Suganya Natarajan,  arrived today. Suganya will be working on developing oxidative stress assays for high-throughput drug screening of chondrodysplasia cell lines, in collaboration with Prof Michael Briggs.

To apply, please visit: https://vacancies.ncl.ac.uk/

We are pleased to announce that we received funding from Dunhill Medical Trust to study the role of a small leucine-rich protein in cartilage ageing and osteoarthritis progression. We are very grateful and thrilled for the next three years of exciting science!

Individual Fellowships are aimed at fellows who already have a doctorate or equivalent research experience. They help experienced researchers to advance their careers and gain new skills through advanced training, international mobility, and optional intersectoral secondments. European Fellowships are held in Member States and are open to researchers either coming to Europe or moving within Europe. Global Fellowships are based on a secondment to a third country and a compulsory 12 month return phase in a Europe host organisation. The proposal should be prepared by the researcher in cooperation with the applicant organisation, which is represented by the main supervisor. The call is now open and closes on the 12th of September 2019. For more details and to apply, click here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/msca-if-2019

Detailed informaiton on the call and how to apply can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/guides_for_applicants/h2020-guide-appl-msca-if-2018-20_en.pdf

Newcastle University is hosting an information and advice day on 13th of June 2019. For more information and to register, please click here: https://www.ukro.ac.uk/about-ukro/ukro-event/%7B782f4f00-0bfa-49e9-9317-ef927fb1d90b%7D/110

If you’re interested and would like to apply, please contact us and we can meet for a chat to discuss your project.