The registration for the next BSMB autumn meeting in Liverpool is now open and live!! Don’t hesitate to email me for any queries. Please forward as wide as possible. https://bsmb.ac.uk/meetings/matrix-development/…
Lab croquet/cricket night! :)
First in person meeting of the BSMB Committee since the pandemic
And it was great!
Lots of exciting conferences coming up with bursaries and other opportunities, especially for our early career researchers. Watch this space!
Watch a mini-series of talks on genetics this summer
Explore Lifelong Learning have kindly invited us and our colleagues (Shoba Amarnath, Kasia Pirog, @GrainOfScience, @jorisveltman and @linda_lako) from Newcastle University to talk about our work as part of their summer programme. Save the date and see what we’ve been up to! @nubiosciences
We’re at the Edinburgh Science Festival this weekend
Our Black Box project (https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox/) will be featured at the Edinburgh Science Festival on Saturday the 9th of April and will screen until the 9th of June. Come say hi if you’re in Edinburgh this weekend, we will be hosting an opening talk at 2pm.
The full program of our Edinburgh show can be found here: https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/mediaLibrary/other/english/58530.pdf
The ECMage, a new research network to tackle healthy ageing
The ECMage network, one of the 11 new national networks aimed at transforming ageing research in the UK and funded by the BBSRC and the MRC, focusses on the ageing of extracellular matrix (ECM), a major structural & functional determinant of tissue resilience with remarkable tissue specificity. Led by Liverpool University, the network unites scientists from Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, and Nottingham, with complementary expertise in key aspects of ageing, matrix biology, chronobiology, AI/computational modelling and tissue engineering across UK to develop novel models to study ECM ageing, particularly 3D biological models, new biomaterials to mimic tissue-specific ECM and in silico models to predict novel anti-ageing therapies.
We are very happy to be part of this network and we’re looking forward to working on this exciting project. For more information, please click here: https://www.ukanet.org.uk/ec-mage/
Black Box a guest feature at the Edinburgh Festival of Science next month
Black Box https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox/ is a pop up cinema project that explores life, kinship, identity and futures through the medium of film. Developed in 2019 by an artist (Louise Mackenzie) and a scientist (Kasia Piróg), it is a great pleasure to be able to show it at the Edinburgh Science Festival next month
https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/black-box-artist-talk
A lovely lab day out in Corbridge
Being a scientist is not only about the work, results and publications, but also about forging links and networks, and long lasting friendships that can help in these discoveries in the future. We had a lovely day out in Corbridge yesterday with our students and joint with the Briggs lab. Spring is definitely here!
The INSIGHTS Virtual Lectures schedule announced
We’re excited to let you know that the schedule for the INSIGHTS Virtual Lectures organised by Newcastle University has been released.
Details of the lectures and printable booklet below:
Black Box is coming back!
Our Black Box cinema project will be visiting the Summerhall Exhibition as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival in April this year!
Opening the door on the inner workings of scientific research, BLACK BOX is a curatorial pop-up cinema project, founded by artist, Louise Mackenzie and scientist, Kasia Pirog. Curating film inspired by and expanding upon scientific themes, BLACK BOX showcases works by artists and researchers involved in a creative and critical engagement with science. For Edinburgh Science Festival 2022, BLACK BOX presents KINSHIP – a programme of short films that reflect upon the many evolving relationships that begin with the body. Who or what connects us, who is host and who is guest?
BLACK BOX is supported by the Cultural Negotiation of Science, Northumbria University and the Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University.
We are very excited, please watch this space for more details. Meanwhile, if you’d like to know more about the Black Box project, please click here: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox/