16th December – Sports Engineering – Dr Thomas Allen
Dr Thomas Allen, Senior Lecturer in Sports Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University presents at Didsbury SciBar in December 2024.
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18th November – Stretched to breaking point. When is this a good thing for Polymer Materials? – Dr Niamh Fox
Dr Niamh Fox discusses Polymer Materials at Didsbury SciBar in November 2024.
19th August – How Your Home Affects Your Health – Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson from getenergysavvy.info returns to present at SciBar in August 2024.
15th July – Standing Up To Sepsis – Dr Stephen Katona
Can an ordinary blood pressure machine be used by health professionals and the public to exclude sepsis and several other serious conditions? Dr Stephen Katona presents…
20th May- The Evolution of the Penis – Dr Michael Carroll
Animals have evolved many physical traits and strategies to survive long enough to reproduce. The sexual organs of many species are some of the most varied, specialised, and bizarre, which have evolved to enable them to compete in the battle of the sexes. Dr Michael Carroll, Associate Professor at MMU joins us at Didsbury SciBar in May 2024.
18th March – Reducing Animal Usage in Cardiovascular Research – Dr Sarah Jones
Dr Sarah Jones,
Reader in thrombosis and haemostasis, Department of Life Sciences at
Manchester Metropolitan University presents at SciBar in March 2024.
Sarah will discuss the approaches that we are taking to develop new experimental models of arterial thrombosis as an alternative to animal experiments. These include vessel on a chip technology as well as using blood vessels isolated from human placentas.