Bear on Tour (COMPARE)

Our next researchers in the #BearonTour series are Hector Basevi and Joao Correia from The Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE). This is a unique cross-University Research Centre set up between the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham. COMPARE’s research focuses on better understanding the mechanisms responsible for cell communication and the role they play … Continue reading “Bear on Tour (COMPARE)”

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Bear On Tour (Professor Andrew Morris)

Our next researcher in the #BearonTour series is Andrew Morris, Professor of Computational Physics in the School of Metallurgy and Materials. His research group uses and develops quantum mechanical techniques for predicting the structure and properties of new materials using a computer. Andrew is also chair of the Research Computing Management Committee, a cross-college group … Continue reading “Bear On Tour (Professor Andrew Morris)”

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Bear on Tour (Dr Anna Peacock)

Our next researcher in the #BearonTour series is Anna Peacock, Reader in Bioinorganic Chemistry. Anna’s group works at the interface of inorganic chemistry and peptide design in the School of Chemistry. Research portal ORCID Q1 – Tell me about your researchWe aim to design miniature artificial metalloproteins capable of function beyond what biology is capable … Continue reading “Bear on Tour (Dr Anna Peacock)”

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Bear on Tour (Dr Hannah Nieto)

Our next researcher in the #BearonTour series is Hannah Nieto, Academic Clinical Lecturer in the Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research (IMSR). Hannah works in the field of thyroid molecular genomics, and has an interest in thyroid cancer and bioinformatics. You can find links to Hannah’s research publications via the Research portal. Q1 – Tell … Continue reading “Bear on Tour (Dr Hannah Nieto)”

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Bear on Tour (Dr Jenny Wong)

The next stop on our Bear on Tour series is the ISC23 (International Supercomputing)conference, held in May, hosted in the bear-utiful city of Hamburg, Germany. Jenny Wong, a SeniorResearch Software Engineer from BEAR Services, presented her work on space weatherforecasting (in conjunction with UoB’s SERENE group) as part of the Women in HPC track of … Continue reading “Bear on Tour (Dr Jenny Wong)”

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Bear on Tour (Adriane Esquivel Muelbert)

Our next researcher in the #BearonTour series is Adriane Esquivel Muelbert, Assistant Professor in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Adriane works with BiFoR, the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research. Adriane’s ResearchGate. Q1 – Tell me about your researchI study the impact of global change on forests. We aim to understand how the dynamics of forests … Continue reading “Bear on Tour (Adriane Esquivel Muelbert)”

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BEAR on Tour (Kit Windows-Yule)

Our next researcher in the #BearonTour series is Kit Windows-Yule, Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, a Turing Fellow and two-time Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellow. Kit works jointly with the School of Physics and Astronomy’s Positron Imaging Centre. Research portal ORCID Q1 – Tell me about your researchMy research is highly diverse, but can be … Continue reading “BEAR on Tour (Kit Windows-Yule)”

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Bear on Tour! (Ole Jensen)

Our next researcher in the #BearonTour series is Professor Ole Jensen (ORCID ID), Co-Director of the Centre for Human Brain Health in the School of Psychology. Q1 – Tell me about your researchWe are using various kind of brain imaging tools to investigate the human brain in the context of clinical and cognitive neuroscience. My … Continue reading “Bear on Tour! (Ole Jensen)”

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Bear on Tour! (Richard Turner)

Our next researcher in the #BearonTour series is Richard Turner, a Research Fellow in the computational modelling and materials simulation Research Group, PRISM2, in the School of Metallurgy & Materials. Q1 – Tell me about your researchWe simulate manufacturing processes and in-service conditions of metallic components, to understand the thermal and mechanical loading upon it … Continue reading “Bear on Tour! (Richard Turner)”

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Bear on Tour!

We thought it would be really interesting to find out more about our researchers and how they use BEAR services, so what better way to do this than be interviewed by a bear! So, our first interviewees are Professor Dagmar Divjak and Professor Petar Milin from Modern Languages in CAL. Q1 – Tell me about … Continue reading “Bear on Tour!”

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