In collaboration with the University Hospitals Birmingham, IMSR researchers took part in activities supporting awareness and enhanced understanding of pituitary-related health conditions. The pituitary – located at the base of the brain – is often referred to as the ‘master gland’ as it plays a key role in hormone regulation of growth and many other … Continue reading “Pituitary Patient Engagement Day”
Category: Artist in Residence
Lore + (Dis)order exhibition launches!
The Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine (SMQB) launched its sciart exhibition ‘Lore + (Dis)order’ last Friday night and approximately 200-250 people visited well into the night! Visitors explored the gallery and chatted with the artists and scientists involved in collaborating on each of the artworks. We were also really pleased to see some … Continue reading “Lore + (Dis)order exhibition launches!”
Lore + (Dis)order: sciart exhibition
2- 23 September, Centrala Lore + (Dis)order is a new sciart exhibition celebrating collaborations between scientists and artists working with the Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine (SMQB) at University of Birmingham. It features the work of 8 artists who have produced creative responses to new contemporary research at the interface of biomedicine and … Continue reading “Lore + (Dis)order: sciart exhibition”
INTERFACE: Science + Art + Health – in conversation with SMQB Artists in Residence 2020-21
In 2020 the Centre for Systems Modelling & Quantitative Biomedicine (SMQB) embarked on a new Artist-in-Residence programme. Four multidisciplinary artists joined forces with researchers and clinicians working at the interface between mathematics, biology and healthcare. Together, and despite the pandemic challenges of the past year, they have co-crafted new artistic works that respond to contemporary research through … Continue reading “INTERFACE: Science + Art + Health – in conversation with SMQB Artists in Residence 2020-21”
Artist in Residence: Lockdown Update
It seems unbelievable that we are already headed into August. But here we are, already five months into lockdown… When SMQB first launched our Artist-in-Residence programme, we could have never envisioned the world we’d now be living in and to some extent this new reality must itself be shaping the collaborations and the nature of … Continue reading “Artist in Residence: Lockdown Update”