Meeting – CMAR

Science & Wellness Afternoon at The Exchange in Birmingham

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:7th June 2023
Post category:Event Meeting Public Engagement Science Communication

On Tuesday, 6th June, the Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research hosted an enlightening and informative Science & Wellness Afternoon at The Exchange in Birmingham. This event provided attendees with a unique opportunity to delve into the world of healthy ageing and muscle health, featuring a distinguished panel of experts in the field. The series of talks, accompanied by a panel discussion, covered a diverse range of captivating topics and cutting-edge research.

THIN Database Workshop

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:12th January 2020
Post category:Meeting Workshop

Primary care databases such as THIN (The Health Improvement Network), represent a rich source of information related to musculoskeletal diseases, associated comorbidities and lifestyle factors allowing a detailed study of…

Dr Daisy Wilson wins a scientific poster prize at the British Geriatrics Society

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:16th December 2017
Post category:Award Meeting Prize Research Science Communication

CMAR funded clinical PhD student, Dr Daisy Wilson, won the scientific prize at the British Geriatrics Society (BGS).

Nima Gharahdaghi, University of Nottingham, wins poster prize at the 10th Annual Congress of the Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders Society

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:14th December 2017
Post category:Award Event Meeting PhD Prize Research Science Communication

Nima Gharahdaghi an international PhD student funded by the Vice Chancellor’s scholarship, at the University of Nottingham won 1st poster prize at the 10th Annual Congress of the Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders Society held in Rome held on 8-10 December 2017.

Young Life Scientists’ symposium

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:13th December 2017
Post category:Event Meeting PhD Research

The Young Life Scientists’ Symposium, an annual scientific conference, is organised by young life scientists, for young life scientists, and is an opportunity for scientists to showcase their work via oral and poster presentations, attend specialised workshops, and network in a positive and constructive environment. This year the symposium was organised by CMAR PhD students Jessica Cegielski, Colleen Deane, Joe Bass and Amelia Pollard.

Agewell 2017

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:20th September 2017
Post category:Event Meeting Public Engagement Research Science Communication

This year we broke from tradition and went off-campus to Carrs Lane Conference Centre in Birmingham City Centre for our annual Agewell event.

CMAR Early Career Researcher wins the Koranchevsky Prize at the BSRA Annual Meeting in Exeter

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:10th August 2017
Post category:Award Meeting Prize

Dr Niharika Duggal, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, presented her work on the impact of lifelong physical activity on immunosenescence at the British Society for Research into Ageing (BRSA) Annual Meeting in Exeter on 22 July 2017.

Phenome Centre Birmingham – Grand Opening

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:7th June 2016
Post category:Event Meeting Other

On May the 23rd, the Phenome Centre Birmingham officially launched with a grand opening and one-day scientific symposium on clinical metabolic phenotyping. The £8M Phenome Centre Birmingham is a large metabolic phenotyping facility led by internationally-recognised metabolomics and clinical experts at the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with Birmingham Health Partners.

ESPEN Course in Tracer Methodology in Metabolism

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:6th June 2016
Post category:Event Meeting Research Training

Centre members Dr Phil Atherton, Dr Kenny Smith, and Dr Daniel Wilkinson will host a European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) course in Tracer Methodology in Metabolism later this month.

Healthy Ageing: How to get there? – Researcher Links Workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Post author:Lisa Fuller
Post published:6th June 2016
Post category:Event Exchange Visit Meeting Training

Earlier this year (16th to 18th March 2016), with funding from the Newton Fund through the British Council and FAPESP, we organised and ran a 3-day ‘Researcher Links’ workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The workshop titled “Healthy Ageing: How to get there?” brought together scientists (both early career and established), clinicians and public health practitioners from two very different global regions, the UK and Brazil

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