Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? - Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart Author: Jason Chu The epidemic of … Continue reading Lost in Isolation
Research by a team of psychologists at the University of Manchester has the potential to help people suffering from psychosis take control of their mental health through the use of a smartphone app. Author: Jo Sharpe The term “psychosis” refers to experiences in which an individual interprets reality in a different way to other people, … Continue reading Could smartphones hold the answer to the mental health crisis?
The career path whilst undertaking a PhD can too often seem like a narrow passageway, filled with pitfalls and obstacles, with the only goal being an academic position at the end. It can be difficult to imagine how research in the lab can be applied in a career outside of a university. Commercialisation of research … Continue reading Interested in commercialisation of your research? BioTech YES!
The winner of the Science Comms Essay Competition for the Doctoral Academy Graduate Society (DAGS) conference was announced last month as Natasha Motsi for her article on 'Why Manchester for My Research'. We caught up with Natasha and asked her a few questions about her time in Manchester. 1. Pick 3 words to describe Manchester … Continue reading Why Manchester for My Research?
With one in three people affected at some point in their lives cancer is a condition we’re all acquainted with. However, one cancer that may not be familiar is oesophageal aka cancer of the food pipe (the tube used to carry food from our mouths to our stomachs). Over the last quarter of a century … Continue reading Researcher Spotlight: Connor Rogerson
Author: Hannah Long Do you ever feel like you have had successes, but are undeserving of them? That soon people are going to realise that you are not as good as they think you are? There’s been a mistake; I’ve got here by sheer serendipitous luck and I’m a fraud. Am I really going to … Continue reading Feel like an academic fraud? Tips for shaking off imposter syndrome
Author: Jo Sharpe Parkinson’s disease is a devastating illness that is progressive, incurable, and notoriously difficult to diagnose. It is caused by the death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra - an area of the midbrain. Defective dopamine signalling results in severe motor defects in patients, which manifest as tremors, muscle cramps and lethargy, in … Continue reading Parkinson’s Disease: Manchester paves the way for new treatments and diagnostics
So what's the big deal with sleep? It's an unavoidable necessity which takes up about a third of our lives. And despite this time-consuming significance, we don't really understand it that well. Every part of our biology is dependent on a good night's sleep. Everything from regulating our immune system to consolidating our memories. However, … Continue reading 7 Healthy Sleep Habits
A considerable challenge for researchers that investigate human disease is to be able to accurately recreate the disease outside of the human body. Disease investigation in vitro, (or ‘in a dish’) is described as ‘disease modelling’ and generally involves isolating or generating diseased cells before subjecting them to various conditions. Disease models are an invaluable … Continue reading Research spotlight at Manchester: 3D Bioprinting
Author: Stephanie Macdonald Each week we get a great round-up of all the opportunities available outside of our research from the DAGS team. But, what we don’t get to hear are any first-hand experiences. If, like me, you have the tendency to bite off a bit more than you can chew, it can be helpful … Continue reading Joining the Brilliant Club
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