Smart spiders

In this family-friendly talk, Sara L. Goodacre, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Genetics, will reveal how spiders use their amazing skills, and explain what it is that we still don’t quite understand about them.

Tags: animals, Arachnids, biology, environment, Evolutionary Biology, Sara L. Goodacre, Smart spiders, Spider silk, Spiders

Antibiotic resistance in zoonotic pathogen isolated from farm animals

In this seminar Dr Rayamajhi will share some of his research findings on molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in food borne zoonotic pathogens and pneumococcal invasive isolates.

Tags: AMR, animals, antimicrobial resistance, Bridging the Gaps, research, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus., UNMC

Teaching an old dog new tricks: surgical veterinary education in the 21st Century

Professor Rob White, Professor of Small Animal Veterinary Surgery, gives an overview of the past, present and future teaching of surgery to the veterinary profession. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

3.30pm, Saturday 17 September.

Tags: 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, animals, inaugural lecture, Rob White, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Vet School

Digitising Darwin through genes and genomes

Professor Richard Emes, Professor of Bioinformatics, provides an insight on the past successes and challenges ahead for research in the genomic age. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

4.15pm, Saturday 17 September.

Tags: 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, animals, inaugural lecture, Richard Emes, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Vet School

Of muscles, mice and men

Professor Paul Loughna, Professor of Integrative Physiology, gives a lecture looking at skeletal muscle growth and wasting, as well as the role of adult resident stem cells in the ability of this tissue to adapt and regenerate. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

5pm, Saturday 17 September.

Tags: 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, animals, inaugural lecture, Paul Loughna, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Vet School

Anaesthesia: the elephant in the room

Professor Kate White, Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, explores the role that anaesthesia plays in clinical veterinary medicine and biomedical research, and the role of the anaesthetist. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

5.45pm, Saturday 17 September.

Tags: 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, animals, inaugural lecture, Kate White, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Vet School

Jubilee Campus’ very own swan lake

In a #BeastsofUoN first, a pair of swans have settled down to nest at the edge […]

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Tags: animals, Beasts of UoN, Djanogly Learning Resource Centre, Jubilee Campus, library, swan, wildlife

The paradox of studying animal consciousness: can there really be a science of animal welfare?

There is a seeming paradox at the heart of a science of animal welfare. To be comprehensive enough to include what most people mean by animal welfare, it must involve understanding what animals consciously feel and experience. But to be a science, it has to embrace the one thing that biology finds the most intractable problem of all, namely animal consciousness. Professor Marian Dawkins, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, will explore this apparent paradox and whether there is, or could be, a way out of it.

Tags: animals, Marian Dawkins, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, University of Oxford, welfare, zoology

Cash cow or sacred cow? The milk production debate

In this inaugural lecture, Professor John Huxley takes on the milk production debate. Following on directly from Professor Sarah Freeman’s lecture ‘Why do horses get colic?’

Tags: animals, inaugural lecture, Jon Huxley, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington

Why do horses get colic?

Professor Sarah Freeman (School of Veterinary Medicine and Science) will explore the unique physiology and anatomy of the horse, looking at how and why things go wrong. Followed immediately by Professor Jon Huxley’s ‘Cash cow or sacred cow? The milk production debate’.

Tags: animals, inaugural lecture, Sarah Freeman, School of Veterinary Medicine and Health, Sutton Bonington