
Welcome
Welcome to the Body, Eyes and Movement (BEAM) Lab.The BEAM lab is jointly run by Drs Ellen Poliakoff and Emma Gowen, based in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. We research how our brains use sensory information such as vision and touch to create action and...

Publications
For full publication lists click on Dr Emma Gowen or Dr Ellen Poliakoff. Related...

People
Current BEAM Lab members Ying Bai (PhD student) Dr Judith Bek ((Post Doctorate Research Associate) Leneh Buckle (PhD student) Martin Casussus (PhD student) Benjamin Hamblin-Pyke (PhD student) Elizabeth Le Luan (PhD student) Ketan Parmar (Optometrist and PhD student)...

Participate in our research
If you would like to participate in our research please see the current studies listed here.Alternatively, if you would like to be considered in future research studies please contact Ellen (ellen.polikoff@manchester.ac.uk) or Emma (emma.gowen@manchester.ac.uk). ...

Work with us
Please click on the following links to find out about job and PhD opportunities in the BEAM lab Work with Dr Emma Gowen and Dr Ellen Poliakoff Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of ManchesterOxford RdManchesterM13...

Millie presents at RIO conference
One of our PhD students in the BEAM Lab, Camilla Woodrow-Hill, recently attended the Research in Imagery and Observation conference in Limerick to give a talk on her research. The talk was entitled, ‘Combined action observation and motor imagery of keyboard typing:...

May 2023: INSAR conference
Ying, Emma and Leneh attended the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) annual conference in Stockholm, Sweden. To view Emma and Yings posters, click on the links below. Emma: From “one big clumsy mess” to “a fundamental part of my character.” Autistic...

April 2023: BNA conference
Ellen, Ying and Hayley attended the British Neuroscience conference in Brighton. To view their posters click on the links below: Hayley: How are different aspects of sensory processing in fibromyalgia affected across modalities? Ellen: Moving and singing in my head:...

January 23: BEAM lab 10 year anniversary celebration
Although Ellen and Emma have been collaborating since 2002, the BEAM lab became an "official" entity in 2012. To celebrate 10 years of the BEAM lab we invited friends and colleagues to share memories, research talks and new adventures. The afternoon started with an...

BEAM features in The Psychologist magazine
Ellen and Emma's participatory work has been featured in an article published in The Psychologist, the official publication of The British Psychological Society. Click here to read the...

Summer 2022: Lucy, our Autism@Manchester intern shares her experience of the role
Lucy Porte, a 2nd year Computer Science student completed an 8 week summer internship with us. The internship is jointly organised by Autism@Manchester and The University of Manchester's Career Service and aims to allow autistic students to experience working in an...

July 2022: University of Toronto visit
In July 22, Professor Tim Welsh, Dr April Karlinsky and Molly Brillinger from the University of Toronto came for a 2 day visit to the BEAM lab. The visit was part of a collaborative project funded by The Universities of Manchester and Toronto exploring the...

July 2022: Neia attends Neural Control for Movement (NCM) conference
Theofaneia (Neia) Ntounia presented a poster on her PhD work in the annual meeting of the society for the neural control of movement. Neia says:"I was privileged enough to be part of such an interesting event. There was a wide range of talks given by people from a...

Experimental Psychology Society Stirling meeting July 2022
Isaac Duncan-Cross who had an Experimental Psychology Society Graduate Research Bursary to work with us last summer, describes the EPS Stirling meeting (July 2022).This was my first in person conference and going in I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. The quality...

Playlist for Parkinson’s Live Concert
The Playlist for Parkinson’s LIVE concert was held at the Royal Northern College of Music, based on research about how people with Parkinson’s use music by Ellen Poliakoff from BEAM, Michelle Phillips (RNCM), Dr Dawn Rose (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and...
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