The BEAM lab has been working with Loop Dance Company on an art-science project investigating audience reactions to live performance. As part of the project ‘Exploring Somatic Sensation’, the company (based in Kent) visited Manchester on 10th September. We invited a...
Autism@Manchester won the group category for Outstanding Contribution to Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement awards, hosted by the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. Ellen was also highly commended for her work in PPIE. Related...
The BSG 2018 conference took place at the University of Manchester on 4-6 July and was attended by researchers from across the UK with an interest in ageing. Ellen presented work from two of the lab’s interdisciplinary collaborations on Parkinson’s: home training of...
This conference, hosted by the University of Kent on 2-4 July, brought together ideas from the Arts and Humanities with approaches from Psychology and Neuroscience. Jude co-presented findings of an art-science collaboration with Nina Atkinson (Loop Dance and...
Emma and Ellen have been awarded £10k from the University of Manchester’s Investing in Success Scheme. They will be using the award to fund research into action prediction in autistic adults, including research visits and seminars from international collaborators....
Jude presented some of her research on how people with Parkinson’s watch and respond to dance. This was followed by a talk by Julio Vega, PhD student co-supervised by Ellen, who is developing a smartphone system for monitoring and profiling symptoms in Parkinson’s....
Sabrina Subri successfully defended her thesis and has been awarded a PhD. Congratulations Sabrina and all the best in your future career! Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of ManchesterOxford RdManchesterM13...
Ellen, Jude and Andrius attended the annual meeting of the Research in Imagery and Observation (RIO) group, which was hosted by Bielefeld University, Germany, on 12-13 April. As always this was an interesting and stimulating meeting, bringing together researchers from...
This event on 14th February brought together researchers, people with Parkinson’s, dance artists and healthcare professionals, to share ideas and experiences of how dance may help people with Parkinson’s to move better and feel better. The workshop followed on from a...
Jude attended the Parkinson’s UK Bury branch meeting on 5th February to talk about our latest projects, in which we are applying principles from our research to interventions and strategies to help improve movement and well-being in Parkinson’s. The presentation was...
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