Jade’s work on patient and public involvement in Parkinson’s research was included in the new Parkinson’s UK PPI guidance for researchers handbook. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of ManchesterOxford...
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November 2018 – BEAM lab at Parkinson’s UK
Ellen, Jude, Jade and Aline presented the latest findings from their work on Parkinson’s at the Parkinson’s UK Research Conference in York. This included our studies on action observation and imitation, dance and impulsivity. Lab members were also involved in a panel...
October 2018 – Visit from Professor Ricarda Schubotz
Professor Ricarda Schubotz from the Institute of Psychology, University of Münster, visited the BEAM lab and gave a talk on her imaging and behavioural research around what information our brains use to compute expectations around upcoming action steps. Emma and Ellen...
October 2018 – North West Universities ‘R’ Day
PhD student Libby recently attended and presented a flash talk at the North West Universities R day at the Manchester Technology Centre. It was a day filled with guest speakers including Andy Field and Robin Lovelace who gave talks on how they are using the...
October 2018 – Parkinson’s UK feature
Ellen was featured in this month’s issue of the Parkinson’s UK research magazine ‘Progress’, discussing her research and the importance of involving participants in the process. You can also read about the experience of one of our research participants, Anne-Marie....

October 2018 – Science Spectacular
Jude was joined by dance artist and collaborator Gayathri Ganapathy at Science Spectacular, a family science event organised by the University as part of Manchester Science Festival. We challenged visitors to think differently about dance by imitating and guessing the...

September 2018 – Exploring Somatic Sensation
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...

July 2018 – Faculty awards
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...
July 2018 – British Society of Gerontology
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...
July 2018 – Cognitive Futures in the Arts and Humanities
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...
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