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....
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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....
April 2018 – PhD success
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...
April 2018 – Research in Imagery and Observation
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...
February 2018 – Research workshop on dance for Parkinson’s
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...
February 2018 – Visit to Parkinson’s UK Bury
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...
January 2018 – University of the Third Age
On 3rd January, Jude and Jade visited the University of the Third Age (U3A) Bramhall group to talk about Parkinson’s disease and give an overview of our research in this area.There was a great turnout for the start of the year and we had some very interesting...
BEAM Lab news items prior to 2018
All news items prior to 2018 are now located in one PDF document. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of ManchesterOxford RdManchesterM13 9PLUK Connect With...
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...
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