This year the RIO conference was held at Liverpool Hope University and the BEAM lab was well represented with 7 lab members presenting. Ellen gave the keynote talk "Imagery in action in people with Parkinson’s disease", while Sam Dodds, Ying Bai and Charlotte Growcott...

Marginalisation multiplied: Improving autistic health inequalities with collaborative interdisciplinary research and knowledge transfer through Autism@Manchester Emma and Ellen have been awarded funding from The University of Manchester to carry out a project...

Emma and Ellen have been awarded funding from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to carry out a study to show the need for providing routine sensory motor assessment and support for autistic adults. Starting in April 2024, the two year study will also...

Premiere of BEAMlab song at our Christmas Party Ellen Poliakoff performed as part of the band – Psychobabble – at the Christmas party for the two Psychology Divisions (Psychology Communication and Human Neuroscience, Psychology and Mental Health). A particular...

Maeve Stillman, our Autism@Manchester intern, PhD student Ying Bai and Dr Emma Gowen describe one of the studies in the Body, Eye and Movement (BEAM) labMany autistic people have difficulty with recognising and performing movements. For example, they can find it more...

Maeve Stillman, a 2nd year Biosciences student completed an 6 week summer internship with us. The internship is jointly organised by Autism@Manchester and The University of Manchester’s Careers Service and aims to allow autistic students to experience working in an...

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:...

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...

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:...

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...