Seminars are aimed at an academic audience interested in a broad range of topics related to healthcare sciences. Colleagues across the Healthcare Science Research Institute, related research groups across MMU and other universities and organisations are welcome to attend and/or present their work. If you would like to present a seminar on a topic related to healthcare sciences or if you would like to receive e-mail reminders of upcoming talks please contact: e.tole@mmu.ac.uk
In today's world, visual computing techniques that integrate 2D / 3D image processing, machine learning and 3D graphics and modelling technologies are taking centre stage in the progress of different disciplines. In this talk I will focus on some recent developments in the field of visual computing at the Centre for Visual Computing at University of Bradford. Particularly the focus will be on new technologies for processing large data sets in 3D, visualisation and analysis. This talk will also focus on some of the challenges in the investigated topics and will identify open research problems that need to be resolved along with some future research directions.
Time:1 - 2 pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road
Najibeh will be presenting data from her PhD work
Time:1 - 2 pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road
Time:1 - 2pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road
Postpartum mood disorders in humans can have negative effects on the health of both mother and offspring, but little is known about the development of these disorders. Although chronic stress is a known risk factor for depression, and depression is frequently associated with impaired maternal behavior, it is unknown how chronic stress during lactation affects maternal behavior. The Nephew group have developed animal models to specifically investigate how chronic social stress, an ethologically relevant stressor, impacts the maternal behavior of dams as well as the social behavior of offspring - using behavioral observation, physiological monitoring, molecular genetics, neuroendocrine manipulation, and functional MRI.
Time:1 - 2 pm Location:TBC
Our muscles contain many different muscle fibres that exist with a range of contractile properties. The mechanical output of the muscles depends on which muscle fibres actively contract. However, relatively little is known about the relative activity and mechanical contribution of the different types of muscle fibre during our regular activities. This presentation will consider the experimental challenges of addressing such a question, will show how the recruitment of the muscle fibres can vary within and between different locomotor tasks, and will describe how the recruitment affects the whole muscle mechanics and function.
Time:1 - 2pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road