{"id":2475,"date":"2020-02-04T16:31:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2020-02-04T16:31:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:31:03","slug":"bio50-celebrating-50-years-of-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/02\/04\/bio50-celebrating-50-years-of-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio@50: Celebrating 50 Years of Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The beginning of a new year, a new decade, marks the launch of the School of Biosciences 50th anniversary celebrations, Bio@50.<\/p>\n<p>Since its early beginnings as the Biological Laboratory based at Beverley Farm, staff and students have achieved considerable success in many walks of life. It is their achievements we will be celebrating, and in so doing we seek to renew and strengthen our links with our thousands of alumni scattered across the globe. These achievements will also be highlighted in a special <strong><em>Bio@50 <\/em><\/strong>commemorative publication that will be available later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2020 there will be a series of <strong><em>Bio@50 <\/em><\/strong>events and activities culminating in several special celebratory events on 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th <\/sup>September \u00a0when we will invite both current and former students and staff to help us celebrate <strong><em>Bio@50<\/em><\/strong>. This will include a Biosciences \u201cOpen House and BBQ\u201d on Saturday 12<sup>th <\/sup>September \u00a0on the Canterbury campus and to which all alumni and their families will be invited. More details of these and other events will be posted in due course via social media and email.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to be kept up-to-date with <strong><em>Bio@50 <\/em><\/strong>by email then please complete a <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.kent.ac.uk\/update\">contact form<\/a> or keep an eye on our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/biokent?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/universityofkentschoolofbiosciences\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/biounikent\/\">Facebook<\/a> pages. In the meantime, if you require more information about <strong><em>Bio@50<\/em><\/strong>, please contact <a href=\"mailto:m.f.tuite@kent.ac.uk\">Mick Tuite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/02\/04\/bio50-celebrating-50-years-of-success\/&amp;t=Bio@50: Celebrating 50 Years of Success' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Bio@50: Celebrating 50 Years of Success%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/02\/04\/bio50-celebrating-50-years-of-success\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/02\/04\/bio50-celebrating-50-years-of-success\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/02\/04\/bio50-celebrating-50-years-of-success\/&amp;title=Bio@50: Celebrating 50 Years of Success' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/02\/04\/bio50-celebrating-50-years-of-success\/&amp;title=Bio@50: Celebrating 50 Years of Success' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beginning of a new year, a new decade, marks the launch of the School of Biosciences 50th anniversary celebrations, Bio@50. 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