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Kent Fungal Group Award

Dr Campbell Gourlay, from the Kent Fungal Group in the School of Biosciences, has been successful in attracting a Welcome Trust medical mycology and fungal immunology strategic award to increase our knowledge as to how mitochondria, an essential component of most eukaryotic cells, are … Continue reading

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Record success for the “Class of 2014″

The School of Biosciences is delighted to report the outstanding achievement of our graduating class. After a furiously intense period of revision, examinations, marking, cataloging and mark input and verification, the final year Examination Board took place this week, attended by academic staff and our … Continue reading

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New BSc in Management in Primary Care

This one-year intercalated BSc in Management in Primary Care is designed for medical students who want to prepare themselves for working in primary care and community, public health or management. The course modules are designed to help students develop critical … Continue reading

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Actin filament dynamics unravelled by Kent Fungal Group

PhD students in Dan Mulvihill‘s group have recently published a study in which they have uncovered the mechanism by which the physical properties of different populations of actin filaments within cells are fine tuned to undertake different functions (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.034). While some of … Continue reading

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Health research lecture

Lecture marks anniversary of centre undertaking research into health services. Nick Black, Professor of Health Services Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will deliver the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) Anniversary Open Lecture at the University’s Canterbury … Continue reading

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Kent secures £450k research fund

Centre for Professional Practice has worked with Kent Innovation and Enterprise to secure a research enterprise fund of £450,000. The fund is to work in partnership with Health Education England Kent Sussex and Surrey (HEKSS) on a work-related initiative aimed … Continue reading

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Hospital and community services

Reacting to a report from the Health Select Committee suggesting that the NHS faces ‘one of its greatest challenges’ dealing with patients with long-term conditions such as diabetes, Professor Stephen Peckham says that delivering care in the community may prove more expensive than hospital … Continue reading

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PhD students get cycling

A team of PhD students from Medway School of Pharmacy have raised over £1000 for the British Heart Foundation by taking part in the legendary London-to-Brighton bike ride. The team ‘Drug Peddlers’ were Lee Mun Ching, Kirsti Robertson, Jen Blackburn, … Continue reading

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Anniversary lecture on health research

Nick Black, Professor of Health Services Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will deliver the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) Anniversary Open Lecture at the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus on Friday 4 July. Professor … Continue reading

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Movement and the Infant Brain

The ‘First Three Years’ Movement and the Infant Brain: A Review of Critiques This article reviews a particular aspect of the critique of the increasing focus on the brain and neuroscience; what has been termed by some, ‘neuromania’. It engages … Continue reading

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