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Forthcoming Seminars

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

20 March 2013External speaker
Mr. Andrew Pollard, Wolfram Research Europe Ltd.
An introduction to Wolfram Technologies

Proponent:Dr. Stephen Lynch

Andrew will introduce the full range of technologies that Wolfram provides, with a specific focus on: i) The Mathematica Development Environment, including applications of the technology to image processing, control systems, signal processing and graphs and networks; ii) Wolfram SystemModeler, a multi-domain simulation environment; iii) Wolfram Alpha, a free to use computational knowledge engine

Time:1 - 2pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road

26 March 2013
i) Mr. Jonathan de Melker Worms; ii) Ms. Agnes Ziel
i) Psycho-physical mechanisms of immobilisation; ii) Repeatability of M-wave properties and MUNIX calculations
** Please note this seminar is on Tuesday **

Proponent:i) Prof. Ian Loram; ii) Dr. Jamie McPhee

Jonathan will be presenting work which forms part of his RD1 submission, while Agnes is presenting work resulting from her exchange visit to MMU

Time:1 - 2 pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road, Manchester

17 April 2013
Dr. Kirstie Andrews and Dr. Araida Hidalgo-Bastida
Tissue engineering solutions to the problems of an aging population: The Engineering Approach

Time:1 - 2pm Location:Room E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road

24 April 2013
Dr. Emma Derbyshire
Nutritional physiology: Current and Future Research Possibilities

Time:1 - 2pm Location:TBC

01 May 2013
Dr. Nasser Al-Shanti
Possible interactions between immune and skeletal muscle systems

Time:1 - 2pm Location:Room E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road

08 May 2013
Muhammad Salam Haleem
Automatic Detection of Optic Disc Boundary using Active Shape Models from retinal images

In this talk, an algorithm based on Active Shape Model for the extraction of Optic Disc boundary is proposed. The determination of Optic Disc boundary is fundamental to the automation of retinal eye disease diagnosis because the Optic Disc Center is typically used as a reference point to locate other retinal structures, and any structural change in Optic Disc, whether textural or geometrical, can be used to determine the occurrence of retinal diseases such as Glaucoma. The algorithm is based on determining a model for the Optic Disc boundary by learning patterns of variability from a training set of annotated Optic Discs. The model can be deformed so as to reflect the boundary of Optic Disc in any feasible shape. The algorithm provides some initial steps towards automation of the diagnostic process for retinal eye disease in order that more patients can be screened with consistent diagnoses.

Time:1 - 2 pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road

15 May 2013
Dr. Jon Borresen and Dr. Stephen Lynch
An assay for neuronal degradation

Time:1 - 2 pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road

29 May 2013
Prof. William Gilmore
Research Ethics and the Human Tissue Act

Time:1 - 2 pm Location:E221 John Dalton Building, Oxford Road

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