Public Engagement News & Events

We enjoy sharing our research with the wider public, whether they be children, families, patients or other scientists

News listing

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CIR Away Day

08 July, 2019

June 2019: Staff and students from across the Centre attended the third annual CIR away day

Centre awards for Public Engagement and 3-minute talks

08 July, 2019

June 2019: Awards for "Excellence in Public Engagement" and the first Centre 3-minute…

MRC Festival of Medical Research event: Supercytes Teacher Training: 19 June 2019

01 July, 2019

June 2019: The Centre ran a free, "sold out" interactive workshop to train teachers in…

Tiny probe that senses deep in the lung set to shed light on disease

18 June, 2019

June 2019: A hair-sized probe that can measure key indicators of tissue damage deep in the lung has…

Jonathan Fallowfield on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Daily Mail

03 June, 2019

May 2019: Jonathan Fallowfield was interviewed for an 'expert opinion' by the Daily Mail…

Bid to beat superbugs boosted by immune defence discovery

30 May, 2019

June 2019: The fight against superbugs could be helped by the discovery of a potential therapy…

CIR part of a €4M European training network on molecular imaging

29 May, 2019

May 2019: The €4M Innovative Training Network NOVA-MRI has been awarded by the European Commission…

CIR Promotions

29 May, 2019

May 2019: The CIR would like to congratulate David Kluth, Donald J Davidson, Nik Hirani and Alan…

Immune discovery set to boost cancer therapies, study suggests

23 May, 2019

May 2019: Cancer therapies that use immune cells to trigger the body to attack tumours could be…

Forensics on the Moon

22 May, 2019

May 2019: Emergency oxygen tanks on the moon are missing - who's the thief?