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• Structure and Motion researchers get children Stepping Into Science at The Big Bang Fair

  

  Last week, researchers from Structure and Motion attended The Big Bang Fair at Birmingham NEC with their activity ‘Stepping Into Science’, designed by Dr Jim Usherwood and Dr Zoe Self. The Stepping Into Science project is part of Dr Usherwood’s Wellcome Trust funded research and combines public engagement with data collection.

   23 Mar 2016

• RVC pharmacologist's Biophysical Society role

  

  A Royal Veterinary College pharmacologist, Miche Campanella, has been elected to a role at the Biophysical Society, an international organisation with more than 9,000 members. The decision was made at the 60th Biophysical Society annual meeting.

   12 Apr 2016

  A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) pharmacologist has been elected to a role at the Biophysical …

• Testing the locomotor superiority hypothesis for early dinosaurs

  

  Professor John Hutchinson has been awarded an ERC Advanced Investigator grant called "Testing the locomotor superiority hypothesis for early dinosaurs". This project seeks to unify evolutionary and biomechanical research by achieving a “functional …

   13 Jun 2016

  Professor John Hutchinson has been awarded an ERC Advanced Investigator grant called "Testing the …

• Pairing and sharing in V formation flight

  

  New publication reveals how birds can't 'cheat' in V formation flight by spending all their time at the back. Research published in Nature last year by the RVC Structure and Motion Lab showed that when birds are flying in a V formation, energy …

   03 Feb 2015

• RVC and LSHTM working together for the Future of Global Health

  

  Why One Health and veterinary epidemiology are so important to the future of global health - a debate hosted by New Scientist, the RVC and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

   21 Sep 2016

  In partnership with New Scientist, the RVC and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine …

• Chavaunne Thorpe - Arthritis Research UK Career Development Fellowship

  

  Chavaunne Thorpe has been awarded an Arthritis Research UK Career Development Fellowship to work on "The tendon interfascicular matrix: a mechanically unique tendon progenitor cell niche"   Tendons connect muscle to bone and so keeping them …

   02 Nov 2016

  Chavaunne Thorpe has been awarded an Arthritis Research UK Career Development Fellowship to work on …

• New paper published on canine patellar luxation!

  

  A new VetCompass paper published this week in Canine Genetics and Epidemiology (CGE) explores patellar luxation in dogs attending primary-care practice in England. Patellar luxation is one of the most common orthopaedic disorders of dogs and is a …

   10 Jun 2016

• How cheetahs find each other in their vast home ranges in Botswana

  

  Researchers from the Structure and Motion Lab have published a paper on how cheetahs find each other in their vast home ranges in Botswana. Dr Tatjana Hubel, Prof Alan Wilson and collaborators from Cheetah Conservation Botswana tracked a coalition …

   08 Dec 2016

  Researchers from the Structure and Motion Lab have published a paper on how cheetahs find each …

• Easter bunnies and dogs do not mix

  

  As Easter approaches, we should all be reminded about the possibility of chocolate poisoning in dogs. Every year Royal Veterinary College (RVC) hospitals and vet practices around the UK see poorly pets have plundered our beloved treats.

   13 Apr 2017

• Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach

  Professor Brian Catchpole and Dr Lucy Davison have been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust for "Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach". Canine diabetes mellitus affects around 1 in 300 …

   20 Nov 2017

  Professor Brian Catchpole and Dr Lucy Davison have been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust …