A brand new Kingston University electric motorbike has finished in fourth place in the 2013 Isle of Man TT zero emissions race. The Kingston team completed the 300-mile course in 25 minutes 41 seconds, with an average speed of almost 89 miles per hour. Kingston fared better on the circuit than any other university team ...
Connections between climate change and biological trends are often difficult to establish from short-term studies. In a paper Drought, disease, defoliation and death: forest pathogens as agents of past vegetation change Professor Waller looks at the fossil evidence available to reconstruct outbreaks of fungal pathogens (such as ash dieback) and insect defoliators over the last 10,000 ...
First Student Conference of the Interdisciplinary Hub for the Study of Health and Age-related conditions (IhSHA) taking place all day on Thursday 4th July 2013 in JG1002 at Penrhyn Road Campus. By invitation only Please check your email for the invitation and a link to book your place. This event will start at 9:30 and will contain poster and oral ...
Professor Robert Istepanian Director of the Medical Information and Network Technologies (MINT) centre at Kingston University is to give a talk at the meeting organised by The Royal Society of Medicine on Thursday 6th June 2013. "Worlds in collision: Is mobile technology challenging conventional telemonitoring" The aim of this one day conference is to inform attendees how, going forward, ...
MSc by Research positions in Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease The international diabetes foundation estimates that diabetes will affect 1 in 10 people worldwide by 2030. Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, as well as other complications that can ultimately lead to loss of sight or limb amputation. Do you want to be involved in ...
Institution of Mechanical Engineers Registers Success Ian Henderson, a graduate of the MSc Professional Engineering course at Kingston University, has become the first graduate of the Engineering Gateways scheme to become a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. During this time, Ian was working for Caterpillar, but is now a mechanical design engineer at ...
Congratulations to Henry Taylor who has successfully completed his MSc by Research in the Diabetes and Cardiovascular Research Group, with his project on ‘Modulation of growth factor receptor trafficking as a novel approach to promoting b cell expansion’. Well done Henry!
Patients with bowel cancer - the third most commonly diagnosed form in the United Kingdom - could enjoy increased survival rates as a result of a new study led by an expert from Kingston University. Professor Helmout Modjtahedi is heading an investigation examining why some tumours are hard to treat and how they can be ...
Sorry but this event has now been cancelled. Check this site again for any further information. Professor Michael Shattock King’s College London When people fall, jump or dive into cold water a number of physiological mechanisms are activated. The idea behind this talk is that in some, fortunately rare, circumstances, these physiological reflexes may be dangerous. I will ...
