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1. Dr Bike Clinic - June

   The Environmental Sustainability and Energy Team at LJMU are holding a number of cycling based activities and events throughout the year

2. Dr Bike Clinic - May 26

   The Environmental Sustainability and Energy Team at LJMU are holding a number of cycling based activities and events throughout the year

3. RCBB Research Talk - Dr Kirsty Lu (University College London)

   In this RCBB Research Talk Dr Kirsty Lu (University College London) will present her current research under the title "What can the 1946 British Birth Cohort teach us about ageing and preclinical dementia?".

4. HITS Faculty Public Lecture

   Nick Lane is Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at University College London. His research is on how energy flow has shaped evolution, from the origin of life to the evolution of eukaryotic cells with downright quirky traits such as sex. The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there is a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In this talk Lane will show that the answer lies in energy!

5. Prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin have been reclassified – but it won’t stop problem use

   Prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin have been reclassified – but it won’t stop problem use

6. Footprint fossils suggest lizards have been running on two feet for 110 million years

   Bipedal movement has existed in modern reptiles for much longer than we previously knew, writes Dr Peter Falkingham

7. A Nursing Pilot Showing Real Promise | Edtech

   Andy Shackleton has partnered with the School of Nursing to pilot a smarter way of organising large student cohorts in Canvas, using a combination of Groups and Sections to deliver targeted activities and content to different teams. Early feedback from the Nursing Simulated Practice team has been very positive, with the approach credited with helping a current placement run significantly more smoothly. The pilot is part of a wider project to find scalable Canvas solutions for larger cohorts.

8. The joys of English Literature

   Find out why studying English Literature is so rewarding.

9. Improvements coming to SpeedGrader this March

   This blog post announces the upcoming upgrade to SpeedGrader in Canvas, going live on 30 March.

10. Prehistoric people started to spread domesticated bananas across the world 6,000 years ago

    One of the most widely grown, traded and eaten of all the crops, bananas were once a prized exotic novelty, but are now a staple in many country’s supermarkets – Prof Chris Hunt and Dr Rathnasiri Premathilake investigate