We are delighted to invite you and your Level 3 Biology students to our British Science Week events hosted by the Department of Health Sciences. These free events are designed to supplement your students’ current or future studies.
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Bookings by Teachers for Key Stage 5 (Students aged 16-18)
Teachers (CPD)
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Our Department of Health Sciences include Sport & Exercise Science, Sport & Physical Education, Sport Psychology, Biological Sciences, Biology, Human Biology and Nutrition, in addition to a range of postgraduate courses. In 2016 we opened our brand new £8.5 million Health Science Building, which features specialist laboratory spaces dedicated to nutrition, genomics, cell biology and psychology, along with laboratories and space for Sport and Exercise Science. In addition, our £5.5 million Hope Park Sports Building (opened September 2016), features a main sports hall with 6 courts and a viewing gallery, squash courts, gym and fitness rooms and strength and conditioning suites.
Proteomics - Using Western Blotting to Profile Proteins, event is taking place on Monday 13th March 2017
This is the schedual for the day
9.30am-10am Arrival at Liverpool Hope. The event will begin promptly at 10am
10am – 11.50am Western blotting is used extensively in research to determine the presence of specific proteins, to quantify their expression levels, and to determine whether they have undergone genetic or posttranslational modifications. Students make predictions about their results in prelab activities using Internet databases and published phylogenetic information. They then employ protein electrophoresis, the most widely used technique in life science research, to study protein structure and function, generating protein profiles from the muscles of both distantly and closely related species of fish. From their results, they compare the different species' profiles, construct cladograms (phylogenetic trees), and assign each organism a branch. Students can decide whether their results support their predictions.
11.50am – 12pm Plenary
12pm Depart Hope
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