Sailing spiders
February 17, 2015
There’s something weird happening in the Spider Lab at The University of Nottingham. Spiders are taking to the water and ‘sailing’. This remarkable feat was observed by Dr Morito Hayashi when he was studying the activity of money spiders. Head of the University’s Spider Lab is Dr Sara Goodacre. The spider’s ability to ‘sail’ came as a …
Coeliac disease rates among young children has almost tripled in the last 20 years
January 29, 2015
The number of young children being diagnosed with coeliac disease in the UK has almost tripled in the last 20 years, according to research led by experts at The University of Nottingham. The study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood and jointly funded by the charities Coeliac UK and CORE, also found that …
Vets in the Community – new clients welcome
January 6, 2015
The student run Vets in the Community service opens for business again on the 14 January 2015. The vet clinic, which offers free medical help for pets owned by the vulnerable and homeless in Nottingham, was set up three years ago and has provided care for over 300 pets – cats, dogs, rabbits, even a …
Expert reaction to Ebola case in Glasgow
December 29, 2014
A healthcare worker recently returned to Glasgow from Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola. Molecular Virologist Professor Jonathan Ball is fielding media enquiries. He said: “Given the scale of the problem in Sierra Leone there was always the risk that UK volunteers could become infected. This is tragic news for the brave volunteer, but …
Nottingham vet school gains European accreditation
December 16, 2014
The University of Nottingham’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Science (SVMS) has received full accreditation from the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE). It is now one of only 10 vet schools across Europe to receive accreditation, and only the second in the UK after the Royal Veterinary College. The SVMS has demonstrated how …
Cats are dying from antifreeze poisoning
Now the winter has set in and we are topping up our cars with antifreeze the RSPCA and International Cat Care are reminding pet owners about the serious danger it poses to our animals. Ingesting just the smallest amount of antifreeze can cause kidney failure and death, especially in cats. Because of the dangers posed …
Pharmacy students ‘get down to business’
December 9, 2014
How does a pharmacy student learn to cope with the reality of running a business – coping with calls from doctors, nursing homes, patients and out of hours practice alongside the day-to-day leadership and management challenges? At The University of Nottingham students are to benefit from the unique experience of ‘running’ their own pharmacy business …
Parasitic expert digs the dirt on the deadly parasitic that infected two kidney transplant patients
December 1, 2014
Halicephalobus gingivalis is a soil-borne, free-living nematode parasite. This saprophytic worm was first identified 1954 and since then sporadic cases have been reported as a cause of neurological disease in horses, in many countries including the UK, Japan, Canada, USA, Iceland, Italy, and France. Dr Hany Elsheikha, an expert in parasitology at The School of …
World diabetes day – the research goes on
November 14, 2014
Shielding eyes from diabetes damage, searching for safer versions of diabetic drugs, improving diets to reduce insulin resistance – these are just some of the areas of diabetic research being carried out at The University of Nottingham. Experts at Nottingham are working closely with Diabetes UK and other funding organisations to pioneer work that covers …
Women inspiring women
November 13, 2014
Did you know that in the UK only 13% of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects are occupied by women? And that our of all the Computer Science students in the UK, only 18% are female? On Saturday (15th Novermber), the School of Computer Science at the University, will be hosting a …
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