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Wild Researchers Night

18 Sep 2024

What can AI teach us about the nation's favourite pet? How will seaweed save the world? What's in the mud beneath our feet? Find out the answers at Manchester Museum’s Wild Researchers Night on Wednesday, 25 September.

You’ll be able to hear more about a range of fascinating research helping us to understand more about the natural world.

It’s a chance to meet researchers, including many from across the University of Manchester, take part in fun activities, enjoy curator tours of the Wild exhibition and enjoy a series of short talks.

The event also celebrates the 60th anniversary of Manchester Museum’s Vivarium, so you'll have chance to meet the magnificent reptiles and amphibians that call the Museum home, while learning about the vital conservation work they're involved in.

Research from across the University of Manchester being presented on the evening includes:

  • A talk from Leah Costello exploring the impacts of microplastics on sea turtles.
  • A look at Manchester's Wild Mosses, with Anke Bernau, Aurora Fredriksen and Ingrid Hanson.
  • The RoundView toolkit for sustainability, presented by Joanne Tippett, Fraser How and Matt Sanderson.
  • Nature Recovery, Restoration and Rewilding, with Ian Thornhill and Anna Gilchrist.
  • A Treemarkable installation created by Ryan Woods and Raichael Lock with pupils from Heald Place Primary.
  • Seaweed Saves the World – a look at seaweed cultivation on the west coast of Scotland with Alastair Lomas.
  • Cultural Keystone Species and Inclusive Conservation in Kenya, presented by Dr Charis Enns and Natalie York, in collaboration with IMPACT Kenya and Brock Bersaglio from The University of Birmingham.
  • Infrastructuring Everest: Development and Change on the Roof of the World, with Jolyanna Sinanan.
  • Wild and healthy guts: wildlife conservation from the inside out, with Suzanne Schultz.
  • Can you see the original colour? Understanding colour change through fossilisation with Dr Nidia Alvarez Armad and Dr Ahu Gümrah Parry.
  • Fantastic Beasts and how to mimic them. The practical application of beetle biology, presented by Dr Ahu Gümrah Parry, Hongning Ren and Jianbo Xu.
  • Indigenous Archaeology from the air, on land or underwater, with Dr Duncan Keenan-Jones and Hanna Steyne Chamberlin.
  • Community Research Partnerships and Co-Creation on Air Pollution, with Prof. Sheena Cruickshank, Prof. Jennifer O’Brien, Dr. Joanna Barrow and Dan Musaheb.
  • Community of Stewardship for the River Dee, presntd by Damian O’Doherty from the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, Rupert Cox of The University of Manchester and Neil Bruce from Manchester Metropolitan University.
  • Rewilding: Balancing Land, Carbon, and Culture, with Heather Urquhart and Dr Robbie Watt.