On Saturday night, at St Paul’s Church on St Paul’s Road, the Galenicals Choir and Orchestra showed us the practical outworking of many students having Grade 8 music on their application forms. A fairly full church was treated to an evening of seasonal carols and orchestral pieces (though the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” and… Read More »
This seminar is of high relevance to the MSK community in Bristol. Professor Anwen Williams of Cardiff University’s School of Medicine will be speaking on “Discovery of a TNF superfamily pathway for targeting in rheumatic diseases” , at 1pm in Lecture Theatre C44 of the Biomedical Sciences Building. The flyer can be downloaded here: Anwen Talk
We had a fantastic response to the call for e-Posters for the conference – many at the last minute! The panel will be looking at all the submissions that came in by the 20 November deadline and will select the oral presentations this week. However, many of you have asked if we could extend the… Read More »
All are welcome to attend and support the Bristol medics rugby team!
The Medical Schools Council and the Royal College of General Practitioners are running a student competition to help widen participation and enthuse the next generation of GPs. The 1st prize is £300 Amazon Vouchers! Closing Date for submission: 5 January 2018 For more information download the flyer MSC-RCGP-student-competition or visit bit.ly/DiscoverGPComp
This newsletter covers recent sad news, as well as the usual list of upcoming events and student achievements. Please click on the following link to download the full newsletter: MB ChB Programme Newsletter #2 October 17-18
12 October 2017, 6.00 PM – 12 October 2017, 8.30 PM Professor Susan Jebb, University of Oxford Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building Summary Poor diet is the leading risk factor in the UK for ill-health and premature death. But while the fundamental components of a healthy diet are well established – we need to consume… Read More »
The Alumni Foundation offers financial support to students to help with the costs involved in travelling to conferences to present their research findings. Every student is eligible to apply for a travel grant worth up to £500. More information, including details of how students can apply see: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/students/apply-for-funding/
Severn School of Surgery and The University of Bristol SCRUBs present an evening of discussion around achieving a rewarding career in surgery. What to expect “the shape of things to come” in insight into current surgical training pathways, and how these may change How to succeed in surgery- what can i do now to ensure… Read More »
We all know that exercise is good for us, and most of us spend our lives in an over-sedentary way, not taking any exercise, and laying up trouble for the future. However, a rather scary article in the BMJ (p422) highlights the risk of some more extreme forms of exercise. Triathlons are one of those… Read More »