Resources

• Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health: Standards and Governance
• Faculty social media guidelines
• Email guidelines
• Faculty payments and fees guidance
• Public contributor welcome brochure*
• Get involved leaflet
• Key information form for new patient and public contributors*

* If you would like to request a printed copy of our welcome brochure or key information form, please contact srbmh@manchester.ac.uk.

Minute Lectures

• A new approach to tackle lung disease
• Using technology to improve kidney transplants
• Kidney transplants and Alport Syndrome
• From lab to treatment (Alport Syndrome)
• Can transplants fix diabetes?
• Saving sharks from climate change
• What are nanomedicines?
• The growing problem of plastic pollution
• Alzheimer’s disease and brain lasers

Immunology

• This video on the role of fibre and diet on our microbiome was made by Hidaya Aliouche, a final year undergraduate student with Sheena Cruickshank: The gut microbiome munching our way to health

• Find out more about the microbiome and being healthy: Eat yourself healthy – your microbiome and you

Dan Davis at Youth TEDx Event

• History of Medicine (PDF): an interactive learning resource for KS4 and above, exploring Manchester’s medical past.
• Antibiotics and you: an introduction to antibiotic-resistant infections. A self-paced learning resource.
• The Vivarium at Manchester Museum (PDF): Environmental education activity worksheets for children.
• The Worm Wagon (PDF, 1.7MB): Many researchers in the Manchester Immunology Group study parasitic worms. This digital resource explores what they are and highlights some of our research activity and discoveries.
• The path to poo work sheet (PDF 107KB): Find out how your gut works with fun experiments to try at home on this worksheet.

Immunology

• In the Manchester Immunology Group a lot of us study parasitic worms. This leaflet explains what they are and highlights some of our research activity and discoveries: The Worm Wagon [PDF 1.7MB]
  For more details see our Research pages.

• We have some fun experiments for you to try at home to help explain how your gut works: The path to poo work sheet [PDF 107KB]

• History of Immunology timeline

• British Society for Immunology: Welcome to bite-sized immunology!
  
  
• Biological Sciences Review – of specific interest are:
  • Cruickshank Sheena (2015). Toxoplasma gondii: a mind-altering parasite. Biological Sciences Review Feb 2015 27(3); 7-11.
  • Else, Kathryn (2013). Macrophages: more than just big eaters. Biological Science Review. 25 (4) 2
  • Hasnain SZ (2010). Mucus: a slippery slope for worms. Biological Science Review. D. R. Butler, Philip Allan. 23. 34
  • Else KJ and Svensson M. 2009 Using parasites to protect ourselves. Biological Sciences Review. 22 (2) 34-37
  • Grencis R K (1992) Parasites and Immunity: the tricks of the trade Biological Science Review. D. R. Butler, Philip Allan. 4, 37
  • McDermott J & Grencis R K (2004) Beating the bloodsuckers Biological Science Review. D. R. Butler, Philip Allan. 16, 2004
  • McDermott J & Grencis R K (2005() Fight for your life Biological Science Review. D. R. Butler, Philip Allan.18, 2
  • McDermott J & Grencis R K (2007) Looking ut for danger: How white blood cells protect us. Biological Science Review. D. R. Butler, Philip Allan. 19, 34

Immunology

• Guardian Podcast on The Marvels of the Immune System
  
  
• What it means to be Human – Dan Davis with Jeff Schechtman
  
  
• Dan Davis at The Hay Festival

Immunology

• The Compatibility Gene – ‘Lab work has rarely been made to seem more interesting or heroic’ Bill Bryson, Guardian, Books of the Year

Immunology

• Challenge your immunology knowledge with our Immunopursuit game. Download the board and cards.

• How can we manage infections? Take the Wormopoly challenge.

• Find out how our immune system works and take the top trumps challenge.

• What is the deadliest disease or most common parasite infection? Find out with these top trump games.