Meet the Scientist

As part of Dementia Awareness Week, Molecular Bioscience lecturer and Alzheimer's researcher, Gemma Lace-Costigan explains the misconceptions of Dementia and the work of the Dementia Hub and Salford Dementia Institute.

University of Salford, Festival of Research, 2018

University of Salford, Filmed for the Festival of Research

University of Salford, Filmed for the Festival of Research

University of Salford, Filmed for the 2018 Festival of Research

An event exploring our future with robots, part of the Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science

Until only recently the River Trent was biologically dead and was confirmed as one of the dirtiest watercourses in Europe! To add injury to insult, engineering works gutted the river into a monotonous, trapezoidal, conveyance channel disconnected from its floodplain. Things had to change! And this is what we did.

Follow @ProfRobYoung Professor Robert Young is Chair in Wildlife Conservation and works extensively in Brazil. Fluent in Portuguese and supervisor of numerous research projects and PhD students, this film provides an insight into his research and teaching at the University of Salford.

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

Research published July 2017 describes how cancer scientists stumbled upon a potential breakthrough method of making potent new antibiotics

Salford PhD student Luiza Passos explains her research role working within Chester Zoo, and how this can help to protect endangered species, such as the golden mantella frogs.

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

School of Environment and Life Sciences University of Salford

Professor of Environmental Remote Sensing, Mark Danson, explains the ongoing work with one of his PhD students, which looks to measure the structure and species composition in forest and woodland canopies.

Mike Rogan works as a Professor of Zoology at Salford, and specialises in parasitology. His research involves looking at a distinctive type of parasite in dogs, and how this can actually affect humans and their health and wellbeing.

Professor of Conservation Genetics, Stefano Mariani, discusses his research into aquatic organisms and his fascination with life beneath the water.

Dr Priya Mondal's research looks at the effect of chemicals, in particular heavy metals such as arsenic, on human health. Here, Priya explains how arsenic is problematic for countries such as India, where it is present in common foods such as rice as well as drinking water.

Dr Mike Wood talks about his research into the impact of radiation on wildlife, specifically within the Chernobyl exclusion zone.