UCAS Open DayProf Jeremy Lakeyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dWoD8peVA0

School of

Biomedical Sciences

St James’ ParkThe Medical

School

The Sage

The Tyne Bridge

Welcome to Newcastle!

North Pennines

Kielder Water

The Cheviots

Coastline

Outdoor Pursuits

•Kite Surfing •Canoeing •Sailing•Waterskiing

•Walking •Hiking•Climbing•Bungeeing

•Bouldering •Cycling•Mountain Biking •Surfing

Outdoor Pursuits a personal view

•Kite Surfing •Canoeing •Sailing•Waterskiing

•Orienteering

•Orienteering•Sailing•Hill Walking•Skiing!

Castles

Warkworth

Bamburgh

Dunstanburgh

Alnwick

Hadrian’s Wall

St James’ ParkDurham Cathedral

Tradition

The Quad

Medical Sciences 4,981

Science Agriculture 7,126& Engineering

Humanities, Arts & 10,767Social Sciences

TOTAL 22,874

A University City

Newcastle

For students, the low cost of living, the ease of finding accommodation, proximity to the sea and dramatic countryside, famed nightlife and gregarious Geordie hospitality mix to create a pretty punchy cocktail. So potent, in fact, Newcastle tops our list.” BEST UK UNIVERSITY CITY 2010

MSN Travel Website

Sport

The Great North Run•Newcastle United

•Newcastle Falcons

•Newcastle Eagles

•Newcastle Vipers

•Gateshead Stadium•Durham County Cricket Club(Chester-le-Street)

Arts & Culture

The Sage

The BALTIC

Theatre Royal

PLUS , The Biscuit Factory, Live Theatre, The Northern Stage, City Hall, The Great North Museum, The Shipley Art Gallery.........

Night Life

Alternative Night Life?

Open until 10 pm Mon-Thurs 9 pm Fri-Sun

Facts & Figures!

•Approximately 200 undergraduate degrees•& over 260 postgraduate taught programmes and research degrees

•Ranked in the Global Top 200 (by both the QS & Times Higher Education Supplement)

•A founder member the Russell Group, an association of 20 research intensive Universities in the UK

•21 Research Centres 13 Research Institutes

• High rating Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008)

The Quad

£200m invested on campus improvements: new buildings, refurbished laboratories, lecture theatres & computing suites.

The Medical School

•Lecture Theatres•Seminar Rooms

•Teaching Laboratories•Computing Clusters•Walton Library

•Cafe•Student Common Room

A training in Biomedicine, what’s it all about?- a short story from our current research

Child A presents to doctor with repeated infections

Microbiologists determine the types of infections and immune response of the patient enabling doctor to stabilise the patient, but what’s the cause?

Physiologists characterise the behaviour of the cells and confirm that they show unusual behaviour. Also suggest some existing drugs which might help.

A brother has similar symptoms so geneticists screen their genomes for gene changes. A gene is indentified which may cause the problem.

Biochemists characterise the faulty protein and show how its structure is affected by the mutation. They discover molecules which may be used as new drugs.

Pharmacologists develop a treatment regime using drugs which restores the function of the immune system

UCAS Open Day

Any questions?

School of

Biomedical Sciences