Saturday 2 November
Manchester Museum
13:00 – 16:30 (GMT)

Join Barbara Tigar, RES Northern England Representative, and Diana Arzuzas Buelvas, Curator of Entomology, Manchester Museum, for an opportunity to go behind the scenes and visit the Museum’s Entomology Collection. This is a great opportunity to make connections with other entomologists and RES members and fellows living in Northern England. Everyone is welcome and we particularly encourage early career researchers, students and any one new to the Society and the region to come along.

As well as seeing the collection, you will hear from invited speaker, Dmitri Logunov (former Curator at Manchester, see bio below) who will introduce you to Manchester Museum’s extensive entomological collections and share his experience of using them for research, teaching and public engagement programmes. In addition, Nidia Alvarez Armada (Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Manchester) will talk about her archaeobiological research concerning the preservation of insect pigments and how her work benefits from accessing the collections. You can also find out more about the collection in the Manchester Museum Entomology Blog.

The event will start at 13:00 and the museum is open from 10.00 with free entrance to the public galleries. If you wish to eat lunch before the meeting there are lots of places nearby on Oxford Road, including the Museum Café. There is also a Picnic Area and a water refill station on the ground floor where you can eat your own food. If you will be accompanied by non-entomologists, do tell them that the Museum is well worth a visit, with interesting exhibits for all ages including ‘Wild’, a new temporary exhibition about our relationship with the nature, with examples of re-wilding and how different human communities connect with nature across the globe. ‘Wild’ is free, but booking is essential.

Light refreshments and cakes will be served mid-afternoon. There will also be an optional post-event social at the KroBar pub opposite the museum 5 minutes’ walk along Oxford Road. Attendees will be able to purchase their own food and drink.

Invited Speaker

Dmitri Logunov
University of Manchester

Dr Dmitri Logunov is an entomologist and professional taxonomist studying spiders, who was Curator of Arthropod Collections at the Manchester Museum for over 20 years. Dr Logunov is a Research Associate for the Museum and the University of Manchester and is also part of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Venue address

Manchester Museum
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL

You can find out more about travelling to Manchester Museum on their website.

Please meet at 12:45 outside the Kanaris Foyer outside the Kanaris Lecture Theatre on the 2^nd floor of the museum, ready for a 13:00 start.

Tickets

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