HotCold

...from Polar Jellyfish tothe plug of Vesuvius

&

TheUniversity

ofLiverpool

magazineforstaff•AU

G09

Terry inFULL FLOWforChinese

P4

A Chinese delegation has been tappinginto the University’s expertise to learnmore about its research into sea defences.

The Department of Engineering hosted visitorsfrom the Water Resources and HydropowerPlanning and Design General Institute, theDepartment of International Cooperation inScience and Technology, Ministry of WaterResources, and the Guangdong Research Instituteof Water Resources and Hydropower. They hadasked for discussions with Terry Hedges, SeniorLecturer in Civil Engineering.

They were particularly interested in seawall design,construction and maintenance, the associatedenvironmental impacts, and coastal flood warnings.

During the visit, Terry presented an overview of theissues associated with climate change and seadefences, including the problems of rising sealevels and increased storminess, before answeringthe visitors' questions on risk assessment and theprobabilistic design of coastal structures.

He then took the group on a site visit to the NorthWirral coastal defences with which the Departmenthas been closely associated. Much of the testing ofphysical models of the North Wirral defences, priorto construction of the final scheme, was undertakenin the Civil Engineering Marine TechnologyLaboratory. Computer models of the proposedworks were also developed at the University.

Terry has served on two UK committees on thedesign of seawalls, and has also received aspecial commendation for technology transferrelating to the design of sea defences. His waveovertopping model developed with Maria TeresaReis from Portugal's National Civil EngineeringLaboratory was adopted last year by the NorthEast Region of the Environment Agency forEngland and Wales, just in time to warn ofcoastal flooding at Immingham, Scarboroughand Sandsend, near Whitby, during the North Seasurge of 9 November 2007.

At one point, this extreme event, the worst for20 years, was feared to be similar to thecatastrophic surge of 31 January 1953, whichresulted in the loss of more than 300 British lives.This time, there was no loss of life. However, atSandsend, the seawater overtopped defences withsufficient force to topple several cars beforeinundating properties.

LAST

MON

TH’SMOS

TVIEW

EDPR

ECINCT

VIDEOCLIP:NESSGA

RDENS

Terry with the visitors on an inspection of the North Wirralcoastal defences at New Brighton and Leasowe Bay

£34,000injection

of

sports funds

P5

Staff travel survey

NEWSINBRIEF

Grants totalling £34,000 willsupport sports and educationalprojects across campus, thanks tothe Friends of the University.

The projects which will benefit from thegenerosity of the organisation include theerection of a Sporting Hall of Fame at theUniversity’s Sports Centre, a permanent tributeto graduates who have contributed to sport ona national and international level. SportLiverpool received £4,000 to help fund thedisplay as well as £5,000 of funding topurchase kayaks and canoes for the Universityof Liverpool Canoe Club and £5,000 forequipment for the Sport and Fitness Centre.

The Centre for Lifelong Learning has also beenawarded £20,000 to be shared between threeareas – the development of the ‘ProfessorFluffy’ website, to help fund a residentialcourse for secondary school children and topay to for camera equipment for the Black andMinority Ethnic photography project.

The Biomedical Electron Microscopy Unit hasreceived £250,000 of Wellcome Trust fundingto buy new equipment to prepare a wide rangeof samples for nanoscale analysis. Only twoother universities within the UK have theequivalent configuration of equipment.

A young researcher who spent four weeksin the Department of Gastroenterologycompleting research into bowel cancer has

been awarded for her work. Sarah Band,a Year 13 pupil from Congleton High School,received the Nuffield Bursary and Gold Crestaward, along with two other students.

The Mammalian Behaviour and Evolutionresearch group has discovered that mice relyon a special set of proteins to recognise eachother. Previous studies assumed that anotherset of genes influence smell in vertebrates.

Car use has declined among University staff, according to the resultsof the latest Travel Plan Survey.

The response rate was excellent for the second year running and this has providedsome useful and robust data to inform the future development of the Travel Plan.

Graham Pollard, Travel Plan Officer, said: “The last year has seen a positive increasein public transport, walking, cycling, motorcycle use and car sharing, whilst singleperson car use has declined by 7% since May 2007 for journey’s to and from work.

“Thank you to all those members of staff who completed the Survey.”

The questionnaire also gave staff the opportunity to contribute thoughts on what newinitiatives the University should prioritise to encourage the use of sustainable travel.Many of the most popular suggestions are already being acted upon by theUniversity’s Travel Plan Board and benefits will be rolled out to staff during 2008/09.

If you want to find out more about the University’s Travel Plan please contactgraham.pollard@liv.ac.uk

HAVE

YOUR

SAYON

THISISSU

EON

LINE

Terry inFULL FLOWforChinese

P4

A Chinese delegation has been tappinginto the University’s expertise to learnmore about its research into sea defences.

The Department of Engineering hosted visitorsfrom the Water Resources and HydropowerPlanning and Design General Institute, theDepartment of International Cooperation inScience and Technology, Ministry of WaterResources, and the Guangdong Research Instituteof Water Resources and Hydropower. They hadasked for discussions with Terry Hedges, SeniorLecturer in Civil Engineering.

They were particularly interested in seawall design,construction and maintenance, the associatedenvironmental impacts, and coastal flood warnings.

During the visit, Terry presented an overview of theissues associated with climate change and seadefences, including the problems of rising sealevels and increased storminess, before answeringthe visitors' questions on risk assessment and theprobabilistic design of coastal structures.

He then took the group on a site visit to the NorthWirral coastal defences with which the Departmenthas been closely associated. Much of the testing ofphysical models of the North Wirral defences, priorto construction of the final scheme, was undertakenin the Civil Engineering Marine TechnologyLaboratory. Computer models of the proposedworks were also developed at the University.

Terry has served on two UK committees on thedesign of seawalls, and has also received aspecial commendation for technology transferrelating to the design of sea defences. His waveovertopping model developed with Maria TeresaReis from Portugal's National Civil EngineeringLaboratory was adopted last year by the NorthEast Region of the Environment Agency forEngland and Wales, just in time to warn ofcoastal flooding at Immingham, Scarboroughand Sandsend, near Whitby, during the North Seasurge of 9 November 2007.

At one point, this extreme event, the worst for20 years, was feared to be similar to thecatastrophic surge of 31 January 1953, whichresulted in the loss of more than 300 British lives.This time, there was no loss of life. However, atSandsend, the seawater overtopped defences withsufficient force to topple several cars beforeinundating properties.

LAST

MON

TH’SMOS

TVIEW

EDPR

ECINCT

VIDEOCLIP:NESSGA

RDENS

Terry with the visitors on an inspection of the North Wirralcoastal defences at New Brighton and Leasowe Bay

£34,000injection

of

sports funds

P5

Staff travel survey

NEWSINBRIEF

Grants totalling £34,000 willsupport sports and educationalprojects across campus, thanks tothe Friends of the University.

The projects which will benefit from thegenerosity of the organisation include theerection of a Sporting Hall of Fame at theUniversity’s Sports Centre, a permanent tributeto graduates who have contributed to sport ona national and international level. SportLiverpool received £4,000 to help fund thedisplay as well as £5,000 of funding topurchase kayaks and canoes for the Universityof Liverpool Canoe Club and £5,000 forequipment for the Sport and Fitness Centre.

The Centre for Lifelong Learning has also beenawarded £20,000 to be shared between threeareas – the development of the ‘ProfessorFluffy’ website, to help fund a residentialcourse for secondary school children and topay to for camera equipment for the Black andMinority Ethnic photography project.

The Biomedical Electron Microscopy Unit hasreceived £250,000 of Wellcome Trust fundingto buy new equipment to prepare a wide rangeof samples for nanoscale analysis. Only twoother universities within the UK have theequivalent configuration of equipment.

A young researcher who spent four weeksin the Department of Gastroenterologycompleting research into bowel cancer has

been awarded for her work. Sarah Band,a Year 13 pupil from Congleton High School,received the Nuffield Bursary and Gold Crestaward, along with two other students.

The Mammalian Behaviour and Evolutionresearch group has discovered that mice relyon a special set of proteins to recognise eachother. Previous studies assumed that anotherset of genes influence smell in vertebrates.

Car use has declined among University staff, according to the resultsof the latest Travel Plan Survey.

The response rate was excellent for the second year running and this has providedsome useful and robust data to inform the future development of the Travel Plan.

Graham Pollard, Travel Plan Officer, said: “The last year has seen a positive increasein public transport, walking, cycling, motorcycle use and car sharing, whilst singleperson car use has declined by 7% since May 2007 for journey’s to and from work.

“Thank you to all those members of staff who completed the Survey.”

The questionnaire also gave staff the opportunity to contribute thoughts on what newinitiatives the University should prioritise to encourage the use of sustainable travel.Many of the most popular suggestions are already being acted upon by theUniversity’s Travel Plan Board and benefits will be rolled out to staff during 2008/09.

If you want to find out more about the University’s Travel Plan please contactgraham.pollard@liv.ac.uk

HAVE

YOUR

SAYON

THISISSU

EON

LINE

Terry inFULL FLOWforChinese

P4

A Chinese delegation has been tappinginto the University’s expertise to learnmore about its research into sea defences.

The Department of Engineering hosted visitorsfrom the Water Resources and HydropowerPlanning and Design General Institute, theDepartment of International Cooperation inScience and Technology, Ministry of WaterResources, and the Guangdong Research Instituteof Water Resources and Hydropower. They hadasked for discussions with Terry Hedges, SeniorLecturer in Civil Engineering.

They were particularly interested in seawall design,construction and maintenance, the associatedenvironmental impacts, and coastal flood warnings.

During the visit, Terry presented an overview of theissues associated with climate change and seadefences, including the problems of rising sealevels and increased storminess, before answeringthe visitors' questions on risk assessment and theprobabilistic design of coastal structures.

He then took the group on a site visit to the NorthWirral coastal defences with which the Departmenthas been closely associated. Much of the testing ofphysical models of the North Wirral defences, priorto construction of the final scheme, was undertakenin the Civil Engineering Marine TechnologyLaboratory. Computer models of the proposedworks were also developed at the University.

Terry has served on two UK committees on thedesign of seawalls, and has also received aspecial commendation for technology transferrelating to the design of sea defences. His waveovertopping model developed with Maria TeresaReis from Portugal's National Civil EngineeringLaboratory was adopted last year by the NorthEast Region of the Environment Agency forEngland and Wales, just in time to warn ofcoastal flooding at Immingham, Scarboroughand Sandsend, near Whitby, during the North Seasurge of 9 November 2007.

At one point, this extreme event, the worst for20 years, was feared to be similar to thecatastrophic surge of 31 January 1953, whichresulted in the loss of more than 300 British lives.This time, there was no loss of life. However, atSandsend, the seawater overtopped defences withsufficient force to topple several cars beforeinundating properties.

LAST

MON

TH’SMOS

TVIEW

EDPR

ECINCT

VIDEOCLIP:NESSGA

RDENS

Terry with the visitors on an inspection of the North Wirralcoastal defences at New Brighton and Leasowe Bay

£34,000injection

of

sports funds

P5

Staff travel survey

NEWSINBRIEF

Grants totalling £34,000 willsupport sports and educationalprojects across campus, thanks tothe Friends of the University.

The projects which will benefit from thegenerosity of the organisation include theerection of a Sporting Hall of Fame at theUniversity’s Sports Centre, a permanent tributeto graduates who have contributed to sport ona national and international level. SportLiverpool received £4,000 to help fund thedisplay as well as £5,000 of funding topurchase kayaks and canoes for the Universityof Liverpool Canoe Club and £5,000 forequipment for the Sport and Fitness Centre.

The Centre for Lifelong Learning has also beenawarded £20,000 to be shared between threeareas – the development of the ‘ProfessorFluffy’ website, to help fund a residentialcourse for secondary school children and topay to for camera equipment for the Black andMinority Ethnic photography project.

The Biomedical Electron Microscopy Unit hasreceived £250,000 of Wellcome Trust fundingto buy new equipment to prepare a wide rangeof samples for nanoscale analysis. Only twoother universities within the UK have theequivalent configuration of equipment.

A young researcher who spent four weeksin the Department of Gastroenterologycompleting research into bowel cancer has

been awarded for her work. Sarah Band,a Year 13 pupil from Congleton High School,received the Nuffield Bursary and Gold Crestaward, along with two other students.

The Mammalian Behaviour and Evolutionresearch group has discovered that mice relyon a special set of proteins to recognise eachother. Previous studies assumed that anotherset of genes influence smell in vertebrates.

Car use has declined among University staff, according to the resultsof the latest Travel Plan Survey.

The response rate was excellent for the second year running and this has providedsome useful and robust data to inform the future development of the Travel Plan.

Graham Pollard, Travel Plan Officer, said: “The last year has seen a positive increasein public transport, walking, cycling, motorcycle use and car sharing, whilst singleperson car use has declined by 7% since May 2007 for journey’s to and from work.

“Thank you to all those members of staff who completed the Survey.”

The questionnaire also gave staff the opportunity to contribute thoughts on what newinitiatives the University should prioritise to encourage the use of sustainable travel.Many of the most popular suggestions are already being acted upon by theUniversity’s Travel Plan Board and benefits will be rolled out to staff during 2008/09.

If you want to find out more about the University’s Travel Plan please contactgraham.pollard@liv.ac.uk

HAVE

YOUR

SAYON

THISISSU

EON

LINE

Terry inFULL FLOWforChinese

P4

A Chinese delegation has been tappinginto the University’s expertise to learnmore about its research into sea defences.

The Department of Engineering hosted visitorsfrom the Water Resources and HydropowerPlanning and Design General Institute, theDepartment of International Cooperation inScience and Technology, Ministry of WaterResources, and the Guangdong Research Instituteof Water Resources and Hydropower. They hadasked for discussions with Terry Hedges, SeniorLecturer in Civil Engineering.

They were particularly interested in seawall design,construction and maintenance, the associatedenvironmental impacts, and coastal flood warnings.

During the visit, Terry presented an overview of theissues associated with climate change and seadefences, including the problems of rising sealevels and increased storminess, before answeringthe visitors' questions on risk assessment and theprobabilistic design of coastal structures.

He then took the group on a site visit to the NorthWirral coastal defences with which the Departmenthas been closely associated. Much of the testing ofphysical models of the North Wirral defences, priorto construction of the final scheme, was undertakenin the Civil Engineering Marine TechnologyLaboratory. Computer models of the proposedworks were also developed at the University.

Terry has served on two UK committees on thedesign of seawalls, and has also received aspecial commendation for technology transferrelating to the design of sea defences. His waveovertopping model developed with Maria TeresaReis from Portugal's National Civil EngineeringLaboratory was adopted last year by the NorthEast Region of the Environment Agency forEngland and Wales, just in time to warn ofcoastal flooding at Immingham, Scarboroughand Sandsend, near Whitby, during the North Seasurge of 9 November 2007.

At one point, this extreme event, the worst for20 years, was feared to be similar to thecatastrophic surge of 31 January 1953, whichresulted in the loss of more than 300 British lives.This time, there was no loss of life. However, atSandsend, the seawater overtopped defences withsufficient force to topple several cars beforeinundating properties.

LAST

MON

TH’SMOS

TVIEW

EDPR

ECINCT

VIDEOCLIP:NESSGA

RDENS

Terry with the visitors on an inspection of the North Wirralcoastal defences at New Brighton and Leasowe Bay

£34,000injection

of

sports funds

P5

Staff travel survey

NEWSINBRIEF

Grants totalling £34,000 willsupport sports and educationalprojects across campus, thanks tothe Friends of the University.

The projects which will benefit from thegenerosity of the organisation include theerection of a Sporting Hall of Fame at theUniversity’s Sports Centre, a permanent tributeto graduates who have contributed to sport ona national and international level. SportLiverpool received £4,000 to help fund thedisplay as well as £5,000 of funding topurchase kayaks and canoes for the Universityof Liverpool Canoe Club and £5,000 forequipment for the Sport and Fitness Centre.

The Centre for Lifelong Learning has also beenawarded £20,000 to be shared between threeareas – the development of the ‘ProfessorFluffy’ website, to help fund a residentialcourse for secondary school children and topay to for camera equipment for the Black andMinority Ethnic photography project.

The Biomedical Electron Microscopy Unit hasreceived £250,000 of Wellcome Trust fundingto buy new equipment to prepare a wide rangeof samples for nanoscale analysis. Only twoother universities within the UK have theequivalent configuration of equipment.

A young researcher who spent four weeksin the Department of Gastroenterologycompleting research into bowel cancer has

been awarded for her work. Sarah Band,a Year 13 pupil from Congleton High School,received the Nuffield Bursary and Gold Crestaward, along with two other students.

The Mammalian Behaviour and Evolutionresearch group has discovered that mice relyon a special set of proteins to recognise eachother. Previous studies assumed that anotherset of genes influence smell in vertebrates.

Car use has declined among University staff, according to the resultsof the latest Travel Plan Survey.

The response rate was excellent for the second year running and this has providedsome useful and robust data to inform the future development of the Travel Plan.

Graham Pollard, Travel Plan Officer, said: “The last year has seen a positive increasein public transport, walking, cycling, motorcycle use and car sharing, whilst singleperson car use has declined by 7% since May 2007 for journey’s to and from work.

“Thank you to all those members of staff who completed the Survey.”

The questionnaire also gave staff the opportunity to contribute thoughts on what newinitiatives the University should prioritise to encourage the use of sustainable travel.Many of the most popular suggestions are already being acted upon by theUniversity’s Travel Plan Board and benefits will be rolled out to staff during 2008/09.

If you want to find out more about the University’s Travel Plan please contactgraham.pollard@liv.ac.uk

HAVE

YOUR

SAYON

THISISSU

EON

LINE

Terry inFULL FLOWforChinese

P4

A Chinese delegation has been tappinginto the University’s expertise to learnmore about its research into sea defences.

The Department of Engineering hosted visitorsfrom the Water Resources and HydropowerPlanning and Design General Institute, theDepartment of International Cooperation inScience and Technology, Ministry of WaterResources, and the Guangdong Research Instituteof Water Resources and Hydropower. They hadasked for discussions with Terry Hedges, SeniorLecturer in Civil Engineering.

They were particularly interested in seawall design,construction and maintenance, the associatedenvironmental impacts, and coastal flood warnings.

During the visit, Terry presented an overview of theissues associated with climate change and seadefences, including the problems of rising sealevels and increased storminess, before answeringthe visitors' questions on risk assessment and theprobabilistic design of coastal structures.

He then took the group on a site visit to the NorthWirral coastal defences with which the Departmenthas been closely associated. Much of the testing ofphysical models of the North Wirral defences, priorto construction of the final scheme, was undertakenin the Civil Engineering Marine TechnologyLaboratory. Computer models of the proposedworks were also developed at the University.

Terry has served on two UK committees on thedesign of seawalls, and has also received aspecial commendation for technology transferrelating to the design of sea defences. His waveovertopping model developed with Maria TeresaReis from Portugal's National Civil EngineeringLaboratory was adopted last year by the NorthEast Region of the Environment Agency forEngland and Wales, just in time to warn ofcoastal flooding at Immingham, Scarboroughand Sandsend, near Whitby, during the North Seasurge of 9 November 2007.

At one point, this extreme event, the worst for20 years, was feared to be similar to thecatastrophic surge of 31 January 1953, whichresulted in the loss of more than 300 British lives.This time, there was no loss of life. However, atSandsend, the seawater overtopped defences withsufficient force to topple several cars beforeinundating properties.

LAST

MON

TH’SMOS

TVIEW

EDPR

ECINCT

VIDEOCLIP:NESSGA

RDENS

Terry with the visitors on an inspection of the North Wirralcoastal defences at New Brighton and Leasowe Bay

£34,000injection

of

sports funds

P5

Staff travel survey

NEWSINBRIEF

Grants totalling £34,000 willsupport sports and educationalprojects across campus, thanks tothe Friends of the University.

The projects which will benefit from thegenerosity of the organisation include theerection of a Sporting Hall of Fame at theUniversity’s Sports Centre, a permanent tributeto graduates who have contributed to sport ona national and international level. SportLiverpool received £4,000 to help fund thedisplay as well as £5,000 of funding topurchase kayaks and canoes for the Universityof Liverpool Canoe Club and £5,000 forequipment for the Sport and Fitness Centre.

The Centre for Lifelong Learning has also beenawarded £20,000 to be shared between threeareas – the development of the ‘ProfessorFluffy’ website, to help fund a residentialcourse for secondary school children and topay to for camera equipment for the Black andMinority Ethnic photography project.

The Biomedical Electron Microscopy Unit hasreceived £250,000 of Wellcome Trust fundingto buy new equipment to prepare a wide rangeof samples for nanoscale analysis. Only twoother universities within the UK have theequivalent configuration of equipment.

A young researcher who spent four weeksin the Department of Gastroenterologycompleting research into bowel cancer has

been awarded for her work. Sarah Band,a Year 13 pupil from Congleton High School,received the Nuffield Bursary and Gold Crestaward, along with two other students.

The Mammalian Behaviour and Evolutionresearch group has discovered that mice relyon a special set of proteins to recognise eachother. Previous studies assumed that anotherset of genes influence smell in vertebrates.

Car use has declined among University staff, according to the resultsof the latest Travel Plan Survey.

The response rate was excellent for the second year running and this has providedsome useful and robust data to inform the future development of the Travel Plan.

Graham Pollard, Travel Plan Officer, said: “The last year has seen a positive increasein public transport, walking, cycling, motorcycle use and car sharing, whilst singleperson car use has declined by 7% since May 2007 for journey’s to and from work.

“Thank you to all those members of staff who completed the Survey.”

The questionnaire also gave staff the opportunity to contribute thoughts on what newinitiatives the University should prioritise to encourage the use of sustainable travel.Many of the most popular suggestions are already being acted upon by theUniversity’s Travel Plan Board and benefits will be rolled out to staff during 2008/09.

If you want to find out more about the University’s Travel Plan please contactgraham.pollard@liv.ac.uk

HAVE

YOUR

SAYON

THISISSU

EON

LINE