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BEAM Lab

Welcome to the Body, Eyes and Movement (BEAM) Lab.

Welcome

Welcome

Welcome to the Body, Eyes and Movement (BEAM) Lab.The BEAM lab is jointly run by Drs Ellen Poliakoff and Emma Gowen, based in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. We research how our brains use sensory information such as vision and touch to create action and...

People

People

Current BEAM Lab members Ying Bai (PhD student) Dr Judith Bek ((Post Doctorate Research Associate) Leneh Buckle (PhD student) Martin Casussus (PhD student) Benjamin Hamblin-Pyke (PhD student) Elizabeth Le Luan (PhD student) Ketan Parmar (Optometrist and PhD student)...

Participate in our research

Participate in our research

If you would like to participate in our research please see the current studies listed here.Alternatively, if you would like to be considered in future research studies please contact Ellen (ellen.polikoff@manchester.ac.uk) or Emma (emma.gowen@manchester.ac.uk). ...

Work with us

Work with us

Please click on the following links to find out about job and PhD opportunities in the BEAM lab Work with Dr Emma Gowen and Dr Ellen Poliakoff Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of ManchesterOxford RdManchesterM13...

Imagining movement

Imagining movement

Maeve Stillman, our Autism@Manchester intern, PhD student Ying Bai and Dr Emma Gowen describe one of the studies in the Body, Eye and Movement (BEAM) labMany autistic people have difficulty with recognising and performing movements. For example, they can find it more...

Millie presents at RIO conference

Millie presents at RIO conference

One of our PhD students in the BEAM Lab, Camilla Woodrow-Hill, recently attended the Research in Imagery and Observation conference in Limerick to give a talk on her research. The talk was entitled, ‘Combined action observation and motor imagery of keyboard typing:...

May 2023: INSAR conference

May 2023: INSAR conference

Ying, Emma and Leneh attended the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) annual conference in Stockholm, Sweden. To view Emma and Yings posters, click on the links below. Emma: From “one big clumsy mess” to “a fundamental part of my character.” Autistic...

April 2023: BNA conference

April 2023: BNA conference

Ellen, Ying and Hayley attended the British Neuroscience conference in Brighton. To view their posters click on the links below: Hayley: How are different aspects of sensory processing in fibromyalgia affected across modalities? Ellen: Moving and singing in my head:...

July 2022: University of Toronto visit

July 2022: University of Toronto visit

 In July 22, Professor Tim Welsh, Dr April Karlinsky and Molly Brillinger from the University of Toronto came for a 2 day visit to the BEAM lab. The visit was part of a collaborative project funded by The Universities of Manchester and Toronto exploring the...