UCD invite you to the ENGAGE 2022 Grand Final taking place on Tuesday 12th of April at 4.30pm.
The event is both in-person event in the Moore Auditorium UCD O’Brien Centre for Science and online via a live Zoom webinar.
Hosted by the UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, the ENGAGE Seminars are an annual competition featuring late stage Ph.D. students presenting their research to a public, non-specialist audience in a clear and effective way.
Phil Smyth, an award winning science communicator and broadcaster, is hosting the event.
ENGAGE 2022 Grand Final talk titles:
Niamh Moreton: “Stroke: Priming the Brain to Survive”
Supervisor: Prof John O’Connor
Ciara Lynch:“Planet Earth III? Can we give David Attenborough a reason to be optimistic?”
Supervisor: Assoc Prof David O’Connell
Niall Treacy:“Keeping it Renal: Growing Kidney Tissue Without Using Animal Materials”
Supervisor: Assoc Prof John Crean
Danielle Galvin: “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater – Are herbal remedies just glorified soup?”
Supervisor: Asst Prof Derek Costello
Rebecca Sheridan: “Understanding how cancer hacks our cell communication network”
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Margaret McGee
Elin Strachan:“Inherited Blindness: Next Top Model”
Supervisor: Asst Prof Niamh O’Sullivan
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