Pint of Science Ireland

In this episode of Pint of Science Ireland, Anastasia speaks with Dr. Cristhiane Favero de Aguiar, a postdoctoral fellow at Trinity College Dublin. Listen in as they delve into the world of immunometabolism, discussing the differing metabolism of immune cells, the difficulty in studying complex systems and the misconceptions of immunology and metabolism in media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, Paul from the Pint of Science Ireland Podcast Team, chats with Dr. Eoin Syron from the University College of Dublin. They discuss chemical engineering concepts such as "green molecules for green energy", one of Dr. Syron's research topics of interest. They also converse about research methods, scale up of sustainable energy systems and Ireland's current energy systems!Eoin compares chemical engineering to making a giant cup of tea! This is a brilliant analogy describing the workings of a chemical engineer in a relatable way. We hope you enjoy the podcast as we jump from "what does a chemical engineer do?" to "green molecules for green energy" and "lunch box reactors".Take a moment to relax, pour a pint and learn about the world of chemical engineering! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet the new season's Pint of Science Podcast Team! Enthusiastic science communicators from a diverse background ranging from molecular biology to open access science! Take a moment to enjoy a pint and listen to the team's motivations and background! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we all learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, public health is inextricably linked to mental health - Brian Kennedy talks to Julie Arnott, an epidemiologist and public health specialist. She has studied maternal health in Uganda and Tanzania, has worked with the HSE as a COVID-19 epidemiologist, and is currently researching the physical and mental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.Executive Producer, editing: Molly McCroryResearch: Molly McCrory and Dan GiffneyInterviewer: Brian KennedyMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women provide the bulk of care within the household in Ireland - Dan Giffney talks to Dr. Maeve O'Sullivan, a lecturer/Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management & Decent Work, on how this came to be in Ireland, how it's changing and what can be done to relieve women of certain pressures and facilitate their wider and equal participation in the Irish workforce.The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.Executive Producer, editing, research: Aneta NergutiInterviewer: Dan Giffney.Music:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Brian Kennedy talking to Dr Ciara Egan, a lecturer in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Galway. Ciara talks to the pod about her research into how reading works in the brain, her work with adults who have dyslexia, and reproducible research.You can find Ciara on Twitter/X at @BrainbowPoi and her research can be found online at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ciara-Egan-4.The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.Executive Producer: Brian KennedyEditing: Kate FinucaneInterviewer: Brian KennedyResearch: Molly McCrory and Brian KennedyGuest: Dr Ciara EganMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode, Peter Lebrocquy Cox interviews Kilian Murphy, an ecological research scientist working in the Lab of Willdife Ecology and Behaviour at UCD. Tune in to hear about the bigger picture ecology, our relationship with it and a message of hope for the future.This episode is produced for POS Ireland by Eolas Productions. Follow more from Kilian Murphy on Twitter.Producer: Peter Lebrocquy CoxInterviewer: Peter Lebrocquy CoxResearch: Aneta NergutiEditor: Dan Giffney, Aneta Nerguti Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode, Aneta Nerguti interviews Dr. Adrian Byrne on ethics, bias, legislation and opportunity in AI. What is the future of AI, how can/should it be regulated and what opportunities does it bring us?This episode is produced for POS Ireland by Eolas Productions. Follow more from Dr. Byrne on Twitter or LinkedIn.Producer: Aneta NergutiInterviewer: Aneta NergutiResearch: Daniel Giffney, Molly McCrory, Peter Lebrocquy Cox and Julius Huelsmann.Editor: Peter Lebrocquy CoxDr. Adrian Byrne is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Career-FIT PLUS Fellow at CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for Applied AI. He is also Lead Researcher; AI Ethics Centre, Idiro Analytics.Dr. Byrne is in receipt of funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant. This podcast reflects the author's views only. Neither Enterprise Ireland nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information disclosed. Music:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Molly McCrory talking to Vanessa Teckentrup, a postdoctoral researcher in the Gillan Lab in Trinity College Dublin. Vanessa talks to us about her PhD research on stimulating the vagus nerve to study how the brain deals with physical and mental disturbances, as well as her thoughts on open science and replicability!You can find Vanessa on Twitter at @glassybrain and the Gillan Lab in TCD at https://gillanlab.com.The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.Executive Producer: Kate FinucaneEditing: Kate FinucaneInterviewer: Molly McCroryResearch: Brian Kennedy and Kate FinucaneGuest: Vanessa TeckentrupMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Giffney interviews Marion Bartl, a computational linguist working on gender bias and fairness in Natural Language Processing - how can AI be biased and what are we doing to change that?You can find Marion on Twitter at @marion_bartlThe Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.Executive Producer: Peter Lebrocquy CoxEditing: Aneta Nerguti & Peter Lebrocquy CoxInterviewer: Dan GiffneyResearch: Dan Giffney, Peter Lebrocquy Cox, Aneta Nerguti, Julius HuelsmannGuest: Marion BartlMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Kate Finucane talking to Andrew Ryan, a master's student in University College Dublin who works with the deer in Phoenix Park. Tune in to hear about what goes into managing the herd and what it's like to research toxoplasmosis in wild deer.You can find Andrew on twitter at @andrewoid97 and the Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour group in UCD at https://sites.google.com/ucd.ie/wildl-ecol-behav-at-ucd/home?authuser=0.The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.Executive Producer: Kate FinucaneEditing: Brian KennedyInterviewer: Kate FinucaneResearch: Brian Kennedy and Molly McCroryGuest: Andrew RyanMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Peter Lebrocquy Cox talking to Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, an infectious diseases and internal medicine physician in St James's Hospital, Dublin, and Senior Lecturer in Medical Gerontology. In this episode, she explores the implications of our current health system on those who have less access to it due to perceived social status.You can find Clíona on Twitter at @ClionaNiThe Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.Executive Producer: Peter Lebrocquy CoxEditing: Aneta Nerguti & Dan GiffneyInterviewer: Peter Lebrocquy CoxResearch: Dan GiffneyGuest: Dr Clíona Ní CheallaighMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Molly McCrory talking to Dr. John Ward, an astrophysicist turned Space Product Manager. Tune in to hear about what it's like to work in the space industry in Ireland.You can find John on twitter at @astro_ward and Réaltra can be found at www.realtra.spaceThe Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.Executive Producer: Kate FinucaneEditing: Brian Kennedy and Kate FinucaneInterviewer: Molly McCroryResearch: Kate Finucane and Brian KennedyGuest: Dr. John WardMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Aneta Nerguti chats to Dr. Mark Mitchison about his work in using quantum physics to measure our universe and demystifies the mysterious world of quantum physics. You can find Dr Mark Mitchison on twitter @MarkMitchison.Executive Producer: Peter Lebrocquy CoxEditing: Daniel Giffney and Peter Lebrocquy CoxInterviewer: Aneta NergutiResearch: Peter Lebrocquy Cox, Daniel Giffney and Molly Mccrory.Guest: Dr. Mark Mitchison, Assistant Professor, Trinity College DublinMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Molly McCrory talks to Andrew McGovern about sex differences in the brain relating to health.You can find Andrew's podcast, Living Room Logic, here: https://linktr.ee/LivingRoomLogicExecutive Producer: Molly McCroryEditing: Kate FinucaneInterviewer: Molly McCroryResearch: Brian KennedyGuest: Andrew McGovern, PhD student University of LimerickMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Daniel Giffney chats to PhD student Nicole Todd about her work with harbour porpoise in irish waters. Listen in to hear about the smaller, introverted cousins of Dolphins. You can find Nicole's research paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12951Executive Producer: Aneta NergutiEditing: Peter Lebrocquy CoxInterviewer: Daniel GiffneyGuest: Nicole Todd, PhD student UCCMusic:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we interview Professor Kevin McGuigan, a professor in RCSI whose research involves using solar energy to provide safe drinking water to vulnerable communities in low-to-medium-income countries. Music:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eleanor Dunn speaks with Brian Kennedy about her research into the relationship between volcanoes and earthquakes and new methods of prediction.Music: Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we interview Laura Whelan who is a final year PhD candidate in Professor Jane Farrar’s lab in Trinity College Dublin, researching inherited blindness. She explains the basics of genetics and how it applies to her research on a specific form of blindness.MusicAerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are taking a short break this month - Pint of Science 2023 starts next week across Ireland - you can view events on https://pintofscience.ie/ Season 2 coming soon! Music:Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.