Explore Life Sciences Ep.6: Dr. Barry Fitzgerald – Superhero Scientist, Author
Dr. Barry Fitzgerald, also known as “The Superhero Scientist”, is fascinated by science and the superhero genre. Barry has spoken all around the world about science and superheroes at schools, universities, science festivals, and companies. For instance, he spoke at TEDxBerlin 2019 about “Being a Responsible Superhero”.
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Explore Life Science Ep.5: Mari Cahalane – Head of BTYSTE, Recipient Founders Medal BTYSTE2021 & Organiser EUCYS2018 in Ireland
Mari Cahalane is Head of the BTYSTE, Recipient Founders Medal BTYSTE2021 & Organiser EUCYS2018 in Ireland. She has been in the BT family of companies for 30 years in 2021 and been involved in the BT Young Scientist going on 22 years. She has also been heading up the exhibition totally in 2009.
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Explore Life Sciences Ep. 4: Starting Up in Life Sciences with Alan Hobbs
Alan works with Enterprise Ireland and manages the Life Science High Potential Start-Up team who work with the best emerging Bio, Pharma companies in Ireland.
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Explore Life Sciences Ep.3: Voices in Science – Christine Loscher Discusses Covid 19 & Her Career in Immunology
Christine Loscher is a Professor of Immunology at Dublin City University in Ireland. In 2020 she established the DCU Covid-19 Research and Innovation Hub with a key focus on solving the challenges facing society as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Her research is focused on discovering new anti-inflammatory/anti-allergic compounds for the pharma and food sector and amount other things she is a Principal Investigator in the Food for Health Ireland Technology Centre. She was also previously named in Silicon Republics top 100 Women in STEM.
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Explore Life Sciences Ep.2: The Science of Business- Patsy Carney talks Business and Innovation in Life Sciences
Patsy Carney is the director of Kinetic Labs, a new purpose-built science innovation centre in Waterford, which acts as a private ‘rent a lab’ space for the region. He also co-founded EirGen which was sold in 2015 for $135m.
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Explore Life Sciences Ep.1: The Science of Business: Kevin Walsh
We’re excited to introduce you to our Explore Life Sciences Podcast. New episodes available each month. Kevin Walsh is a Waterford native with a passion for pharma and engineering. This month we speak to Kevin Walsh who is the Managing Director of Irish based The Aphex Group.
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