VIRTUAL PRESENTATION BY Dr Virag Sharma and Dr Marcus O’Mahony Department of Chemical Sciences & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre University of Limerick   Presentation 1 (12h00-12h40) – Dr Virag Sharma Harnessing the Potential of Comparative Genomics to Discover Compensatory Mechanisms for Disease Prevention and Treatment Presentation 2 (12h40-13h00) – Dr Marcus O’Mahony Putting Data Analytics to Use Across Pharma and Biopharma Manufacturing – fro...

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION BY Dr Giovanni Zucco and Dr Ryan Arevalo School of Engineering & Department of Chemical Sciences University of Limerick ABSTRACT – Presentation 1 The geometrically nonlinear behaviour of thin-walled aircraft structures is crucial in the design procedure. Many of these structures exhibit a certain degree of symmetry, which plays an integral role in their elastic post-buckling analysis. In this presentation, a new asymptotic method for tracing the geometrically no...

Speaker:   Presenter Professor Kevin Prise, Queen\'s University Belfast, Topic: New Advances in Proton Therapy and the Underpinning Radiobiology Speaker Profile  Kevin Prise is Professor of Radiation Biology, at the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen’s University Belfast. He has developed wide-ranging interests in radiation biology including research on low dose radiation risk, radiation quality, cell and tissue signalling mechanisms. His recent work, at Queen’...

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION BY Bernhard A. Schrefler University of Padova, Italy IAS-TUM, Munich Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX ABSTRACT Computational Transport Oncophysics [1] provides the computational tools which, together with imaging, analysis and quantification, will contribute to rationalize the delivery of therapeutic agents and to evaluate their efficiency, forming an oncophysical modeling framework. This framework should comprise a tumor growth model within the loca...

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION BY Professor Ursel Bangert and Dr Shahrzad Daghighi Bernal Institute  PRESENTATION TITLE Professor Ursel Bangert Atomic Scale Imaging and Spectroscopy:  Revelation of Atom Configuration, Dynamics and Collective Electron Motion By using atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy supported by image simulation and atomic-scale spectroscopy, sites and behaviour of single atoms as well as collective electron motion around these, can be revealed. This hugely he...

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION BY Edmond Magner and Dr Malgorzata Tecza Bernal Institute   ABSTRACT – Presentation 1 Electrochemistry forms the basis for a wide range of applications, examples include sensors, batteries and fuel cells. This presentation will focus on recent work on the use of electrochemical methods to prepare and characterise supports for use in biocatalysis, biofuel cells and devices for the controlled delivery of pharmaceutical materials. The underlying premise in this ...

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION BY Professor Jacques Huyghe and Dr Kyriaki Koupepidou Bernal Institute   ABSTRACT – Presentation 1 Biomedical engineers face porous media with very low stiffness, high osmolarity and extremely large deformations. Examples are superabsorbent hydrogels and living cells. Volume strains above 1000% strain are commonplace in diapers, female pads and growth plates. The strong nonlinearities of large deformation formulations of poromechanics hamper the use of analyt...

Speaker:   Dr John Mulvihill, University of Limerick Speaker Profile  Dr Mulvihill is a Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Limerick. He was a Marie Curie fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, and Trinity College Dublin in the area of cell mechanobiology, and has worked as part of the FP7-funded (€8.7million) AMCARE project. His research focuses primarily on cellular mechanobiology and the role mechanics plays in cellular function. In particular, he ai...

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION BY Professor Michael H. B. Hayes Department of Chemical Sciences University of Limerick Department of Chemical Sciences University of Limerick   PRESENTATION TITLE Soil Degradation – As Great an Immediate Threat as Global Warming ABSTRACT The most fertile soils of the world are under long-term cultivation (LTC), i.e. monoculture crops (for the most part maize (Zea maize) and soya beans (Glycine max)) are grown annually, or more frequently where climatic condit...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of $17 billion and 50,000 employees in 50 countries. Their mission is to enable their customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. They help their customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity. Cork is their largest site in Ireland, with over 400 colleagues involved in the manufacture of AP...

AcademicLabs: what it can do for you We are delighted to welcome Sabyasachi Ghosh (Head of Product) from AcademicLabs to our next Tea(ch) Time. This innovative platform (https://www.academiclabs.com/) is packed full of helpful scientific information — all in one user-friendly interface. Sabyasachi will show us how to find publications, patents, projects, clinical trials, funding calls, and academic experts. For further information, please contact: yesbernal@ul.ie  ...

The speaker will be Prof. Guy Denuault from the University of Southampton, U.K.  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8630-9492 The title of this webinar is: “Sampled Current Voltammetry, an Old Technique Offers New Tricks”.  Click here to join this webinar...

This virtual coffee morning will discuss initiatives that are taking place within the UL faculty of Science and Engineering to achieve Athena SWAN accreditation for the Bernal Institute. Speakers include Bernal Academic members:  Dr Andy Stewart and Dr Hugh Geaney. All are welcome to join this discussion and contribute your ideas. In a major national initiative supported by the Higher Education Authority, the Athena SWAN Charter was launched in Ireland in early 2015. Figures ...

The speaker will be Dr. Michelle Browne from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LrXPqdQAAAAJ&hl=en The title of this webinar is: “Catalysts, 3D-Printing and Supports for Electrochemical Water Splitting in Alkaline Media”.  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr Alan O’Riordan from the Tyndall National Institute, Cork Ireland. ‪Alan O\'Riordan‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬ The title of this webinar is:  “metallic nanowire electrochemistry for analytical chemistry”.  Click here to join this webinar...

The title of this webinar is: \"The surface chemistry of colloidal nanocrystals\" ABSTRACT Colloidal nanocrystals are hybrid objects in which the properties of core and surface both determine the characteristics of the entire nanocrystal. The surface is often capped by (in)organic ligands which determine colloidal stability and the physical and chemical properties. As a result, nanocrystal surface chemistry, i.e., the understanding of and control over the ligand shell, has become one of the ce...

Speakers:   Dervla Kelly: Stakeholder perspectives on cancer services in the Mid-west Jon Salsberg: What is PPI and challenges in operationalising PPI  Bandar Alamri: An example of PPI in research: researcher perspective  Ciara McNamara: Lessons learned about how to do PPI well: PPI representative perspective  Panellist Profiles Jon Salsberg, Senior Lecturer in Primary Healthcare Research – Public and Patient Involvement, University of Limerick  Dervla Kelly, Lecture...

This talk will: help researchers navigate the best job portal, offering jobs in research (https://www.euraxess.ie/ireland/jobs-funding) help researchers living in Ireland, find the best advice on career and funding opportunities If you are a non-EEA researcher in Ireland, EURAXESS Ireland can help you to understand how the visa and the work permit system works in Ireland and how to qualify for the Fast-Track Work Permit Scheme (Hosting Agreement) for scientific researchers in Irela...

Powder X-ray diffraction: what it can do for you   Bernal Institute Instrument Scientist, Dr Vasily Lebedev will explore Powder XRD -  a well-known technique that allows one to perform a detailed analysis of crystalline materials and thin films.   Discussions will focus on different applications of P-XRD, quantification methods, and approaches for data processing. For further information, please contact: yesbernal@ul.ie  ...

Dr Pepijn Van de Ven, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick The title of this webinar is: Is Artificial Intelligence the silver bullet, the beast to be slain, or just a very useful tool? Click here to join this webinar ABSTRACT Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant waves in recent years with applications in areas such as consumer devices, financial services and self-driving cars. The medical field is no exception in this regard with astonishing research advance...

Due to the travel disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic the physical event of 19th ECASIA is postponed until 2022. We apologise for any inconvenience. The 19th ECASIA will now be held between SUNDAY 29TH MAY – 2ND JUNE, 2022 in the historic city of Limerick, Republic of Ireland. The theme of ECASIA ‘21/22 is Surface Analyses for Advanced Manufacturing. A one-day virtual conference will be held on FRIDAY, 18 JUNE 2021 as a forerunner to the physical conference in 2022. The first half of...

We are delighted to welcome Hugh Fay – Manager Analytical Solutions Group Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on more than 140 years of success. Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The company holds leading positions with its three business units - Laundry & Home Care, Beauty Care and Adhesive Technologies, with Henkel being the global leader in the adhesives market – across all industry segments worldwide. One of the major Adhesives R&D sites w...

Are you thinking of starting a career in industry? Writing a good cv is the first step,   there are hundreds of different cv templates, formats, headings, and it can be easy to lose track of what a good cv should look like. Join this YESBernal Coffeenar and learn how to tailor your cv to a job description We are delighted to welcome Elaine Kiely (Post Graduate Careers Advisor) to the YESBernal Coffeenar. Elaine works with postgraduates in UL and provides the latest information, advice...

Dr. Ismail El Baggari Cryogenic STEM Visualization of Strongly Correlated Phases Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) is highly sensitive to lattice degrees of freedom and enables tracking of lattice displacements with sub- Angstrom resolution and picometer precision. This has ushered novel visualizations and discoveries of functional atomic displacements in ferroelectric materials, magnetoelectric oxides, and 2D materials. Due to stringent stability requirements, the overwhelming ...

Discover new Opportunities for Composites in Wind Energy for Ireland at the IComp Network Seminar on April 21st. Bernal Chair of Composite Materials and Science Foundation Ireland Research Professor Paul Weaver, industry leaders and other academic experts from Irish Universities will share details on openings and developments in Wind Energy....

The pandemic has been tough, but with vaccinations rolling out, the future is looking optimistic. Researchers will once again be permitted to visit other universities; so, why not start planning now. Join Partnerships Officer for Erasmus and non-EU exchanges at UL global, Ivanna D\'Arcy, to find out all you need to know about travel grants:  the application process, eligibility and tips....

Dr James Brown , University of Limerick The title of this webinar is: \"Restraining KATs: new therapeutics and breast cancer biomarkers\". Abstract  \"The focus of my talk, and my Oncobiology and Molecular Therapeutics Group is exploring the role of lysine acetylation in regulating genome stability, and how this can be controlled by our new targeted inhibitors as the potential next generation of therapeutics. Our fundamental research explores new roles for the lysine acetyltransfera...

The title of this webinar is: \"Engineering the crystallinity of MoS2 for potassium-ion batteries\" ABSTRACT Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are being heavily studied in battery research due to their structural uniqueness and interesting electrochemical mechanisms. They undergo a two-step electrochemical process that includes an intercalation reaction and a subsequent conversion reaction, where the former uses van der Waals gaps to accommodate ions and the latter causes...

Dr Kieran McGourty, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick The title of this webinar is: \"The Molecular Basis of pro-Survival Signalling during Cell Quiescence\" Click here to join this webinar University of Limerick Cancer Network (ULCaN): Developing a research focused infrastructure that facilitates project design and development between multidisciplinary teams working along the ‘The Cancer Journey’ Cancer is a debilitating disease and it is a significant strain on fami...

Learn how to write a great manuscript by joining  YESBernal\'s panel discussion on Friday 05 March,  at 10am. Experienced colleagues,  Aileen Bowen Perez, PhD student, Dr Sarah Guerin and Dr Micheál Ó hAodha from the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick will share insights, tips, and feedback on their publications. All are welcome to join! Click here to join this webinar...

Bernal Institue Instrument Scientist Dr Vasily Lebedev will present the first edition of  YESBernal Tea(ch) Time. Vasily will present an overview of essential  Synchrotron-specific methods (e.g. XAS, anomalous XRD, GIXRD, WAXS). These methods are helpful to chemists and material scientists, e.g. in the field of battery research, in-situ characterization of catalytic processes, and analysis of thin films. In addition, Vasily will provide a description of the current funding proposals s...

Are you worried about defending your PhD Vive Voca examination online? If so, join YESBernal\'s Coffeenar Friday, Feb 05, 10 am. Dr Gerard Downes from University of Limerick Graduate and Professional Studies will explain what to expect from a virtual Viva. Former UL PhD student Dr Barry Long will also share his online viva experience Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr Paul Kavanagh, Queens University Belfast https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kms6gt8AAAAJ&hl=en The title of this webinar is: “Electrochemical Energy Conversion Using Biological and Biomimetic Electrocatalysts”.  Click here to join this webinar...

We are delighted to announce the Bernal Institute first annual conference on advanced structured materials addressing #GlobalGoals for Sustainable Development: AStruM 2021, will take place on Wednesday, 14 January from 11:30 (GMT). Professor Eugenia Kumacheva, Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials, University of Toronto, will present “Nanocolloidal “inks” for 3D Printing of Structured Materials’ Professor Markus Antonietti, Director Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, P...

The Maurice A. Biot Lecture Series -The speaker will be  Prof. Jacques Huyghe, Bernal Institute. The Maurice A. Biot Lecture was established at Columbia University in 2004 in remembrance of the late Professor Maurice Anthony Biot and his renowned achievements as an engineer, physicist, and applied mathematician. Biot was a professor of mechanics at Columbia University in the period 1937-1945. The title of this webinar is: “Poromechanics in extremely large deformation: S welling and frac...

The speaker will be Dr Matteo Bosi, (IMEM-CNR, Parma Italy) The title of this webinar is: e-Ga2O3 polymorph: epitaxial growth, properties and applications Click here to join this webinar ABSTRACT Ga2O3 is an ultra-wide bandgap oxide (Eg>4.5 eV) of great interest for applications in power electronics, opto-electronics, UV-detection, catalysis, etc. Ga2O3 can crystallize in several polymorphs, the most common being a, b, e, with different properties and fields of applications. b-G...

The University of Luxembourg together with the University of Limerick and the Bernal Institute will host a winter workshop on manufacturing, mechanics and characterisation of advanced engineering materials on January 26 to 29 January 2021. The workshop is in the frame of the H2020 DRIVEN European project with the aim to boost the scientific excellence and technology-transfer capacity in data-driven simulation of the University of Luxembourg. Presentation The workshop will provide the late...

The speaker will be Dr. Nako Nakatsuka from ETH Zurich, Switzerland.  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fCGz5F0AAAAJ&hl=en The title of this webinar is: “Towards Chemical Sensing from Live Neurons via Aptamer-Modified Nanopipettes”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Prof. Rainer Fischer a Presidential Fellow and Research Professor at Purdue University https://www.linkedin.com/in/trent-munro-745b38a/ The title of his webinar is: Plant and yeast derived malaria vaccines The development of recombinant antibodies and vaccines has allowed us to treat and prevent a large number of life-threatening diseases. However, as things stand in late 2020, the speed, capacity and scalability of current production systems is beginning to place li...

Professor Paul Murray, Health Research Institute & Bernal Institute, University of Limerick The title of this webinar is: New Insights into the Inflamed Microenvironment of B Cell Lymphomas Click here to join this webinar ABSTRACT A subset of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are driven by the oncogenic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). These tumours are typical of so-called ‘inflamed lymphomas’ having an unusual histology characterised by a ...

The speaker will be Dr F. Javier del Campo (BCMaterials: Basque center for materials, applications & nanostructures, Spain)  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aOHVRAUAAAAJ&hl=en The title of this webinar is: “Self-Powered Electrochromic Biosensors: from Concept to Device”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr Wojciech Nogala (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland)  https://scholar.google.pl/citations?user=TCJyVawAAAAJ&hl=en The title of this webinar is: “Preparation of Metallic Nanostructured Surfaces and Activity Mapping with SECM”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Professor Julie MacPherson, University of Warwick, U.K. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pjVrn7IAAAAJ&hl=en The title of this webinar is: “The use of Transmission Electron Microscopy in the Study of Metal Electronucleation and Growth”  Click here to join this webinar...

The title of his webinar is: Find the Impossible Expand the realms of research with BD Multi-Omics Quantifying single-cell gene expression at the mRNA and protein level has the potential to reveal novel mechanisms of gene regulation, cell types and biomarkers that have been previously unappreciated. A powerful new multiomics technique, BD™ AbSeq, allows the analysis of both the transcriptome and proteome, in parallel in thousands of single cells within one assay. Together with BD Fl...

The speaker will be Dr. Giovanni Valenti (University of Bologna, Italy) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=y2t16AcAAAAJ&hl=en The title of his webinar is: Electrochemiluminescence-based Biosensor: from Academic Curiosity to an Industrial Success”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Prof.  Debbie Silvester-Dean (Curtin University, Perth, Australia) https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=51P07a4AAAAJ&hl=en The title of his webinar is: “Modified Electrodes for Gas Sensing in Ionic Liquids” Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Prof. Robert A.W. Dryfe from the University of Manchester, U.K https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=cqmvMXwAAAAJ&hl=en The title of his webinar is: “The Carbon/Electrolyte Interface”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr. Grégoire Herzog (Université de Lorraine, France). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1932-9300 The title of his webinar is: “Silica Mesoporous Films for Electrochemical Sensors” Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr. Mark Platt (Loughborough University, U.K.)  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3-aSsPIAAAAJ&hl=en The title of his webinar is: “Our Nanoparticle Life Cycle: Synthesis, Characterisation and Sensors”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr. Hugh Geaney, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9166-5707 The title of his webinar is: “In Search of Superbatteries”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr Dr Shokoufeh Rastgar, University of Oldenburg, Germany https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HcPdFiMAAAAJ&hl=en The title of his webinar is: “(Photo)SECM Characterization of Polarized Liquid/Liquid Interfaces\". Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr Evgeny Smirnov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7930-7758 The title of his webinar is: “Going Beyond Assemblies of Gold Nanoparticles at Liquid-Liquid interfaces: from Electrocatalysis to SERS”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Bernal Physicist, Dr Andrew Stewart The title of this webinar is Adventures with TEM at the Bernal Institute Starting with an overview of the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) facilities in the Bernal institute.  Then moving onto the 3DED method for solving nano-crystals similarly to how you would apply X-ray Crystallography to macroscale crystals. Followed by, a brief introduction to the automation methods we are developing, through the application of machine lear...

Irish Polymers and Materials Conference 2020: Polymers and the Environment – part 2 Organised by: SCI’s All-Ireland and Materials Chemistry Groups  Online Webinar - 14.00 – 16.00 (BST) Register for this event...

The speaker will be DrDmitry Momotenko (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-4916 The title of his webinar is: “Nanoscale Electrochemical 3D Printing: simple technologies for advanced fabrication”  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr Shelly (Michele) Conroy, TEMUL, Bernal Institute. This webinar is presented in association with DENS Solutions in-situ solutions. Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Prof. Damien W.M. Arrigan (Curtin University, Australia)  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1053-1273 The title of his webinar is: “Ion transfer voltammetry for detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)\".  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr Matthias Vandichel (University of Limerick, Ireland)  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1592-072 The title of his webinar is: \"Computational Oxygen Evolution Reaction studies: bifunctionality in mixed metal oxyhydroxides and mononuclear pathways on molecular catalysts\".  Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Bernal Chair of Process Engineering,  Professor Vivek Ranade The title of this webinar is Fluidic Devices for Process Intensification Process intensification is intrinsic to better chemical and process engineering. Process intensification may be broadly defined as an ability to obtain better results in terms of purity, conversion, and yield of the desired product by manipulating rates of relevant transport processes and chemical reactions so as to enhance overall perform...

The speaker will be Dr Elizabeth Ryan The title of this webinar is Targeting of Tissue Macrophages/Dendritic cells by novel biomaterials to modulate inflammatory microenvironments Dr. Elizabeth Ryan “All immunologists have a favourite cell, mine is the dendritic cell. These cells reside in our tissue and act as the sentinels of the immune response, detecting invaders and co-ordinating the appropriate immune response. I have studied these cells in lung, liver and colon, in bot...

The speaker will be Dr. Andreas Lesch (University of Bologna, Italy)  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4995-2251 The title of his webinar is: “Inkjet-printed electrodes: The road from new inks and printing concepts to electrochemical sensors in healthcare.” Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Prof. Alvaro Colina (Universidad de Burgos, Spain) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0339-356X The title of this webinar is “Spectroelectrochemistry: Why not double your information?” Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Dr Antony Comer, Composite Materials Cluster The title of this webinar is FIBRESHIP - Increasing the use of composite materials in large marine vessels Dr. Anthony Comer joined the Irish Composites Centre IComp in 2009 as a postdoc after previously working in the Structural Dynamics Group at Oxford University. As a postdoc at IComp, Anthony worked as an experimentalist on various IComp core funded projects including STRICOM, RIPCOM and PROTHERM. Since becoming ...

The speaker will be Dr Xinxin Xiao (Technical University of Denmark) The title of this webinar is “Dealloyed Nanoporous Gold for Bioelectrochemistry”  ...

The speaker will be Presenter Kathryn Toghill (Lancaster University, U.K.) The title of this webinar is “Metal Coordination Compounds in Electrochemical Energy Storage” Click here to join this webinar...

The speaker will be Presenter Dr Paolo Actis, University of Leeds, UK. The title of this webinar is “Single Cell and Single Molecule Manipulation Enabled by Nanoelectrochemistry” Click here to join this webinar...

YESBernal are delighted to welcome Dr. Christa Ivanova and Dr. Aurélie Vigne from Elvesys to the YESBernal Coffeenar,  \"Join the Flow\" Elvesys Microfluidics Innovation Center (ELVEFLOW) is an innovative, self-funded company created by 3 microfluidic researchers in 2011 becoming the world leader of high-performance microfluidic flow control in only 4 years. ELVEFLOW has built up a team of highly qualified profiles with expertise in each field necessary to help researchers in their microflu...

The speaker will be Dr Lukasz Poltorak (University of Lodz, Poland) The title of this webinar is \"DIY Philosophy and Electrified Liquid-Liquid Interfaces\" Click here to join this webinar...

In this DENSsolutions User webinar we welcome Dr Jennifer Cookman of the Bernal Institute, UL who uses the DENSsolutions LPEM system \"Ocean\" to conduct fascinating research into the growth of pharmaceutical crystals. Abstract Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy (LPEM) enables the visualisation of nanoscale materials suspended in native liquid environments, isolated from the detrimental high-vacuum of the electron microscope. These in situ observations have enabled, insight into nanoparticle g...

Continuous Revolutions: Disrupting the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Paradigm Click here to register ABSTRACT Unfortunately, both the cost and supply gaps of medicine are increasing. There are on average 200 active drug shortages nationally each year. Lengthy supply chains, limited numbers of manufacturers (commodity chemicals and drug product), and surges in demand are some of the more prominent causes of drug shortages. This lack of responsiveness, uncertainty, and diversity create pressure ...

Physical Multiscale Fatigue Modeling from Atoms to Components without Experiments ABSTRACT In this presentation, the first successful examples of real multiscaling from atoms to macroscale for different applications for metals will be outlined. Multiscale simulation comprises all length scales from electrons/atoms via micromechanical contributions to macroscopic materials behavior and further up to applications for components, frequently called multiscale materials modelling (MMM) (Fig. 1). ...

Science & Engineering/ESB Visiting Lecture Series The Connection between the Land and Energy Sector in Meeting Green House Gas (GHG) Mitigation Targets: Considering Local Conditions for Meeting Global Goals (To reserve a place email: eileen.madden@ul.ie  Light refreshments will be served at 4.30pm) Abstract Meeting the GHG emission reduction targets agreed upon in Paris agreement will be an immense challenge for all countries. It requires immediate action to decarbonize the vari...

Photonic Professional GT2: Highest resolution 3D printing in research and prototyping” The achievements of the two-photon polymerization based world’s highest resolution 3D micro-printer will be presented. The device offers a defined control on the feature sizes and resolutions ranging from nanometer to micrometer scale and accessible print area of ~ cm2. Subsequently, the printed structures can be transferred into metal, semiconductors or ceramics by electro-plating or coating techniques. ...

D-Life: The Importance of Proteome Homochirality Maintenance and Underlying Mechanisms Homochirality is one of the key principles of life. Our proteins are composed of homochiral monomers, exclusively of L-amino acids (L-AAs), while D-amino acids (D-AAs) are thought to be non-proteinogenic. This is crucial because enzymes have stereo selective binding modes and therefore, do not cooperate with proteins partially or fully consist of D-amino acids. Recent advances demonstrate that various stre...

Bernal Industry Day ‘Collaboration, Leadership and Support’   Keep up to date with the latest research in materials science, technology and R&D funding available to industry by speaking to the experts themselves at the Bernal Industry Day. Speakers include; • World leading Materials Scientists • Representatives from Europe’s Research and Development Funders, Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Horizon 2020 • Keynote speech by Marcus Horan, Munster Rugby, I...

Immunotherapy in Oncology and Addressing the Challenges with Combination Strategies ABSTRACT Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies, such as the ones targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) or programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), have displayed durable clinical responses in various cancers and are now approved by the FDA for a growing list of cancer types. Although these new immunotherapies have had a notable effect on cancer treatment, they only benefit a limited...

Sustainable Carbon Materials and their Composites ABSTRACT Multifunctional nanostructured materials are finding application in a range of sectors such as energy production and storage, catalysis, sensing and biomedicine. Advanced carbon materials possess unique properties such as: high electrical conductivity, high chemical and thermal stability, low toxicity, and ease of chemical functionalisation. However, the vast majority of their synthetic routes involve petroleum based materials. This is...

The audience will be introduced to the general area of optical spectroscopy, then specifically Raman, its theoretical underpinning and positioning in respect to other forms of optical spectroscopy, highlighting Raman’s advantages that have led to its ever-expanding utilisation in a multitude of fields. Associated Data Science techniques will also be touched upon. This will be followed by an introduction to Advanced Nano Technologies small volume-drop Raman Flipper Spectrometer, outlining the b...

Selective Brain Region Vulnerability in Parkinson’s Disease is Governed by α-Synuclein Conformations Neuronal aggregates of alpha-synuclein (αSyn) (Lewy bodies and neurites) are a pathological hallmark of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). It has recently been discovered that αSyn, a neuronal protein of unclear physiological function, normally exists in cells and brain tissue principally as α-helically folded multimers that resist pathological aggregation. It ...

Solution Chemistry Nanolithography of Optical Nanostructures ABSTRACT Solution chemistry nanolithography (inkjet printing) is a dynamically developing technology characterized by relative simplicity (in comparison with photolithography, plasma etching and some others), easy scalability and a great variety of applications (from bioprinting to inorganic metamaterials). Over the past three years, there has undoubtedly been considerable progress in the development of optical and photonic devices. ...