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...

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 ...

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 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...

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 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...