ENGAGE 2024 GRAND FINAL
Congratulations to our six ENGAGE 2024 finalists - Laura Murphy, Claire Hughes, Conor Hession, Ella Fouhy, Teerna Banerjee & Kate McKeever - and to all PhD students on our school's Public Science Communication module, led by Dr Craig Slattery, who participated in this year's ENGAGE seminars series. Learn more about the ENGAGE Accessible Science series here -ENGAGE 2024 Programme
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Winner of ENGAGE 2024
The Winner of ENGAGE 2024 is Claire Hughes. Huge congratulations to Claire who won the ENGAGE trophy for her presentation 'Undercover Allies: Cannabis Enhances Chemotherapy's Siege on Ovarian Cancer'. Supervisor Assoc Prof Antoinette Perry. Learn more about Claire's research here
Second place and Runner up for ENGAGE 2024
In second place and Runner up for ENGAGE 2024 is Teerna Banerjee for her presentation 'Understanding how bad recycling causes cancer'. Supervisor Prof Jeremy Simpson.
Best Poster Presentation ENGAGE 2024
The winner ofBest Poster Presentation ENGAGE 2024is Ciara McMahon for her research 'Getting to the root of a rare disorder – “CHD2 What do you really do?” Supervisor Dr Gary Brennan.
Ella Fouhy presents “Spot the difference” - A game changer in predicting preeclampsia.
Supervisor: Prof Patricia Maguire.
Conor Hession presents 'Battling the Beast of Drug Resistant Yeast'.
Supervisor: Prof Geraldine Butler.
Kate McKeever presents 'Mind the Gap: Molecular crowding in the cell'.
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Gerard Cagney.
Laura Murphy presents “Waste Not, Want Not” - Yeasts Valorisation Crusade.
Supervisor: Assoc Prof David O'Connell.
Our three judges for ENGAGE 2024 were Science writer and contributor to The Irish Times Dr Claire O'Connell, filmmaker and owner of Apple Tart Productions, Slawomir Bracki, and Board member/Treasurer International Music Council UNESCO Dr Dorothy Conaghan. Learn more about our host and judges here - ENGAGE 2024 Programme
Winner Claire Hughes pictured with (from left to right) Prof Cormac Murphy Head of UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, Prof Jeremy Simpson Principal UCD College of Science, ENGAGE judge Dr Claire O'Connell and host Barry Fitzgerald.
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We extend our gratitude to our ENGAGE 2024 host, science communicator and broadcaster (opens in a new window)(opens in a new window) Barry Fitzgerald. With a PhD in computational physics, Barry is the author of three popular science books, including Secrets of Superhero Science and How to Build an Iron Man Suit.
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