Speakers for School by Institute UCC
SFI Researchers – Bringing Science to Schools
| SFI Research Team | Title of Talk/Demonstration/Activity | Suitable Ages |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Sally Cudmore | Bacteria - The good, the bad and the ugly | 10 - 12 |
| The Body's defence system - how we stay healthy | 10 - 12 | |
| The Immune System | 16 - 18 | |
| The Digestive System and Nutrition | 16 - 18 | |
| The Guts of Digestion | 10 - 12 | |
| Your 5 Senses | 10 - 12 | |
| Prof. Dr. Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres | Guiding Light through very small structures | |
| Using Light for Information Technology | ||
| Making very tiny structures a la Gutenberg | ||
| Dr. Mary McCaffrey | Towards an understanding of how the cells in our body transport materials | 9 – 12 and/or 12 - 15 |
| The power of Biotechnology in understanding how our bodies function | 9 – 12 and/or 12 - 15 |
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| Prof. Colin Hill | Developing New Agents to Combat Drug Resistant Bacteria | 12 - 18 |
| GM foods; Preventing Global Hunger or a Crime Against Nature? | 12 - 18 | |
| We are living in a microbial world - the impact of microbes on human life | 12 - 18 | |
| Dr. James Gleeson | Randomness – is there order among the chaos? | 12 - 18 |
| Prof. Fergal O'Gara | Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering | 12 - 18 |
| Using microbes to protect the Environment | 12 - 18 | |
| Genes Microbes and society | 12 - 18 | |
| Safety of Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) | 12 - 18 | |
| Mr. Declan Soden | Research - Surgery, Medicine | 13 - 18 |
| Cancer Research | 15 - 18 | |
| Prof. Martyn Pemble | The Chemistry of Light | |
| Marvellous Materials | ||
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The Smallest Electronic Circuits That Can Be Made |
13 - 18 | |
| Dr. Thomas Busch | Small World: Quantum Mechanics for Beginners | 16 - 18 |
| Quantum Computing | 16 - 18 | |
| Crossing Borders: Career Options for European Scientists | 16 - 18 | |
| Dr John McInerney | Photonics and the World of Tomorrow | 15 - 18 |
| Dr. Geraldine Boylan | Baby Brainwaves; Using engineering techniques to monitor the newborn brain | 16 - 18 |
| Dr. Tom Moore | Embryo cloning – fact and fiction | 15 - 18 |
| Human embryonic stem cells – science and ethics | 15 - 18 | |
| Maternal-foetal conflicts - why pregnancy can be a pain | 15 - 18 | |
| Using genetically modified organisms to study human disease | 15 - 18 | |
| Dr Louise Kenny | Fetal programming- how the womb you grow in predicts your adult health | 15 - 18 |
| Pregnancy - So difficult, that's why only women can do it | 15 - 18 | |
| Dr. Sile Nic Chormaic | Career Options in Applied Physics | 14 - 18 |
| A Scientist's World: Science Adventures in Exotic Locations | 14 - 18 | |
| The Coldest Place in Ireland: Slowing atoms so we can see them | 16 - 18 | |
| Quantum Computing | 16 - 18 | |
| How to make a laser the size of a speck of dust | 14 - 18 |
If you are an SFI PI and are interested in being listed on this webpage to indicate that you (or members of your group) are willing to visit local schools, please email outreach@sfi.ie with your contact details and possible titles/subjects of talks.
