Speakers for School by Institute UCD
SFI Researchers – Bringing Science to Schools
| SFI Research Team | Title of Talk/Demonstration/Activity | Suitable Ages |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Paul Murphy | Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry and Value to Society | |
| Prof. Pat Guiry | Chemistry in Today's World | 12 - 18 |
| Drugs and the Science of Making Them | 12 - 18 | |
| Prof. David Brayden | Drugs; How They Work and How We Deliver Them | 13 - 18 |
| How to get medicines into animals | ||
| Dr. Jens Erik Nielsen | Proteins and Protein Structure | |
| Drugs and Washing Powder | ||
| Molecular Graphics | ||
| Dr. Gareth Dyke | The Evoloution of Birds and Dinosuars | |
| Dinosaurs – Fieldwork in Russia and Kazakhstan | ||
| Dr. Brendán Noel Kennedy | How do we identify new drugs? | |
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Gamma-ray Astronomy - probing the most violent places in the Universe |
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| Dr. Evelyn Murphy | Treating the Pains and Aches of Arthritis | 12 - 18 |
| Why is inappropriate inflammation responsible for tissue injury in several diseases including psoriasis, arthritis, heart disease and cancer? | ||
| Dr. Keith Murphy | A Tour of Mental Illness across Lifespan | 12 – 18 |
| Prof. Ciaran Regan | How Brains addict to Drugs | 12 - 18 |
| Prof. Denis Shields |
"Why does milk curdle, and how does blood clot? The secrets of proteins." |
7 – 18 |
| Dr. Emmeline Hill | How do genes help some horses run faster than others? | 12 - 18 |
| Dr. Fiona Doohan | Plants and food security | 12 - 18 |
| Dr. Emma Sokell | Matter with Light; The nature of light and its interaction with matter | 8 - 17 |
| Prof. Pádraig Cunningham | The Role of Mathematics in Internet Search | 15 - 18 |
| Social Network Analysis | 15 - 18 | |
| Susan Browne | Biotherapeutics – Production of drugs in animal cell culture | 12 - 18 |
| Apoptosis – Programmed cell death (Importance in industry) | 12 - 18 | |
| Producing Red Blood Cells from Adult Stem Cells | 12 - 18 | |
| Dr. Derek Brazil | Diabetes, The Silent Killer | 12 - 18 |
| Dr. Declan G. Gilheany | Molecular Model Workshop Level 1; Build a Molecule | 6 - 9 |
| Molecular Model Workshop Level 2; How many atoms make a Molecule? | 9 - 12 | |
| Green Chemistry; Catalysts to change the World | 12 - 17 | |
| Chiral Drugs; How to Win a Nobel Prize | 12 - 17 | |
| Prof. Gary McGuire | Exploring the Maths in your iPod and DVD Player | 15 - 18 |
| Prof. J.M. Don MacElroy | Greenhouse CO2 : Capture and Storage | |
| Power and Fuels from Sunshine |
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.
