Prof Geraldine Boylan and members of The INFANT Centre team participated in Cork’s “I Wish” initiative that took place at several venues across Cork. Prof Boylan spoke to several groups of female transition year students at Fota Wildlife EducationCentre. Her inspirational speech focused on “why not science, technology, Engineering or Maths” and opened their minds to the vast possibilities in these sectors for their futures.
Dr Anthony Morrissey Centre Manager of INFANT and Minister Bruton at the Innovation Showcase 2014 in the Convention Centre Dublin.
The national Innovation Showcase was an opportunity for companies in Ireland to learn more about world class collaborative research, development and innovation currently ongoing in Ireland. This was the first gathering, in one location, of all State-supported research centres and technology centres of scale.
Delivering excellent scientific research and game-changing technologies to companies in Ireland, representatives from each of the 38 centres were joined by officials from State agencies and Higher Education Institutes that can facilitate and fund innovation in companies in the Dublin Convention Centre.
INFANT was represented at the event by Dr Anthony Morrisey, Centre Manager and Ms Mairead Murray, Research Manager and caught the attention of Minister Bruton shortly after his address.
BiHIVE "Babyscreen App" great hit with the smallies!
Dr Will Hutch engaging future young scientists with "Baby Brainwaves"
Dr Will Hutch wins 1st prize for his interactive poster at Atlantic Corridor research conference. Dr Hutch (PhD) pictured here with Prof Eugene Dempsey is a medical student at University College Cork and his smart-poster was on "Cerebral Oxygenation in Preterm Infants less than 32 weeks Gestation during the first 48 hours of Life".
The NEMO group launced the neonatal seizure treatment survey in Barcelona on Saturday 18th October at the EAPS 2014. The 5th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies brings together three leading pediatric societies, The European Society of Paediatric Neonatal Intensive Care - ESPNIC, The European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) and The European Academy of Paediatrics (E.A.P.) and allows paediatric professionals from around the world to gain unparalleled access to the best scientific research programmes.
We would also like to congratulate Dr Deirdre Murray on chairing, with Prof Pierre Gressens the EAPS 2014 session on Hypoxic -Ischemic Encephalopathy Biomarkers. Also presenting posters at EAPS from the NBRG were Dr Caroline Ahearne, Mr Gavin Hawkes and Ms Ann Marie Looney.
Rehan Ahmed, a SFI Scholar in neonatal brain research at INFANT is currently representing Ireland and INFANT at the World Forum of Young Scientists in Baku, Azerbaijan (26th -31st May 2014). The purpose of the World Forum of Young Scientists is to bring together young scientists and researchers from across the globe to present and discuss their research and ideas. The main topic of the Forum is “New Challenges in World Science: Joint Approaches of Young Scientists”. The best abstracts were chosen from over 100 countries.
The BiHiVE study team led by Dr Deirdre Murray, an INFANT Centre PI, has won the audience selected award at the Pfizer Innovation Through Teamwork Award. The presentations and awards ceremony were held in UCC’s Devere Hall yesterday. The awards were presented by Sean Sherlock TD, Minister of State for Research & Innovation.
Dr Murray said “This is a great achievement for our team. We are extremely lucky to have a fantastic group of motivated people from varied backgrounds; clinical, science, neurophysiology and engineering. They are all a pleasure to work with and together we are focussed on our aim of improving the care of at risk newborns”.
Science Foundation Ireland have announced the Advance Award Programme for female postdoctoral researchers. The Neonatal Brain Research Group in the Irish Centre for Fetal and NeonatalTranslational Research (INFANT) welcomes enquires from postdoctoral researchers interested in this scheme.
‘It’s a Beautiful World’ exhibition will open at 6pm, Thursday 20th February 2014 in the Jennings Gallery, College of Medicine and Health, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC.
Prof. Louise Kenny, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Prof Geraldine Boylan, Professor of Neonatal Physiology, Paediatrics & Child Health at UCC.
Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Sean Sherlock, TD, Minister for Research and Innovation today announced a landmark investment by the Government of €300 million in 7 scientific research centres in Ireland. UCC is to lead four of the seven centres and to co-lead a fifth in SFI’s largest joint state/industry research investment (€300m) in Irish history.
INFANT - Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research UCC which will focus on fast-tracking discoveries relating to most complications of pregnancy and newborn babies and service a huge societal and economic need globally.