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The new Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings has placed NUI Galway 10th in the world for addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal for research on life below water and support for aquatic ecosystems. The Times Higher Education’s Impact Rankings, which were released this week, ranked NUI Galway 68th in the world for addressing the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals overall.  More from The Irish Times.
 

 
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Remote Working Survey

Researchers from the Whitaker Institute and the Western Development Commission have launched a national survey to gather data on employees’ experiences of remote working in these unprecedented times. To complete the survey, please click here.


 

ONLINE EVENTS

TUESDAY, April 28
  •  8.15 - 8.45 | Online Mindfulness Shared Practice with Dr. Eva Flynn 
 
To join this online session, please copy and paste the following link into your
GOOGLE CHROME or SAFARI browser: 
https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/8864f09cd69a47329006d5fb1f2527e2

Feel free to share this link with anyone who might like to participate.
 
  • 15.00 - 16.00 | Mature Students, ACCESS Programme | Live Q & A Session 

Intended for those aged 23 or over, who wish to apply to the Mature Student Access Programme at one of the following locations:
  • NUI, Galway; St. Angela's College, Sligo; An Cheathrú Rua; Ballinasloe
Join Q & A session here
 

THURSDAY, APRIL 30
  • 15.00 - 16.00 | School Leavers, ACCESS Programme | Live Q & A Session 
 
Intended for those aged 22 or under, who wish to apply to the School Leavers' Access Programmes at one of the following locations:
  • NUI, Galway; St. Angela's College, Sligo; An Cheathrú Rua; Ballinasloe
Join Q & A session here
 
  • 16.00 - 17.00 | Education during Covid-19: precarity, privilege, purpose
The Covid-19 crisis has led to the mass closure of educational institutions and an ensuing scramble to provide home schooling. Aspects of the education system normally taken for granted have come into relief in the midst of a new sense of precarity. This webinar looks at pressing concerns emerging from current research on education provision, such as the exacerbation of existing educational inequities & the pivot to technology. We also consider longer-term implications and ask whether this could be an opportunity to reimagine education and schooling.  Register for this Moore Institute Webinar here


FRIDAY, May 1

 8.15 - 8.45 | Online Mindfulness Shared Practice with Dr. Eva Flynn

Information and access as above, in first entry.

 


Health Claims....Fact Checked: The Health Research Board - Trials Methodology Research Network, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland based in the School of Nursing and Midwifery are assisting the public quickly and easily by checking the reliability of health claims being circulated by social media. For more visit www.iHealthFacts.ie or Irish Health News.

NUI Galway & AIT tackling PPE shortage: Researchers and clinicians from Athlone Institute of Technology and NUI Galway, led by Professor John Laffey (Anaesthesia) and Professor Neil J Rowan (AIT), have joined forces to tackle the global shortage of N95 masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) desperately needed by frontline workers and other healthcare professionals. More from Engineers Ireland, Irish Tech News, and thinkbusiness.ie.

COVID-19 Contact-Tracing App: JC Desplat, Director ICHEC, wrote an opinion piece on Contact and Tracing Apps in The Irish Times.

Frontline Services benefit from AntiBioAgent Decontamination Wipes: Aquila Bioscience, whose co-founder and director is Professor Lokesh Joshi (Vice-President for Research and Innovation), has begun delivery of AntiBioAgent Decontamination Wipes (ABDs) to frontline services in Ireland, including the Defence Forces, the HSE and An Post.  ABDs will serve as a safe and effective decontamination wipe for first-responders, healthcare workers and postal workers to reduce the spread of COVID-19. More from Engineers Ireland and the Irish Examiner.

Staying Connected via ICU FamilyLink: NUI Galway Research Fellows, including Irial Conroy and Dr Aoife Murray, and UHG staff  has introduced a new video call system known as ICU FamilyLink which will enable contact between families, patients and the clinical teams providing care. More from RTÉ News.

Phase 2 - Corona Citizens’ Science Project Survey: The second phase of the population wide survey, the Corona Citizens’ Science Project, asking the public which social restrictions they would prefer to see lifted, was launched this week. The survey was conducted by research teams at NUI Galway, Dublin City University, and the Insight SFI Centre for Data Analytics (NUI Galway), and was led by Dr Akke Vellinga (School of Medicine) and Professor Anthony Staines (DCU). More from The Journal.ie and Irish Tech News

Isolation Literature: Dr Justin Tonra (School of English & Creative Arts) wrote an article in The Irish Times about isolation literature.

Gardaí - Valuable Work: Professor Donncha O’Connell (School of Law) told The Irish Times that the COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to highlight the valuable work being carried out by Gardaí every day in urban and rural communities.

COVID-19's Economic Impact: Professor Alan Ahearne spoke to RTÉ’s Six One News (Monday, @29.41) and RTÉ Radio 1’s Drivetime about the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

E. Coli in Waterways & Bathing areas: New research carried out by Professor Dearbháile Morris and Dr Louise O’Connor (School of Medicine) has revealed the presence of disease-causing E.coli in recreational waters, including from beaches rated excellent under EU criteria. More from RTÉ Radio 1 Morning Ireland, The Irish Times here and here, Irish Mirror and afloat.ie.

'Immortal' Sea Creature Research: PhD student Helen Horkan spoke to Silicon Republic about her research on DNA damage response in hydractinia, a North Atlantic jellyfish. Read more here.

Remembering Mary: The Irish Times paid tribute to Mary McPartlan who passed away recently.




RTÉ Brainstorm is an online platform for academics and researchers to publish a broad range of articles. Academics and researchers can register on the site by filling in a simple online form

When plagues and pandemics were common in ancient Ireland by Dr Pádraic Moran, Classics

Why we need more than just scientists to document the pandemic by Professor Daniel Carey, Moore Institute

Are your online credit card transactions really safe? by Dr Michael McGettrick, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics

Who's going to speak up for Irish healthcare staff? by Professor Kate Kenny, Whitaker Institute

How healthy Kerry sand dunes are worth €9 million a year by Dr Eugene Farrell, Dr Liam Carr, Eoin Ó Fátharta (Geography) and Mary Bourke, TCD 




Articles uploaded this week to ARAN
Ailt a uaslódáladh chuig ARAN an tseachtain seo
 
  • Journals 

Greene, Mary, & Fahy, Frances. (2020). Steering demand? Exploring the intersection of policy, practice and lives in energy systems change in Ireland. Energy Research & Social Science, 61, doi:10.116/j.erss.2019.101331 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15883 

 

Coentro, João Q., De Pieri, Andrea, Gaspar, Diana, Tsiapalis, Dimitrios, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I., & Bayon, Yves. (2019). Translational Research Symposium—collaborative efforts as driving forces of healthcare innovation. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 30(12), 133, doi:10.1007/s10856-019-6339-2 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15884 

 

Duddy, Conal, & Piggins, Ashley. (2020). A foundation for Pareto optimality. Journal of Mathematical Economics, doi:10.1016/j.jmateco.2020.02.005 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15889 

 

Krukiewicz, Katarzyna, Kowalik, Agnieszka, Turczyn, Roman, & Biggs, Manus J. P. (2020). In vitro attenuation of astrocyte activation and neuroinflammation through ibuprofen-doping of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxypyrrole) formulations. Bioelectrochemistry, 134, doi:10.1016/j.bioelechem.2020.107528K 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15892 

 

Krukiewicz, Katarzyna, Kobus, Dominika, Turczyn, Roman, Erfurt, Karol, Chrobok, Anna, & Biggs, Manus J. P. (2020). Low resistance, highly corrugated structures based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with a d-glucopyranoside-derived ionic liquid. Electrochemistry Communications, 110, doi: 10.1016/j.elecom.2019.106616 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15893 

 

De Pieri, Andrea, Ribeiro, Sofia, Tsiapalis, Dimitrios, Eglin, David, Bohner, Marc, Dubruel, Peter, Procter, Philip, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I., Bayon, Yves. (2018). Joint academic and industrial efforts towards innovative and efficient solutions for clinical needs. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 29(8), 129. doi: 10.1007/s10856-018-6136-3 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15895 

 

Gaspar, Diana, Peixoto, Rita, De Pieri, Andrea, Striegl, Britta, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I., & Raghunath, Michael. (2019). Local pharmacological induction of angiogenesis: Drugs for cells and cells as drugs. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 146, 126-154, 

doi:10.1016/j.addr.2019.06.002 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15896 

 

Tsiapalis, Dimitrios, & Zeugolis, Dimitrios I. (2019). Hypoxia Preconditioning of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Before Implantation in Orthopaedics. JAAOS - Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 27(23), e1040-e1042, doi:10.5435/jaaos-d-19-00044 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15897 

 

Sorushanova, Anna, Delgado, Luis M., Wu, Zhuning, Shologu, Naledi, Kshirsagar, Aniket, Raghunath, Rufus, Mullen, Anne M., Bayon, Yves, Pandit, Abhay, Raghunath, Michael, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I. (2019). The Collagen Suprafamily: From Biosynthesis to Advanced Biomaterial Development. Advanced Materials, 31(1), doi:10.1002/adma.201801651 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15898 

 

Cawley, Mary. (2020). Rural out-migration and return: perspectives on the everyday reality and the idyll in Ireland. Documents d Anàlisi Geogràfica, 66(2), 1-17.  doi:10.5565/rev/dag.588 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15899 

 

Zhang, Wan-lu, Zhao, Lun-yang, McCabe, Bryan A., Chen, Yong-hui, & Morrison, Liam. (2020). Dredged marine sediments stabilized/solidified with cement and GGBS: Factors affecting mechanical behaviour and leachability. Science of The Total Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138551 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15900 

 

Djalali-Cuevas, Adrian, Garnica-Galvez, Sergio, Rampin, Andrea, Gaspar, Diana, Skoufos, Ioannis, Tzora, Athina, Prassinos, Nikitas, Diakakis, Nikolaos, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I. (2019). Preparation and Characterization of Tissue Surrogates Rich in Extracellular Matrix Using the Principles of Macromolecular Crowding. In: Vigetti D., Theocharis A.D. (eds) The Extracellular Matrix. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1952, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-9133-4_20 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15901 

 

Tsiapalis, Dimitrios, De Pieri, Andrea, Spanoudes, Kyriakos, Sallent, Ignacio, Kearns, Stephen, Kelly, Jack L., Raghunath, Michael, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I. (2020). The synergistic effect of low oxygen tension and macromolecular crowding in the development of extracellular matrix-rich tendon equivalents. Biofabrication, 12(2), doi:10.1088/1758-5090/ab6412 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15902 


 

  • Book Chapter 

Sallent I., Capella-Monsonís H., Zeugolis D.I. (2019). Production and Characterization of Chemically Cross-Linked Collagen Scaffolds. In: Sagi I., Afratis N. (eds) Collagen. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1944. Humana Press, New York, NY 

View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15885 
 

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