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John Nolan and Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (NRCI)

Prof. John Nolan is the founder and chair of the Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (NRCI based in Waterford. His research group studies the role of nutrition in vision health and the prevention of blindness, particularly around age-related m…

Teresa Deevy & the Lyrical Bodies Project w/ Una Kealy, Kate McCarthy and Jenny O'Connor

SETU researchers Dr. Una Kealy and Dr. Kate McCarthy have been involved in research around early 20th century Irish playwright and author Teresa Deevy or some time. Most recently, they are running a project Lyrical Bodies which invo…

Mens Health with Noel Richardson

Noel Richardson from the SETU Carlow Campus talks about his research around the broad area of Men's Health and how his work is shaping national (and international) policy. He talks about projects that target hard-to-reach populations with po…

Veronica Campbell: Cell Biologist & President of SETU

For the first episode of the 2nd season, Rob O'Connor sat down with the new President of the South East Technological University (SETU), Professor Veronica Campbell. They talked about her research journey as a cell biologist, from an 11-year…

James O'Sullivan & Technology Transfer

The podcast guest for this episode is Dr. James O'Sullivan, the Technology Transfer manager at WIT. James is responsible for shepherding research activities from the theoretical to commercial stage. The term "technology transfer" might also …

Ocular Therapeutics Research Group (OTRG) w/ Larry Fitzhenry, Niall O'Reilly & Tess Ames

The OTRG are researching non-invasive ways to treat sight-loss and other eye conditions. Three members of the group (Larry Fitzhenry, Niall O'Reilly & Tess Ames) sat down in the studio to chat with Rob O'Connor about the motivations …

Robots in Agriculture w/ Christine O'Meara and Kieran O'Donoghue

Following on from the previous episode about Agricultural Technology, in this episode we dig a bit deeper in the use of robots in agriculture by speaking with two Irish members of AgRoboFood cluster. Christine O'Meara specialises in commerci…

Agricultural Technology at The Walton Institute

Hazel Peavoy of The Walton Institute joined Rob O'Connor in the virtual studio to provide an overview of some of the agri-tech projects that have been undertaken at WIT. These have massive potential impacts in terms of food quality and effic…

Spirituality with Bernadette Flanagan & Paul Clogher

Bernadette Flanagan and Paul Cloger are directors of the SpirSoP research group at WIT (Spirituality in Society and the Professions). They spoke with Rob O'Connor about some of the fundamental questions around spirituality, how their work is…

Women in Research

Ahead of International Women's Day 2022, three female researchers in the final stages of their PhD studies joined the podcast to talk about their work, describe their motivations and chat about issues affecting women in the research world. A…