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Research Collaboration Spotlight

Physicochemical modelling of copper-associated α-Synuclein protein aggregates reveals two distinct Parkinson’s disease-causing oligomer populations at the gold-water interface.

Research Spotlight: : A Design for Life – Gráinne Tyrrell’s PhD on the design of devices used for the TAVI medical procedure will help to reduce preventable medical errors

Research Spotlight: Addressing Male Infertility - Dr Eoghan Cunnane

Research Spotlight: Built from the Ground Up - Dr Eric Dalton and Dr Valeria Nico’s microfluidic pump cooling technology could be used to manage heat in satellites

Research Spotlight - Paul Tasker with Supervisor Teresa Curtin

Research Spotlight: Crystal clear - Paul Tasker’s PhD on the chemistry phenomenon, adsorption, aims to address water scarcity in developing nations

Research Spotlight: Knowledge is Power - Dr Hugh Geaney on the Future of Battery Technology

Research Spotlight: Put ‘em Under Pressure - Associate Professor Sarah Guerin on generating electricity from human protein pieces and the future of sensor technology.

Research Spotlight: Your Food as a Medicine – How research at UL’s Faculty of Science and Engineering could help prevent degenerative neurological diseases in the future.

S&E Summer Research Bursary: Student Experience - Applied Physics

Applied Physics Student Niamh Terranova is spending her summer investigating the Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of Silicon/Graphite-based Anode for next generation of Li-ion batteries at University of Limerick

S&E Summer Research Bursary: Student Experience - Biological and Chemical Sciences

S&E Summer Research Bursary: Student Experience - Bioscience

Bioscience student Manuela Faddetta is spending her summer investigating tibolone-mitochondria crosstalk in neuroinflammation, as part of the S&E Summer Research Bursary Programme at University of Limerick

S&E Summer Research Bursary: Student Experience - Bioscience

Bioscience student Brian Gleeson is spending his summer exploring the role of an inflammatory protein complex called the NLRP3 inflammasome in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), a type of blood cancer most common in geriatric patients at University of Limerick.