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What does dancing, Irish history, egg yolks, and futuristic energy tech have in common? Absolutely nothing, until tonight. Discover how music gets generations moving, dive into powerful (and unexpected) conversations about death and Ireland’s past, see the weird science of proteins using everyday objects, and explore how tiny crystals could power our future. It’s science, but not as you know it.
How intergenerational dance can benefit us all
Siobhán O'Reilly
(PhD Researcher)
The design of a movement to music programme for older adults and teenagers with the aim of increasing physical activity, fostering community, and breaking down stereotypes between generations.
Let Them Eat Cake: Death Cafes and Improving Your Death and Grief Literacy
Jennifer Moran Stritch
(Lecturer/Principal Investigator, Loss and Grief Research Group)
Cake might not cure death anxiety, but it can help start the conversation about our mortality, how we grieve, and how to support one another through loss. This talk looks at how the Death Café approach can create relaxed, welcoming spaces where people can talk honestly about death, dying, and grief, and in doing so, become more death- and grief-literate.
Proteins on surfaces
Edmond Magner
(Professor)
Enzymes are central to many cellular processes and have been studied extensively for many years. The majority of studies focus on the properties of enzymes in aqueous solution. However many enzymatic processes occur in cellular compartments where the enzyme is immobilised in a membrane and located in a hydrophobic environment. In this presentation, the properties of enzymes on surfaces will be described together with means of stabilising the enzyme in hydrophobic environments.
Designing tiny materials from common elements to improve the reactions that power clean energy technologies
Daniel Maldonado Garzon
(PhD Researcher)
From solution to nanocrystals: new materials for energy applications.
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