Name: Brainwaves, Bloodstreams & Battle Cells
Start: 2025-05-19T19:00:00
End: 2025-05-19T21:00:00
Location: The Waterloo Bar

Come explore the wonders of blood: from the protective immune cells it ferries around the body and how it interfaces with delicate organs such as the brain. These properties of blood are foundational to biomedicine and therapeutics, making blood donation a truly life-saving act. Learn more at the Waterloo Bar at 7pm...book your spot now!

The Importance of Blood and Distraction Therapy

Joana Araujo (Global Marketing Director, Transfusion Medicine, Abbott)

Transfusion medicine and its applications (in collab with Irish blood transfusion service)

Brain waves in dementia

Hugh Delaney (Post-doc at Trinity College Dublin )

Neuronal oscillations are rhythmic waves of brain activity that coordination the activity of neurons in the brain. These activities are reduced in Alzheimer's disease, we investigate if this is because of an overly active immune cells.

Making and breaking blood vessels in our brain

Gergo Porkolab (Postdoc, Trinity College Dublin)

Did you know that blood vessels in your brain span a distance of 600 km, the equivalent of flying from Dublin to France? This talk will explain how blood vessels contribute to brain health and how we can study this in the lab.

Gamma Delta T Cells vs Liver Cancer: The Next Frontier in Immunotherapy

Andreea Valeria Atanasescu (Research Assistant, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin )

Gamma delta T cells are unconventional immune players with high potential. Some fight liver cancer, others may help it grow - can we steer them in our favour to boost treatment?

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