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Reáchtálfar an Oíche Ólaíochta trí Ghaeilge. Foghlaim faoi tionchar ionradaíocht ar choirp, rudaí nua gur féidir a fheiceáil óna súla ag baint úsáid as AI, agus tuilleadh! Ní gá a bheith líofa nó cúlra san eolaíocht a bheith agat - fáilte roimh chách!
Irish-language event; learn about the effects of radiation on the body, what we can learn from the eye using AI, and more! No need for fluency or scientific background - all welcome!"
Irish-language event; learn about the effects of radiation on the body, what we can learn from the eye using AI, and more! No need for fluency or scientific background - all welcome!"
Éifeachtaí ionradaíochta ar choirp agus ar chealla
Ciaran Morrisson
(Professor)
Tá tréithe gach cill bunaithe ar an ngéanóm. Is féidir le sócháin, athruithe i struchtúr géine nó crómasóim, a bheith an-chontúirteach. Is comharthaí ailse iad sócháin agus athruithe crómasóim; ar an taobh eile, ní féidir le cilldeighilt leanúint ar aghaidh má tá an iomarca éagobhsaíocht ghéiniteach ann, agus faigheann an chill bás. Céard iad na héifeachtaí a fheictear tar éis damáiste a dhéanamh don ghéanóm, mar shampla i gcás ionradaíocht, nuair a bhriseann fuinneamh radaíochta an DNA, an móilín as a comhdhéantar na crómasóim? Agus cén dochar a dhéantar don chorp ionradaithe?
The characteristics of every cell are based on the genome. Mutations—changes in the structure of genes or chromosomes—can be very dangerous. Mutations and chromosomal alterations are hallmarks of cancer; on the other hand, cell division cannot continue if there is too much genetic instability, and the cell dies. What effects are observed after damage is done to the genome, for example in the case of irradiation, when radiation energy breaks DNA, the molecule that makes up chromosomes? And what harm is done to the irradiated body?
The characteristics of every cell are based on the genome. Mutations—changes in the structure of genes or chromosomes—can be very dangerous. Mutations and chromosomal alterations are hallmarks of cancer; on the other hand, cell division cannot continue if there is too much genetic instability, and the cell dies. What effects are observed after damage is done to the genome, for example in the case of irradiation, when radiation energy breaks DNA, the molecule that makes up chromosomes? And what harm is done to the irradiated body?
Gníomhaíocht na Géine
Síle Ní Mhurchú
(MSc Clinical Neuroscience)
Is galar neamhchoitianta, géiniteach, é Galar Huntington, a thagann ar dhaoine idir 30 agus 50 bliain d’aois. Tosaíonn cealla ag meath sa chuid den inchinn a rialaíonn gluaiseacht an choirp (an stríocach). Bíonn tréimhse reámhlérithe ann i ndaoine a bhfuil an sóchán géiniteach iontu, sula léirítear na siomptóim fisiciúla gluaiseachta. I rith na tréimhse seo, tagann siomptóim neamh-fhisiciúla, síciatracha agus cognaíochta ar dhaoine. Tá an taighde seo dírithe ar na comhcheangail atá idir cumas teanga, dímhothú, aithint mhothucháin agus méid an stríocaigh tharraigh i ndaoine sa tréimhse reámhlérithe den ghalar.
Huntington's disease is a rare, inherited condition that typically affects people between 30 and 50 years of age. Cells begin to degenerate in the part of the brain that controls body movement (the striatum). There is a premanifest period in individuals who carry the genetic mutation, before the physical movement symptoms appear. During this time, non-physical symptoms, psychiatric and cognitive, can emerge. This research focuses on the relationships between language ability, apathy, emotion recognition, and the volume of the caudate striatum in individuals in the premanifest stage of the disease.
Huntington's disease is a rare, inherited condition that typically affects people between 30 and 50 years of age. Cells begin to degenerate in the part of the brain that controls body movement (the striatum). There is a premanifest period in individuals who carry the genetic mutation, before the physical movement symptoms appear. During this time, non-physical symptoms, psychiatric and cognitive, can emerge. This research focuses on the relationships between language ability, apathy, emotion recognition, and the volume of the caudate striatum in individuals in the premanifest stage of the disease.
An tSúil: Fuinneog Nua ar Shláinte an Choirp
Brian Woods
(Ophthalmology SpR | ICAT Fellow)
Fásann an tsúil amach as an inchinn sa bhroinn agus is í an t-aon chuid den chorp í inar féidir linn soithigh fola agus fíocháin néarógacha a fheiceáil go díreach. Le dul chun cinn le déanaí, is féidir linn na fíocháin seo a scrúdú ag baint úsáide as teicneolaíochtaí nua agus intleacht shaorga. Sa chaint seo, pléifidh mé conas atá an oftailmeolaíocht suite idir an bhitheolaíocht, an fhisic agus an optaic, agus conas is féidir an tsúil a úsáid chun sláinte na hinchinne agus an chórais chardashoithíoch a mheas.
The eye grows out of the brain in the womb and is the only part of the body where we can directly observe blood vessels and neural tissue. With recent advances, we can examine these tissues using new technologies and artificial intelligence. In this talk, I will discuss how ophthalmology sits at the intersection of biology, physics, and optics, and how the eye can be used to assess the health of the brain and the cardiovascular system.
The eye grows out of the brain in the womb and is the only part of the body where we can directly observe blood vessels and neural tissue. With recent advances, we can examine these tissues using new technologies and artificial intelligence. In this talk, I will discuss how ophthalmology sits at the intersection of biology, physics, and optics, and how the eye can be used to assess the health of the brain and the cardiovascular system.
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