Who’s taking part in the Mutation Zone?

Let’s meet the scientists and schools taking part…

The Scientists

Thomas McLoughlin | Environmental Protection Agency

I am responsible for regulating Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in Ireland.

Sinead Loughran | Lecturer, Dundalk Institute of Technology

I love my job teaching science at DkIT and solving questions about cancer as a cancer researcher.

Sebastian Gornik | Postdoctoral, NUI Galway

I want to find out how and why simple animals, for example jellyfish, can heal and regrow their bodies much better than humans after getting injured.

Monica Flaherty | Tallaght Hospital

I am a medical scientist working in a Microbiology Laboratory in a large teaching Hospital, and I investigate what bacteria or viruses are causing infections in the patients.

Emma Roycroft | PhD Student, Trinity College, Dublin

Trying to figure out why tuberculosis becomes resistant to the drugs used to treat it, by studying its DNA.

The Schools

  • Coláiste Bhaile Chláir, Galway
  • Coláiste Lorcain, Kildare
  • Community College Dunshaughlin, Meath
  • Gaelscoil Na Cruaiche, Mayo
  • Loreto Secondary School, Donegal
  • Presentation  De La Salle College, Carlow
  • S N Cill Muire, Clare
  • Santa Sabina Dominican College, Dublin
  • St Caimin’s Community School, Clare
  • St Paul’s, Galway

This zone is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Posted on October 19, 2016 by modmichaela in News. Leave a comment

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