Niall Moyna is a professor of clinical exercise physiology at DCU. Prof Moyna’s research is focused on exercise in the prevention of treatment of chronic disease and on the role of gene polymorphisms in helping to explain interindividual variability in biological responses to exercise.
Nuala Clarke is an Irish visual artist. She completed a BA in Fine Art Painting in NCAD in 1993 and afterwards moved to New York City to live and work. Currently represented by Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY. In 2007, Clarke received a fellowship to The Ballinglen Arts Foundation,…
2023 Robert Boyle Winter School: Science, Ireland and Colonialism – Dublin
The Robert Boyle Winter School took place at the RDS Dublin, 18 February 2023. Since the 17th century, there has been an interrelationship between science and colonialism. Meanwhile, Ireland both suffered under colonialism and participated in, and benefitted from colonialism.
2022 Robert Boyle Summer School: Science, Ireland and Colonialism – Waterford and Lismore.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born in Lurgan Co Down. She inadvertently discovered pulsars as a graduate student in radio astronomy in Cambridge, opening up a new branch of astrophysics – work recognised by the award of a Nobel Prize to her supervisor. She has subsequently worked in many roles in…