Robert Boyle Summer School 2022 – A 3 day event held in Waterford and Lismore. 2022 Robert Boyle Summer School: Science, Ireland and Colonialism
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Robert Boyle Summer School 2023
The 11th Robert Boyle Summer School #RBS2023 took place from 22 – 25 June in Waterford City Hall and at the Heritage Centre in the beautiful village of Lismore. Addressing the theme Science Writing | Writing Science, our presenters and guests enjoyed three days of conferencing, culture, conversation and conviviality. The speakers for the…
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Robert Boyle Summer School 2022
Boyle’s father Richard was the most successful colonial adventurer in 16th /17th Century Ireland. Income from lands in Ireland help fund Boyle’s scientific programme. Boyle also had interests in certain colonial enterprises. In the succeeding centuries there has been an interrelationship between science and colonialism. It is timely to examine…
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Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP
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…
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Robert Boyle Summer School 2021
In science, one is rarely alone, as it often involves teamwork and collaboration. Ideas and concepts are discussed with peers, as was the case for Robert Boyle and his sister in the 17th century. While it was socially acceptable for his sister to do charity work, it was not acceptable…
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Gallery | Summer School 2021
2021 Robert Boyle Summer School: Women in STEM – Past, Present & Future, online.
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Dr Michelle DiMeo
Michelle is the Arnold Thackray Director of the Othmer Library at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia. Her research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of early modern science and medicine, with particular interests in domestic science, medical remedies, and women practitioners.
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Prof Niall Moyna
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.
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Prof Annraoi de Paor
Annraoi de Paor was born in Waterford in 1940. He became an internationally renowned expert in control theory and also pursued interests in biomedical engineering and renewable energy.
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Dr Oliver Feeney
Dr Oliver Feeney is a researcher in political theory and bioethics with the Centre of Bioethical Research and Analysis, NUI Galway. His primary research is on the ethical, legal and social (justice) implications (ELSI) of biomedical technologies, esp. CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and the ethics of human enhancement.