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.