Famelab Galway 2019

College of Science NUI Galway, British Council.

NUI Galway

<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-align: justify;">The International FameLab Science Communication competition is returning to Galway in 2019!</H2>
 
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-align: justify;">Book your ticket to attend the Galway Regional Heat on the 21st of February at 7.00pm in An Taibhdhearc.</H2>
During the Galway Heat, 14 participants will compete for two places in the Ireland final. Scientists from a variety of backgrounds will offer presentations that will answer a range of questions.
The competing scientists will be given a total of three minutes each to explain their research, or any scientific concept they like to a public audience and a panel of judges. This will be followed by three minutes of questions from the judges and the audience. On the night, participants will be judged on the content, clarity and charisma of their presentation. The winner will be a charismatic presenter who makes the science easy to listen to, entertaining, exciting and who is not only able to communicate the science but who can share their passion for it.
Successful candidates who make it through to the initial regional heat, will be invited to attend the FameLab Ireland Final. The Final will be held at the Science Gallery in Dublin on Thursday 11th April 2019.
 
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-align: justify;">What to expect during the evening?</H2>
 The evening will start at 7pm and will be hosted by Prof. Michel Destrade, Chair of Applied Mathematics at NUI Galway, previous winner of Famelab Galway and runner up of Famelab Ireland 2016. 
14 Contestants (see below) will compete and will be judged by a panel of 4 exceptional Judges:
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<LI>Paul Fahy, Artistic Director of the Galway International Arts festival</LI>
<LI>Laura Rigney, Director of Brigit’s Garden</LI>
<LI>Laoise MacNamara, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Principal Investigator NUI Galway</LI>
<LI>Brenda Romero, Game designer, artist and Fulbright recipient, Romero Games  </LI>
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The scientists taking part in the competition are listed alphabetically below: 
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<LI>James Blackwell - Finding brain tumours using ultrasound</LI>
<LI>Michael Brosnan - Rock and roll and the right hand rule</LI>
<LI>Jakub Brzeczkowski - Momentum and martial arts</LI>
<LI>Francesco Civati - Spectroscopy of environment</LI>
<LI>Kerrie Duffy - Knowing me knowing you : the connection between a parasite & its host cell</LI>
<LI>Megan Griffiths - Soothing scales and scutes </LI>
<LI>Cora Lambert - The world’s largest unknown medical emergency</LI>
<LI>Fiona Malone - Blood clots and heartbeats</LI>
<LI>Pól MacFhionnghaile - Tailoring medicines</LI>
<LI>Marta Perez Lloret - Smart nano materials for treatment of diseases</LI>
<LI>Dhaval Salwala - Blockchain</LI>
<LI>Elle Sander - Tiny bubbles</LI>
<LI>Pritish Tidke - The synthetic cell</LI>
<LI>Kate Warde - A threat to modern medicine</LI>
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While the panel deliberates, the audience will be given the opportunity to vote for their favourite candidate and will be entertained by an Interval Act delivered Dr Ana Panigassi, Winner of Famelab Galway 2017 and performer at Bright Club.
Ana is an Obstetrician/Gynaecologist specialised in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and now a full time Science Communicator and her dog, Little Jerry Seinfeld, guarantees she is very funny. Her Show "Horrible Histories in Women's Health" has some interesting little stories about how women's health inventions came about (and the science behind it), and it's funny and gory as you might think. No singing though!  
 
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">Book your ticket now!</H2>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">Follow FameLab Ireland on <A TITLE="Opens in a new tab or window." HREF="https://www.facebook.com/FameLabInternational/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Faceboook </A>or <A TITLE="Opens in a new tab or window." HREF="https://twitter.com/Famelab_Ireland" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter </A>(@FameLab_Ireland #FameLab #BelieveinScience) and FameLab Galway on <A HREF="https://twitter.com/FameLab_Galway" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</A> to stay up-to-date with our news!</H3>
Seating starts from 6.45pm.
 
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">To get more information on FameLab</H2>
<A HREF="https://soundcloud.com/famelab-podcast" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Listen</A> or <A HREF="https://www.britishcouncil.ie/famelab/finalists/previous-winners" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">watch</A> the previous FameLab winners. 
 
ABOUT FAMELAB:
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FameLab® is an initiative of the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK. The British Council has license to deliver the competition in over 30 countries internationally.  FameLab International is co-produced by Cheltenham Festivals and the British Council. In 2018, FameLab Ireland is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and is supported by Henkel Ireland Ltd and Cpl Resources Plc. It is delivered in partnership by the British Council Ireland with Dublin City University, Newstalk 106-108 FM, NUI Galway, RCSI, Science Gallery Dublin, University College Cork, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and the University of Limerick, as well a number of SFI research centres. 
The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide. Our 7000 staff in over 100 countries work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year through English, arts, education and society programmes. For more information, please visit: <A HREF="http://www.britishcouncil.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.britishcouncil.org/</A> or <A HREF="http://www.britishcouncil.ie/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.britishcouncil.ie</A>.  
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Famelab Galway Organising Commitee 2019:
Eoin Murphy, Famelab Alumni School of Natural Sciences, Muriel Grenon School of Natural Sciences, Andrew Flaus School of Natural Sciences & Rachel Quinlan School of Maths, Amy Herron, British Council Ireland
 
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