Unravelling Science Podcast

Unravelling Science Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 48: Provost Linda Doyle: Wireless Communications, Creativity & Making History
February 15, 2022

I am extremely honored to introduce Provost Linda Doyle, the 45th Provost and first female Provost of Trinity College Dublin as my guest on the podcast this week. Linda chats to me about her experienc

Episode 47: Dr Barry Moran: Flow Cytometry, Part Time PhD & Work/Life Balance
February 08, 2022

Dr Barry Moran core facility manager of the Flow Cytometry Facility, at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute is my guest this week. He chats to me about his 'unconventional' journey through acade

Episode 46: Prof Ellen Roche: Medical Devices, Soft Robotics & Collaboration
February 01, 2022

Prof Ellen Roche, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science at MIT joins me this week. She directs the Therapeutic Technology

Episode 45: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell: Pulsars, Astrophysics and Sexism in STEM
January 25, 2022

The incredible Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell joins me this week!! Jocelyn is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars, the discovery of wh

Episode 44: Dr Garret FitzGerald: Cardiology, Pharmacology and A Series of Accidents
January 18, 2022

Dr Garret FitzGerald, professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania joins me on the podcast today. Hailing from

Episode 43: Prof Margaret Murnane: Lasers, Microscopes and Accidental Discoveries
January 11, 2022

An absolute powerhouse Irish Woman in STEM Abroad Prof Margaret Murnane joins me on the podcast this week. Margaret is a Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado and Director of the STROBE S

Episode 42: Prof John Cryan: Microbiome, The Brain and Fueling the Fire
January 04, 2022

The passionate and exuberant Professor John Cryan, Professor & Chair at the Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork joins me on the podcast this week. He chats to me about his ex

Episode 41: Prof Maria McNamara: Paleontology, Fossils and The Natural World
December 14, 2021

Prof Maria McNamara, Professor of paleontology in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork joins me this week. Marias research focuses on the preservation

Episode 40: Dr Ciaran Murphy-Royal: Stress, Astrocyte Metabolism and Language Barriers
December 07, 2021

This week I am joined by Dr Ciaran Murphy-Royal, assistant professor in the department of neuroscience at the University of Montreal. He chats to me about growing up in Dublin, his undergraduate exper

Episode 39: Prof Muireann Irish: Dementia, Memory and Imagination
November 23, 2021

Professor Muireann Irish, cognitive neuroscientist at the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney joins me this week. Muireann's research explores memory and imagination and how these proces