Professor Mike Clarke, director of the Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit, discusses the importance of health research.
Continue ReadingBehind The Science – Terry McGrath, Bia Analytical
Dr Terry McGrath, founder and Chief Technology Officer of Bia Analytical discusses his work in detecting food fraud and the importance of protecting consumers from unsafe food.
Continue ReadingBehind the Science – Dr Ernst de Mooij
Dr Ernst de Mooij from the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen’s University Belfast discusses recent discoveries relating to the exoplanet WASP-76b, and the work to detect and analyse extrasolar planets.
Continue ReadingBehind the Science – Colm Higgins
Colm Higgins is head of the Northern Ireland Technology Centre at Queen’s University Belfast, which bridges the gap between academic research and industry.
Continue ReadingBehind The Science: Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Interview with Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology and Microecology at the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University. Dr. Daniel Pincheira-Donoso discusses evolutionary biology and ecology and the relationships between climate change, extinctions of …
Continue ReadingBehind The Science: Dr Ultan Power
Dr. Ultan Power, Professor of Molecular Virology at the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine discusses research into respiratory viruses and its importance during the current pandemic.
Continue ReadingBehind The Science: Dr Johnny Stewart
Dr. Johnny Stewart, COVID-19 Clinical Research Fellow at Queen’s discusses the latest research into the Novavax Vaccine Trials and how people from Northern Ireland are playing a key role in the development of a new …
Continue ReadingBehind The Science: Professor Nigel Hart
Professor Nigel Hart discusses PRINCIPLE, the nation wide clinical study helping to identify pre-existing drugs that can help in the fight against Covid-19.
Continue ReadingBehind The Science: Chérie Armour
Professor Chérie Armour, Professor of Psychological Trauma & Mental Health, Queens University, Belfast discusses her research into the psychological impacts of COVID-19 across the population of Ireland & UK.
Continue ReadingBehind The Science: Professor James McLaughlin
Professor James McLaughlin Head of School of Engineering at Ulster University talks about his research into nanotechnology and being appointed the key advisor to the UK Rapid Test Consortium who are responsible for the development …
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