She/her Emo adult, amateur musician and PhD candidate @CarolanLab researching #bumblebees & #pesticides with @ProtectsProject.
Ireland
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🐝NEW RESEARCH🐝
Are bumblebees impacted by low doses of #glyphosate?
Are there differences in exposure to glyphosate alone and formulations like those used in #agriculture, gardens, and parks?
Open access here @ElsevierConnect -> sciencedirect.com/science/ar… (1/10)
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My name is Bernard, living in Ireland. I have stage 4 stomach cancer. My medical consultants recommend Immunotherapy and chemotherapy. Despite best scientific and clinical evidence, my Irish healthcare insurer won't fund this. Am I alone?
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Today was the "soft-launch" of our media campaign to get all Irish health insurers fund cancer immunotherapy #FundImmuno . I have been overwhelmed with the support (over 5000 shares in a day, just on LinkedIn). Thank you. @LayaHealthcare do us right!
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Effective communication needed to implement Nature Restoration Law, which "is not about ‘saving nature’ – which will find ways to flourish without us – but about saving ourselves"
@IrishTimes @PaddyWoodworth
irishtimes.com/opinion/edito…
It was a bittersweet day!
I'm so proud of myself and @SLarragy for making it through our PhDs, but so sad to say goodbye!
I had the most supportive supervisor @JimCarolanMU and made a life-long friend in Sarah. You both taught me so much about research, life, and friendship 🩷
Thank you to @agriculture_ie for funding my research with @ProtectsProject, and @DaraStanley for her quality co-supervision! Thank you also to @MUHost_Path for always supporting my extra-curricular endeavours with @MU_bio_school and the post-grad committee! #PhDone
A major thank you to everyone else @MaynoothBiology for your kindness and support. Admin staff, technical staff, fellow PhD students, faculty members, and fellow post-grad, summer school, and @MU_AthenaSwan committee members, I had a fantastic experience.
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Still time to apply for this PhD project on bumblebees and anthropogenic stressors 🐝🐝
PhD position. This @SWBio_DTP project will focus on understanding how exposure to multiple anthropogenic stressors influences bumblebees🐝
Case partnership with @BumblebeeTrust and co-supervised by @chris_LeDuck @RichardComont
Link below. Please RT
tinyurl.com/uz3jea3k
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🌸Excited to be offering a @SoCoBioDtp #PhD project w/@sejarnold looking at the impact of plant nutrition on floral rewards and plant-pollinator interactions🐝
👉More info here tinyurl.com/4rdk5puz
✍️Apply to SoCoBio southcoastbiosciencesdtp.ac.…
#FindAPhD #PhDPosition #Pollination – at South East, England
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When celebrating your child's success tomorrow, please acknowledge the privilege you have(if any) & be aware of the message that exam results send poor kids! If you paid to help your kid do well-say that.If your family history helped your kids succeed- say that! #LeavingCert2023
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I'm looking for a hub in the West of Ireland to deliver some of the @Stempassport to girls in local schools. We want a big room with moveable desks that holds 50 people we have the technology we just need the space. Get in touch if you have somewhere!
youtu.be/KAjdzn8QfU4
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End of an era. The two @CarolanLab Sisters, @MerissaCullen & @SLarragy came back to submit their hardbound theses. Started and ended together.
The lab & @MaynoothBiology will definitely miss you both. #LoveIrishResearch #bees #pesticides #pollinators #BeeThreaths #biodiversity
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Would you like a PhD qualification? to collaborate widely? to work on @ERC_Research #FamilySleeps rich research #genomics #circadian #ABCD #UKBiobank data #PhD available this October. Apply before 31May. #JobFairy familygenomics.maynoothunive…
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📢PhD opportunity with @TCDSolar and myself: "Determining the potential co-benefits for biodiversity conservation and renewable energy production on solar farms in Ireland"
Closing 14th June
tcd.ie/Botany/vacancies/
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🐝Prof @JaneCStout is an internationally renowned expert on pollinator and pollination ecology. Her research seeks to understand how land management practices, affect ecological processes and the benefits of nature for humans. #WorldBeeDay #IUAResearchImpact
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Join us at the MU Biology Summer School to learn Cell Culture Techniques and more !!! 🧫🧫😁
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Happy #WorldBeeDay 2023!
This year we're celebrating the completion of EIGHT new PhDs on Irish bees and other pollinators - see more 👇
pollinators.ie/pollinator-re…
Well done everyone 👏🐝👏🐝👏🐝
@PollinatorPlan
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📢 Calling all current @MaynoothBiology 2nd & 3rd yr undergrads !
Join us for the MU biology summer school to gain hands on lab experience and to learn about biological and biomedical research !!
#MUBioSummerSchool @MaynoothUni
Our gal @CarolanLab @MaynoothBiology has her first paper published!! What a beauty it is.
Click the link to read about genes selected for in Irish bumblebees (or if you just want major figure envy 😏)👇👇
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In case you missed it: Women are less likely to be credited for their scientific contributions than men. It’s true across multiple fields & at all stages, with important repercussions for career progress. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine #MedTwitter
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
I can't believe it's over! I was the luckiest duck to have fantastic supervisors @JimCarolanMU and @DaraStanley. I enjoyed every second of my viva. Thank you both for preparing me well 🥲
Now... Anyone want to fund research into the questions that still keep me up at night? 🤠
Congrats to the one and only @MerissaCullen who passed her Viva this week. An outstanding thesis produced by an outstanding person. Thanks to the @ProtectsProject team & @DaraStanley for excellent co-supervision throughout & to @agriculture_ie for funding. @MaynoothBiology 🐝🍾🥲
