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TED talk on science-inspired design by Mathieu Lehanneur

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French designer Mathieu Lehanneur speaks at TED about science-inspired design. Mathieu's Local River, a domestic ecosystem of edible freshwater fish and plants is currently on show in the Science Gallery's WHAT IF... exhibition. His latest creation is a plant air-filter invented with scientist David Edwards:

Join our team

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Are you interested in blowing apart people’s ideas of what a science exhibition can be?

 

The Science Gallery is seeking to appoint an Exhibitions Manager.

 

This senior position will play a key role in the core management team, participating in the further growth and development of the Science Gallery.

 

Is your mobile phone infected?

24:05:09

tvirusAfter Swine Flu fears seem to be abating, should we be worried about mobile phone viruses?

Science Gallery wins ICT Excellence Award

23:05:09

On Thursday night we were delighted to be awarded the national ICT Excellence Award for Best use of Technology in Education.

Pictured here are Lynn Scarff, the Science Gallery's Education Manager and Chris Horn, our Chairman, accepting the award from Paul Rellis, MD of Microsoft Ireland. More about the ICT Excellence Awards.

 

ICT excellence award

Science Magazine piece on INFECTIOUS

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Yesterday leading international journal Science published a piece authored by John Bohannon about the INFECTIOUS exhibition suggesting that "Even a pandemic can have a silver lining", see below.

More about the RFID epidemic simulation in the Science Gallery created by the ISI Foundation in Turin coming soon.

Bioterror: A Phantom Menace?

16:05:09

anthrax lettersShould we really be afraid of bioterrorism?

Innovation Dublin festival

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The Innovation Dublin festival was launched today at the Science Gallery by the Lord Mayor Councillor Eibhlinn Byrne and the City Manager John Tierney, and will take place from October 14-20 2009. The festival will involve workshops, exhibitions and events and your ideas are welcome.

For more details visit the website

Swine Flu Tracker

10:05:09

Through a spooky coincidence, the launch of the INFECTIOUS exhibition at the Science Gallery coincided with the outbreak of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic.

An up-to-date map of confirmed and suspected cases of H1N1 Swine Flu can be viewed here

Drag or zoom on the map below to see details, courtesy of Dr Henry Niman and Rhiza Labs.

Trinity Week and Science Safari

09:05:09

Science SafariNext week is Trinity Week, a festival of events, symposia and films exploring the themes of energy and sustainability open to the public in Trinity College. Best of all, all the events are FREE. Trinity Week has been produced by Karen Walshe.

View the Trinity Week Programme

 

Playing TAG with Vaccines: TCD scientists make vaccine breakthrough

09:05:09

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a brand new protein in the immune system which  if targeted  has the potential of developing more effective vaccines.  The research team, led by INFECTIOUS co-curator and Professor of  Biochemistry, LUKE O'NEILL, have found a protein which they have named TAG.   TAG  limits a key process in the body that is needed for vaccines to work.  “If we can now devise a way to interfere with TAG, we may be able to boost experimental vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria ”, explained Professor  O’Neill.  The findings are publish

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