The top teams from all around the country will be invited to Trinity College, Arlene O’Neill, Dublin Rose of Tralee and PhD researcher at CRANN will act as quizmaster. The winners will receive generous cash prizes sponsored by PharmaChemical Ireland.

There will also spot prizes and this year they will include copies of “A Neutron walks into a Bar”, where all the royalties go to Cystic Fibrosis Research.

Full details and application forms will be posted  www.ista.ie

Regional Finals: Thursday 15th November 7.30 – 9.30pm (application available on line)
ISTA Senior Science Quiz Final: Saturday 24th November 2pm (by invitation only)

Date: 20 November 2012
Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Location: Number 6, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Clinical update on Critical Care, speakers will include:

• Dr Danny Collins, Intensive Care Unit, St. James’ Hospital on Critical Care Management of Stoke
• Dr Brian Marsh, Intensive Care Unit, Mater Misericoridae University Hospital on Management of Acute Severe Asthma
• Dr Donal Ryan, Intensive Care Unit, St Vincent’s University Hospital on Life-threatening upper GI bleed
• Dr Gerry Fitzpatrick, Inventive Care Unit, AMNCH Tallaght on Critical Care Toxicology

Contact: courses@rcpi.ie

The 2012 Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Theoretical Physics (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) is in association with the School of Cosmic Physics and it will take place in UCD on Monday 19 November at 6:00pm.

The lecture entitled “Cosmic perspectives: from planets to the multiverse ” will be given by Professor Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, O.M., F.R.S.

It will be held in Theatre L, Newman Building, Arts Block, UCD.

Astronomers have made astonishing progress in probing our cosmic environment. We can trace cosmic history from some mysterious ‘beginning’ nearly 14 billion years ago, and understand in outline the emergence of atoms, galaxies, stars and planets — and how, on at least one planet, life emerged and developed a complex biosphere of which we are part.

Unmanned spacecraft have visited the other planets of our Solar System (and some of their moons), beaming back pictures of varied and distinctive worlds. And, probing far beyond our Solar System, telescopes, have revealed a vast universe, containing billions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars.

An exciting development in the last decade has been the realisation that many other stars are orbited by retinues of planets — some resembling our Earth.

But these advances pose new questions: What does the long-range future hold? How widespread is life in our cosmos? Should we be surprised that the physical laws permitted the emergence of complexity? and:  Is physical reality even more extensive than the domain that our telescopes can probe? This illustrated lecture will attempt to address such issues.

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What creates visual illusions? Why do we suffer from memory loss? What is the function of neurons?

If you are interested in how our mind works and you would like to learn more about it in an informal but accurate fashion, don’t miss this opportunity and come along to this talk hosted by a scientist (Casto Rivadulla, Neurocom, University of A Coruña, Spain) and an actor (Vicente de Souza).

Have a free drink while enjoying our science café. Language: Spanish

For booking please contact: reservas.dublin@cervantes.es

For further info contact: cultdub@cervantes.es OR

See http://dublin.cervantes.es/en/default.shtm

& direct link http://dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha83613_16_2.htm 

Free event. All welcome. Complimentary finger food.

The Brain: do we know it?

Panel discussion with

• Dr Arlene Egan, psychology coach, Building2Think
• Prof Orla Hardiman, consultant neurologist, Beaumont Hospital, and Professor of Neurology, TCD
• Dr Kate Irving-Lupton, lecturer in mental health nursing, DCU
• Chair: Brian Trench, Irish Science & Technology Journalists’ Association

Developments in the neurosciences have made the brain a central concern of much biomedical inquiry. Figuring out the neural processes that govern consciousness is, for some, one of the last frontiers of scientific research. But for an increasingly aging population there are more mundane concerns about slowing or halting the brain’s decline. In this science café three experts will offer differing perspectives on our current understanding of the brain and how it functions. They will explore:

• how well we understand the brain and how we can treat its many disorders most effectively
• how we can arrest the brain’s decline in ageing
• and how we can improve the brain’s performance for particular purposes

These and related questions will be explored in conversations between the panellists and with the audience. Questions and contributions are always welcome, and no question is invalid.

An Alchemist Café event for Science Week Ireland and Dublin City of Science 2012 in co-operation with the Irish Science & Technology Journalists’ Association.

Free event. All welcome. Complimentary finger food.

How will technology shape our lives in older age? Will robots help keep us independent and at home? Will houses be intelligent enough to monitor our wellbeing? Will we need fewer visits to the doctor, with medical services being provided remotely? Will mobile apps keep us connected with friends and family and computer games help keep us well and fit?

And importantly, will we actually want these new technologies? Can engineers design technology we will really need and like as older people? And can we have any control on shaping the technology that will impact on our lives as older people?

ActivAge 2012 brings together engineers, designers, artists and older people in the community in a public engagement process to present, challenge, inform, debate these questions.

ActivAge opens with a screening of the documentary movie ‘Squeeze me: cuddly robots in dementia” at the Science Gallery at 18:00 on Friday. Nov. 2^rd and continues with the ActivAge 2012 seminar at the Guinness Storehouse on Saturday Nov 3^rd 9:30-16:30

Simply visit www.SmartFutures.ie to check out our new student competition where all you have to do is answer an easy question to be in with a chance to win some great prizes! 

Smart Futures is a national campaign for second-level students in Ireland, highlighting career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and what skills are needed to get into working in exciting and dynamic areas like gaming, app development, energy, medical devices, cybersecurity, computer forensics and much more.

Smart Futures is a project of the Discover Science and Engineering (DSE) programme – the agency responsible for promoting the uptake of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subject choices at second and third level.

Date:                  Thursday, 18 October

Time:                  14:00pm-17:00pm

Location:              Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

RCPI’s Heritage Centre lectures will look at Dublin as a centre for medicine in the 19^th century. Prof Larry Geary, National University of Ireland, Cork, will speak on medical and social philanthropy in improving the life of the poor. Dr Brendan Kelly, Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at the Mater Hospital, will talk on forensic psychiatry in nineteenth century Ireland. Dr Laura Kelly, Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, UCD, will present on the role of RCPI and the Irish medical schools in admitting women to medical education.

The lectures will be followed by the RCPI History of Medicine Research Award, where four shortlisted researchers will present their resent research on various aspects of the history of medicine in Ireland.

Contact:
college@rcpi.ie
01 663 9700

Date:                     Tuesday, 16 October
Time:                     18:20-20:30
Location:             Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

In line with RCPI’s mission to promote health in Ireland, the RCPI Promoting A Healthy Nation Public Meeting Series has been developed whereby expert advice and medical knowledge can be made available to the general public with the aim of raising awareness of key healthcare issues and providing an opportunity for the public to communicate their concerns to RCPI and others.

The broadcaster Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, will chair a public meeting on ageing and the role that a healthy lifestyle plays in slowing down the ageing process.  Chris Crowley, 78-year old motivational speaker and New York Times bestselling co-author of the Younger Next Year books, is travelling from the US to talk about nutrition, wellbeing and ageing, and Professor Rose Ann Kenny,  Head of Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin, who is conducting The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA): a study of a representative cohort of over 8,500 people resident in Ireland aged 50+, charting their health, social and economic circumstances over a 10-year period.

There are a limited number of tickets available for this meeting, so registration is essential. A live webcast of the event will also be available on the day at www.rcpi.ie.

Contact:
college@rcpi.ie
01 663 9700