December 2017
Invited seminar at University of Milan, Italy
Giulia Sivelli was invited to share her experience as a PhD student and also to share the opportunities and possibilities available for Marie Sklodowska-Curie grants. She gave a presentation entitled “Carrer development under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: Engineering in vitro microenvironment for translation of cell-based therapies for tendon repair” at the Department of Health, animal Science and Food Safety at the University of Milan, Italy.
October 2017
Public engagement at a private high school
Two ESR, Dominika Berdecka and Sofia Ribeiro, presented an overview of Tendon Therapy Train project and tissue engineering basics to the students in Colégio Luso International do Porto, Portugal.
Tendon outreach activity
ESRs interacted with primary school students at the Oughterard Community Centre in Ireland.
Public engagement at the National Ploughing Championship
Andrea De Pieri was present at the National Ploughing Championship 2017 in Tullamore, Ireland. The researchers interacted with kids and adults in a informal manner.
September 2017
Dimitrios Tsiapalis and Andrea de Pieri organized a workshop entitled “Healing Tendons” designed for primary students engagement.
April 2017
Molecular Gastronomy workshop, Apr-17, Meyrick Hotel, Galway, Primary school
February 2017
Salomé Guillaumin participated in the FameLab 2017, a science communication competition where she had to explain a scientific concept to a general audience, in just three minutes. The event was held at the Taibhdhearc Theatre in Galway, Ireland.
December 2016
The Arty Scientist 2016
ESRs participated int the Arty Scientist workshop 2016 edition where artists, scientists and children challenged the stereotype of the mad scientist. It resulted in numerous drawings of children portraying themselves as scientists.
Teachers in Residence
Elaboration of a manual about the Musculoskeletal System in collaboration with elementary teachers for primary level students.
“Science on Screen”
NUI Galway and Galway Film Centre together run a partnership project called ‘Science on Screen’ which aims to facilitate, promote and increase the inclusion of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) content in Irish film and TV production.
September 2016
Eugenia Pugliese participated in the public event “Artist and Residence” in September 2016 at in the center of Galway City, Ireland.
Public engagement at the National Ploughing Championship
Eugenia Pugliese was present at the National Ploughing Championship 2017 in Tullamore, Ireland. The researchers interacted with kids and adults in a informal manner.
December 2015
Media publications
Press coverage of Tendon Therapy Train grant in Ireland.
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