@mechanobio_ie PhD researcher in Biomedical Engineering @NUIGalway #Animals
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Tanya O' Brien retweeted
A fantastic initiative! Looking forward to seeing all the wonderful videos which come from it! #WiSTEM #ReelLifeScience #STEM #STEMeducation @wistemnuig
There are 2 weeks left for schools & youth groups to get their #STEM videos into us to win €1000 and be featured at the @galwayscience Festival in @uniofgalway.
More info at reellifescience.com
@scienceirel @Foroige @CURAMdevices @Cellexplorers @GalwayCKI @SFICuriousMind
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
Athlone student wins SciFest 2021 for work on radiation protection irishtimes.com/news/science/…
Please donate anything you can to help my friend Paddy and his charity in Gros Morne, Haiti to build classrooms in Fr. Tony’s honour.
Fr.Tony Coote Haiti Memorial Project gofundme.com/f/frtony-coote-…
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
I'm so thrilled with this result at #ORS2021! Couldn't have done it without the fantastic help and guidance from @LaoiseMcnamara and the whole @mechanobio_ie team!
Massive congrats to @tyrannekesaurus for winning a 3Rs award from the Preclinical Models Section for her research on bone metastasis at #ORS2021 @ORSsociety! Thanks also to @DwyerLab for collaborating on this research and funding from @IrishResearch #LoveIrishResearch
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
Glad to share with you my last scientific publication! Thanks to everyone who supported it @CBIT_upv @CIBERBBN @CPInnovacion @UPV
A team at CBIT worked to fine tune poly(glycerol sebacate) synthesis to control cell interaction with ECM proteins. Collagen/fibronectin conformation and HUVECs culture provide insights on early cell adhesion to surfaces of this material. Paper now online: doi.org/10.3390/polym1303038…
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
"More than half of what we call ‘renewable energy’ actually comes from burning wood and crops."
You can help put an end to this madness by signing this petition. The EU Commission is asking the public to give their opinion by 9 Feb.
#StopFakeRenewables
eubioenergy.com/2021/01/25/b…
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
Bernie Sanders showed up to the #InaugurationDay proceedings looking like a man who was preparing to shovel the driveway, a man who was about to get into his Subaru Forester and head to the grocery store. Iconic thecut.io/2XZMWPu
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
Breaking News: Aleksei Navalny was detained in Moscow after returning for the first time since his poisoning. The Kremlin had promised to detain him upon arrival. nyti.ms/3nUneXa
Congratulations Masooma 🥳
I am delighted to share our most recent publication - a review paper. Thanks @LaoiseMcnamara for the opportunity.
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
'Biomedical engineers are problem solvers for the human body' 🦴🔬 #scifestfinal2020
Amazing talk at the moment on #scifestfinal2020 from Prof. Laoise McNamara 'Biomedical engineers are problem solvers for the human body'. @LaoiseMcnamara @IrishSciTeach @WITSIreland @SmartFuturesIE @JctScience @CWITirl @IOP_Ireland @Society4Science @muirtheimhne #limitless
(6) as moral questions re. animal welfare are never to the forefront of exploitative 'business' decisions.
(5) despite the hundreds of thousands of human lives lost. Surprisingly, humans didn't effectively ban such bizarre practices, despite these infectious diseases affecting their own. Usually, something has to affect humans before notice is taken
(4) the atypical mixture of animals from different continents at 'wet markets' (already harbouring endemic diseases), the callous 'husbandry', inhumane slaughter and consumption of 'bush meat'. Unfortunately, past epidemics like SARS, MERS and Ebola didn't teach us anything,
(3) These animals, taken from their native habitat are confined to a life of unnatural dwellings, resulting in acute stress and illness. This alone propagates the potential of infection to be spread to humans. However, we humans invite future epi and pandemics onboard through:
(2) Ebola detected in 1976, with an additional outbreak in 2014, was transmitted from bats and non-human primates to humans. Can you see a pattern? Covid-19 will not be the last pandemic to sweep the world, as long as people continue to exploit wild animals for their meat and fur
(1) A new strain of Covid-19 has been discovered in Danish mink. SARS-CoV, identified in 2003 originated from an animal reservoir; MERS-CoV discovered in 2012, can be traced back to bat and camel origins;
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
While media was reporting on "names of vegan hot dogs" the EU Parliament signed away €387bn to a new agricultural policy that basically means surrender on climate &environment. No awareness means no pressure and accountability so the outcome is no surprise. They just don't care.
The European Parliament has voted against any meaningful reform of the EU's common agricultural policy #CAP
They have signed a death sentence for small farms, nature and the climate
#FutureofCAP #CAPreform
greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issue…
Tanya O' Brien retweeted
As he seeks re-election, US President Donald Trump’s actions in the face of COVID-19 are just one example of the damage he has inflicted on science and its institutions over the past four years, with repercussions for lives and livelihoods. go.nature.com/36BYFcF