
Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
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Sustaining human life on the Moon and Mars
Guest: Professor Matthew Gilliham, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, at the University of Adelaide
Extra: CAR T-Cell Therapy (Best of)
Guests:Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s HospitalDr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s
Best of Futureproof: Creating Dark Matter, Curing Addiction
Guests:Dr John Regan, Maynooth UniversityYale Neuroscientist Vaughn Steele
Extra: Obtaining Fingerprints from Ammunition (Best of)
Guest: Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUS
Best of Futureproof: Mirror Life & The Science of Embalming
Guests:Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of MinnesotaGlyn Tallon, Founder of Tallon Mortuary Specialists in Navan
Extra: Is butt breathing achievable?
Guest: Prof John Laffey, Professor of Anaesthesia Intensive Care Medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Galway and a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Galway University Hospitals.
The winter hibernation gene in animals
Guests:Professor Tyler Stevenson, Head of Physiology, Ageing & Welfare at the University of GlasgowDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact at Trinity College Dublin
Extra: Vitamin D is linked to BMI?
Guest: Prof Lena Zgaga, Professor in Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the School of Health in Trinity
Can we witness stars form planets?
Guests:Dr Emma Whelan, Department of Experimental Physics, Maynooth UniversityDr Tara Shine, Change by DegreesDr Ruth Freeman, Research Ireland
Extra: How we exploit artificial intelligence
Guest: Taha Yasseri, Director of the Joint Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines at Trinity College Dublin
Is the human mind the next frontier in warfare?
Guests:Malcolm Dando, Emeritus Professor at the School of Social Sciences at the University of BradfordDr Shelley Brady of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD
Extra: The one thing you need to know about electricity
Guest: Marcus Chown, Science Writer and author of ‘The One Thing You Need to Know’
Treatment-resistant depression
Guests:Professor Valerie Voon, Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Neuromodulation at the University of CambridgeDr Jessamyn Fairfield of the School of Natural Sciences at the University of GalwayDr Shane Bergin, Physicist at UCD
Extra: The Age of Rock
Guest: Dr Anjana Khatwa, earth scientist and author of ‘The Whispers of Rock – Stories from the Earth'
Creating 'Mirror Life'
Guests:Kate Adamala, Associate Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of MinnesotaImmunologist Dr Lara DunganDr John Regan, Department of Theoretical Physics at Maynooth University
Extra: How chimps rationally revise their beliefs & face blindness
Guests:Dr Emily Sanford, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology at the University of California BerkeleyFiona Newell, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the Trinity Institute of NeurosciencesMeike Ramon, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg
Recovering Lost Memories
Guests:Prof Jane Aspell, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Head of the Self and Body Lab at Anglia Ruskin UniversityDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shelley Brady, DCU
Extra: How Close Are We To Lab-Grown Teeth?
Guest: Ana Angelova Volponi of King’s College London
Unusual Metamorphoses
Guests:Author Oren HarmanShane Bergin & Susan Kelleher
Extra: The Origin of Dark Energy
Guest: Prof Kate Maguire, Professor In Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin
Recovering fingerprints from ammunition for forensics
Guests:Dr Colm McKeever, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, at TUSDr Shelley Brady, DCUDr Laura Hayes, DIAS
Extra: How to verify supplement quality
Guest: Professor John Nolan
Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
Guests:Professor Molly Fox of UCLALaura HayesShane Bergin
Extra: The Future of Solar Energy
Guest: Paul Deane, Clean Energy Futures Lecturer at UCC
The Harms of Over-Diagnosis
Guests:Neurologist Dr Suzanne O'SullivanShelley Brady, DCUShane Bergin, UCD
Extra: Huntington’s disease slowed with gene therapy
Guest: Dr Lauren Byrne, Principal Investigator at the Huntington’s Disease Centre at UCL
Rebuilding Our Body With Regenerative Medicine
Guests:Mary Roach, Science AuthorDr Laura Hayes, DIASDr Jessamyn Fairfield, University of Galway
Extra: Making the world's smallest violin
Guest: Prof Kelly Morrison, Professor of Experimental Physics at Loughborough University
The creation of artificial cartilage
Guests:Prof Oren A. Scherman, Professor of Supramolecular & Polymer Chemistry, and Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis at the University of CambridgeDr John ReganDr Lara Dungan
Extra: Dinosaur eggs directly dated for the first time
Guest: Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork
"Clearest sign" of life on Mars
Guests:Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Science at Imperial College LondonDr Susan Kelleher of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD
Extra: Heart attacks may be triggered by infections
Guest: Prof Claudia Monaco, Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation at the University of Oxford
Dublin head scanner is 'breakthrough' in brain research
Guests:Prof Redmond O'Connell, Professor in Decision Neuroscience at Trinity College DublinDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shane Bergin of UCD
Extra: Misophonia Rehabilitation
Guest: Olwyn Morris, Audiologist and clinic owner of Medico Audiology
How Humans Came to Walk Upright
Guests:Dr Terence D. Capellini, Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard UniversityDr Lara Dungan, ImmunologistDr Shane Bergin of UCD
Extra: What is Weaver Syndrome?
Guest: Adrian Bracken, Professor of Chromatin Biology at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
Creating Toothpaste Made From Hair
Guests:Dr Sherif Elsharkawy, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Prosthodontics, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King's College LondonDr Shelley Brady of DCUProfessor Oran Kennedy of the RCSI
Extra: Eirsat-1 and The Future of Irish Satellites
With Dr David McKeown, Assistant Professor at the UCD Centre for Space Research.
Attacking Cancer: CAR T-Cell Therapy
With Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s Hospital, and Dr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s.Newsround with Dr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland and science communicator Fergus McAuliffe.
Extra: Is slowing down ageing possible?
Guest: Eamonn Mallon, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Leicester
The science behind memory distortion
Guests:Ciara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at UCD, where she heads up the Attention and Memory LaboratoryDr Lara Dungan, ImmunologistDr Tara Shine of Change By Degrees
Extra: Advances In Ophthalmic Medicine and Eyecare
Guest: Patrick Condon, former Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at University Hospital Waterford and author of ‘Eye Healthcare – 90 Years of Progress’
Can brain stimulation cure addiction?
Guests:Yale Neuroscientist Vaughn SteeleDr Shane Bergin, UCDSciene Writer Dr Claire O'Connell
Extra: Why is our Earth spinning faster?
Guest: Robin Edwards, TCD
Could colour be the answer to reviving marine life?
Guests:Holly CunninghamScience Communicator Eoin MurphySusan Kelleher, DCU
Extra: The role of mitochondria in why we need sleep
Guest: Gero Miesenböck of Oxford University
What determines the birth sex of a child?
Guests:Siwen Wang, Harvard UniversityDr Ruth Freeman, Research IrelandDr Susan Kelleher, DCU
Extra: Why newborns feel pain differently to adults
Guest: Professor Lorenzo Fabrizi, Professor of Developmental Systems Neuroscience at University College London
Biggest human imaging study completes scan of 100,000 people
Guests:Kevin O'Sullivan of The Irish TimesCatherine McGuinness, Science CommunicatorProfessor Naomi Allen, Chief Scientist at UK Biobank and Professor in Epidemiology at the University of Oxford
Extra: Diabetes - could there be a cure?
Guest: Dr Simon Piggott, Clinical Research Fellow with the Diabetes Complications Research Centre at the Conway Institute, UCD