2005 IRISH SCIENTIST YEAR BOOK

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Editorial
Reports : State & Semi-State Bodies
Reports : Academic & Cultural Institutions
Reports : Scientific , Technical & Commercial bodies 
Reports : Hospitals
Reports : Institutes of Technology
Reports : Universities 
Youth Science

General

Editorial

Science in the news 9

History of Science 

What is an Irish Patriot? 10

Nothing new under the sun (unfortunately) 38b

Book Review

Science and Ireland - Value for Society 12

British Association for the Advancement of Science

The 2005 BA Festival of Science 13

 

Reports from State & Semi-State Bodies

Advisory Council for Science, Technology & Innovation

Working together to build Ireland's knowledge economy 14

Chief Science Adviser

Science Governance in Ireland 15

COFORD

PractiSFM Multi-Resource Inventory and Decision Support for Sustainable Forest Management 32

Bird and mammal diversity in Leitrim's woodlands 120b

Comhar The National Sustainable Development Partnership

A crop as high as an elephant's eye 118a

The health benefits of a leisure centre to the community 118b

Department of Education & Science

Science Education 20

Department of Education, Northern Ireland

Opportunities and challenges for science teaching in Northern Ireland schools 21

Discover Science and Engineering

Working together to build Ireland's knowledge economy 14

Enterprise Ireland

Research Commercialisation 24

Environmental Protection Agency

Who does what in protecting Ireland's Environment? 37a

Food Safety Authority of Ireland

The case for considering folic acid food fortification 31

Forfás

Working together to build Ireland's knowledge economy 14

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland

The Tellus Project understanding underground 22a

Health Research Board

Today's health research is tomorrow's health care 23

Higher Education Authority

An All-Ireland approach to research 18

InterTradeIreland

expertiseireland.com the gateway to the island's knowledge base 38a

Irish National Accreditation Board 

Irish National Accreditation Board 34

Marine Institute

Charting a new course for Marine Research and Innovation 33

Studies on the production of histamine in fish, with special reference to histamine poisoning in humans 117b

Materials Ireland

Corrosion resistance of ceramic diesel particulate filters 107

Met Éireann

Borealis TV Graphics System 25

National Museum of Ireland

Natural History Museum reaches new audiences 36

National Safety Council

D.T.T. improving driving? 119b

Northern Ireland Science Park

Science matters 22b

Patents Office

The International Patent Classification System (IPC) 35a

ICE: intelligent cat's eyes 116b

Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland

Upgrading the RPII's national radiation monitoring network 37b

Relay research for the food industry

RELAY putting food research on the table 30

Safefood

Clean fridges after cleaning ????  117a

Science Foundation Ireland 

Science Foundation Ireland 16

State Laboratory

The State Laboratory at Backweston 35b

Teagasc

Molecular tools for detection of food borne pathogens 26a

Genes for tender meat! 26b

Consumers, lifestyle and convenience foods 27a

Fish as a functional food 27b

Heat treatment of dairy proteins understanding the underlying chemistry 28a

Evaluation of k-carrageenan based microgels in a model yoghurt system 28b

Lactobacillus helveticus DPC4571; cheese flavour in the genes 29

Reports from Academic & Cultural Institutions & Non Governmental Organisations

Armagh Observatory

The reconstruction of climate in Ireland from tree-rings 39a

The Armagh Observatory Human Orrery 39b

ASH Ireland

Saliva as a diagnostic tool 120a

Bandon Hyperbaric Oxygen Centre

Bandon Hyperbaric Oxygen Centre 40

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Quantum secrecy, quantum clarity 42 

Galway Education Centre

European Union Science Olympiad 2005 68

ICROSS

The ICROSS/RCSI experience making research make a difference 41

Royal Dublin Society

RDS publication for the BAAS visit 43a

RDS and science promotion 43b

The Tyndall National Institute

The Tyndall National Institute 94

Reports from Scientific, Technical and Commercial Bodies

Analog Devices

False alarm proof burglar alarm 119a

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland 44a

Institute of Physics in Ireland

Antibubbles 114b

Oldbury Publishing Limited

Croma: a new dialect of Lisp 115a

Numerical solutions of Hamilton's equations 115b

Feeding behaviour in the freshwater Gammarus 116a

Reports from Hospitals

St Vincent's University Hospital

Translational research at St. Vincent's University Hospital: the path to new cures 98

Improving on nature modifying natural antibiotics 99a

Children's University Hospital, Dublin 

Parental smoking and sudden infant death 47b

 

Reports from Institutes of Technology

Athlone

Endocrine Disrupters Research Group at AIT 45

Centre for Nanotechnology & Materials Research 46

'Watch it sunny' 47a

Parental smoking and sudden infant death 47b

Role of new technologies in nurse education 48

New generation "smart" materials at Athlone IT 49

Blanchardstown

Highlights from computing research at ITB 44b

Carlow

Strength and conditioning 50a

The shape of a drop 50b

Innovation in data mining at the Institute of Technology Carlow 51a

Development of data-entropy and data-scatter analysis techniques for optical telecommunications signal analysis at IT Carlow 51b

Cork

Acoustic signature analysis of drills used in critical surgical procedures 52

Biomass, biogas, biofuels and bioenergy 53

Drugs from the sea: marine bio-prospecting 54

Dublin

The FOCAS Institute DIT 56a

Postgraduate Research in the School of Computing 56b

Reflection Holography at the IEO Centre 57a

Galway Mayo Institute of Technology

European Union Science Olympiad 2005    68

Letterkenny

Designing scalable software a modern approach to a legacy problem 55a

Realtime animation in LYIT 55b

Limerick

Heat pumps as an alternative to oil 57b

Sligo

Pioneering new degree course in Forensic Investigation and Analysis launched in Sligo 60b

Tralee

Natural Resources and Environmental Management a strategic research area at I.T. Tralee 58a

Bioprocessing of natural products 58b

Geometric optics and the space of oriented lines 60a

Equol opportunities? 59a

Organic waste management system at IT Tralee 59b

Waterford

Estuarine Research Group (ERG) 61a

Separation Science Research Group (SSRG) 61b

Research into integer sequences at WIT 62-63

Department of Chemical and Life Sciences -
Polymer Mediated Sensing Research Group
63b

Macular Pigment Research Group 64a

Surface and Interface Chemistry Group 64b

Department of Physical and Quantitative Sciences -WeLearnT WIT eLearning Technologies Research Centre 65a

A report on the "e-ducation without borders conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 65b

Reports from Universities

Dublin City University

International Junior Science Olympiad 2004   66

IBM/DCU Irish Science Olympiad 2004-05    67

European Union Science Olympiad 2005    68

International Success by Irish Science Students   69

Green Chemistry Group waste not want not!    70a

High-Quality Prioritised Services over Wireless Home Area Network 70b

Plasmoids in an inductively coupled plasma 71a

Patients' rights evaluating if the European Charter will make a difference 71b

National University of Ireland, Galway

The Irish Centre for High-End Computing 72

Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) Making Semantic Web real 73

AlgaeBase listing the world's algae 74-75

Algae, Carrageenans and SeaweedAfrica  76

Cleaner burning for a greener world  77

Research at NUI Galway asks how cells keep their DNA intact 78

Researching metal catalysts in the Department of Chemistry 79a

Green living polymers 79b

Adaptive optics in vision science: towards "super"-vision 80a

How clean is clean? NUI Galway research aims to provide more effective clean-up techniques for chemical and pharmaceutical industries 80b

Searching for the onset of star and planet formation 81

National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Studying the origins of structure in the Universe 82a

Faculty of Engineering 82b

Plastid engineering: harnessing the chloroplast for fundamental and applied research 83a

Smart biocompatible polymer materials in drug delivery systems 83b

The Open University in Ireland

Exploring the Molecular World new insights with The Open University 84

Queen's University Belfast

The Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology Queen's University Belfast 85

The impact and potential of Grid Technology 86

Geographical information systems and spatial analysis: applications in the physical and social sciences 87a

What lies beneath: how Geoscience aids criminal investigations 87b

The bacterial arms race! how germs acquire genes for antibiotic resistance 88a

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

The ICROSS/RCSI experience making research make a difference 41

Trinity College Dublin

Green Chemistry Group waste not want not 70

The frontiers of nanoscience Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) 88b

IITAC at TCD installs IBM's largest Infiniband cluster in Europe 89

School of Physics, Trinity College, Dublin a research-led environment 90a

Geotechnical research 90b

Research in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at TCD 91a

Trinity Centre for Bioengineering (TCBE) 91b

A quick fix from exercise? 92a

A healthy mind in a healthy body 92b

University College Cork

Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre 93

The Tyndall National Institute 94

Cork Constraint Computation Centre making hard choices easier 96

Microbial diversity and climate change 97a

University College Dublin

Successful Engineering Summer School at UCD 97b

Translational research at St. Vincent's University Hospital: the path to new cures 98

Improving on nature modifying natural antibiotics 99a

Combating cancer 99b

Metabolic profiling using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy 100a

NMR based drug discovery 100b

Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research 101

Mother Nature's chemistry set 102

Liver fluke attack: new strategy needed to win the war 103

A good heart these days is hard to find 104

The final cut rediscovering your inhibitions 105

The Nanochemistry Group at University College Dublin and the Centre for Research in Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices 106

University of Limerick

Corrosion resistance of ceramic diesel particulate filters 107

Monitoring bumblebees on farmland 108a

Exploring the granular unknown ! 108b

Generation of novel enzymes for use in antibody-directed tumour therapy 109a

Physiotherapy research and arthritis 109b

MSSI Scientists make important breakthrough in bone implant science 110a

Biomedical Electronics at the University of Limerick 110b

University of Ulster

Centre for Rehabilitation Research: A First in Ireland 111

Built Environment Research Institute 112a

Fire Safety Engineering Research and Technology Centre FireSERT 112b

Conquering diabetes 113a

Earthquake hazard in Sumatra 113b

The Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Research Institute (including; Nanotechnology, Bioengineering and Structural Materials Research) 114a

Youth Science

Croma: a new dialect of Lisp 115a

Numerical solutions of Hamilton's equations 115b

Feeding behaviour in the freshwater Gammarus 116a

ICE: intelligent cat's eyes 116b

Antibubbles 114b

Clean fridges after cleaning ???? 117a

Studies on the production of histamine in fish, with special reference to histamine poisoning in humans 117b

A crop as high as an elephant's eye 118a

The health benefits of a leisure centre to the community 118b

False alarm proof burglar alarm 119a

D.T.T. improving driving? 119b

Saliva as a diagnostic tool 120a

Bird and mammal diversity in Leitrim's woodlands 120b

Schools

Abbey Grammar Christian Brothers' School, Newry, Co. Down  116a

Castletroy College, Limerick  115a

Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Cork  117a

Coláiste Ailigh, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal  120a

Desmond College, Limerick  116b

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Wicklow  119b

Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher, Co. Limerick  118a

Loreto College Coleraine, Derry  114b

Mohill Vocational School, Mohill, Co. Leitrim  120b

Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Cork  118b

Stratford College, Rathgar, Dublin 6.    117b

St. Aloysius School, Cork 119a

Synge Street Christian Brothers' School, Dublin     115b