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General
Reports : State & Semi-State Bodies

Reports from academic and cultural institutions, hospitals and scientific and commercial bodies

Reports : Institutes of Technology
Reports : Universities
 
Youth Science

General

The growth of Irish science 9
Restoring an astronomical gem
11

Reports from State and Semi-State bodies

Central Fisheries Board

Non-native freshwater plants in Ireland 29a

COFORD

Improving the uniformity and quality of broadleaf planting stock 30

Comhar

Bio-filtration system purifying waste water 106a

Department of Education and Science

The scientific literacy of Irish 15 year olds 20

Department of Education, Northern Ireland

Science education in Northern Ireland schools and colleges 22

Discover Science & Engineering

Discover Primary Science - creating scientists of the future!14
Schools awarded for science excellence 107
Where to Discover Science & Engineering 108

ENFO

Welcoming us into an oasis of calm 31a

Environmental Protection Agency

Law, technology and environmental protection, symbiosis in action 31b

Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Salt: the spice of life? 29b

Forensic Science Laboratory

FSL — Ireland’s CSI? 38b

Forfás

Discover Primary Science — creating scientists of the future!14
Advisory Council for Science Technology and Innovation 15
School awarded for science excellence 107
Where to Discover Science 108

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland

New geoscience surveys of Northern Ireland — progress of the Tellus Project 35

Higher Education Authority

HEA PRTLI — High impact year 18
Health Research Board 13

Marine Institute

New Marine Institute headquarters opens in Galway 36a
Swim safe with an automatic inflate-a-belt 105a

The Mental Health Commission 

The Mental Health Commission 37b

Met Éireann

EUMETSAT satellite imagery 34
“The Sunny Southeast” — is it true? 105b

National Museum of Ireland

Crystal Creatures at the National Museum 23

Northern Ireland Science Park

Sustainable development at the Science Park 36b

Ordnance Survey Ireland

The OSi National Network RTK Solution 32

Patents Office

What is a Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC)? 37

Relay — research for the food industry

Food research is vibrant 28

Science Foundation Ireland

Science Foundation Ireland, Achievements 16
Development and evaluation of a food spoilage indicator 102a
SLDL: The Simple Language Definition Language 106b

Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre

Dissemination of antibiotic resistance among food borne bacteria 24b
Critical control points affecting the palatability of Irish beef 25a
Research on functional food 25b
Teagasc innovating for the Irish food industry 24a

Teagasc, Dairy Products Research Centre, Moorepark

Validation of a novel glucose sensor based on the quenching of Ruthinium complex fluorescence by oxygen 26b
Lipolysis in Cheddar cheese 26a
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis inactivation by pasteurisation 27

 

Reports from academic and cultural institutions, hospitals and scientific and commercial bodies

 

Armagh Observatory

Stellar seismology 38

Ash Ireland

Cigarettes — in or out? 104b

Birr Castle Demesne

Birr seeks to educate and inspire young scientists 39a

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Looking beyond the Silicon Age 40

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland 

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland 39b

Institute of Physics

The maths of bubbles 104a

National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology 

Cellular Biotechnology 63a

Oldbury Publishing

Efficient parameterisation of the binominal option pricing model 103a
Estimation of simulation error in the Kepler problem using hodographs 102b
TRIZ for Kidz 103b

Royal Dublin Society

New Development Executive at the RDS 41a
The RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence
41b

St Vincent’s University Hospital 

Health research: better care today, better cures tomorrow 93
Chickens to crack the code 94a

Tyndall National Institute

Tyndall National Institute 86
Tyndall National Access Programme 87

 

Reports from Institutes of Technology

 

Athlone Institute of Technology

Endocrine Disrupters Research Group at AIT 42
A clinical view of nurse education 43a
As easy as EDC 43b
Testing time for polymers at the Centre for Biopolymer & Biomolecular Research 44
A materialistic world 45

Carlow Institute of Technology

What nematodes can do for us!! 46a
Arthritis: disease progression and angiogeneis 46b

Dublin Institute of Technology

DIT-led consortium promotes ‘quiet nights’ for Dublin city dwellers 47a
Research Group in the School of Computing 47b
FOCAS on Team Research at DIT 48
CREST: research for industry and academia 49

Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning Research Group at Letterkenny Institute of Technology 57
Radio frequency identification in Letterkenny Institute of Technology 58

Limerick Institute of Technology

The role of reverse logistics in delivering competitive advantage for Irish retail businesses 52b

Institute of Technology, Sligo

New BSc degree in Applied Archaeology at I.T.Sligo 52a

Tralee Institute of Technology 

The Irish National Observatory of Sport  50
Nursing, Health and Social Care Unit 50
Natural Products Research and Development Centre (NPRDC)  51
It’s seaweed, but not as you know it 51
Terra Nova Research  51

Waterford Institute of Technology

TSSG in WIT celebrates 10 years of research excellence 53
Separation Science Research Group (SSRG) 54
A paradigm shift in automotive networks 55b
Estuarine Research Group at WIT 56

Reports from Universities

Dublin City University

Monitoring with an environmental nervous system 59a
Bio-analytical research at DCU towards improving patient monitoring for cancer therapy 59b
Health4Life — the research portfolio of the School of Nursing 60
Production of microcapsules for applications in bioprocesses 61a
Molecular evolution and bioinformatics uncover key events in human protein evolution 61b
A floating hairpin resonance probe for measuring
spatially resolved absolute electron density in a discharge 62
Colliding laser produced plasmas 63b
National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology 63a
International Junior Science Olympiad 2005 64
IBM/DCU Irish Science Olympiad 2005-06 65
International science success by Irish students 66
European Union Science Olympiad 2006 67

National University of Ireland, Galway

REMEDI — leading the way in stem cell and gene therapy research 68
Helping keep our neurons alive with neurotrophins 69a
Fishing for a better understanding of embryo development 69b
Seaweeds as sensitive indicators of human impact and climate change 71
New infectious disease initiative at the National  University of Ireland, Galway — Microbe-human interactions 70
ROV investigations of cold-water coral habitats in the Porcupine/Rockall off the west coast of Ireland 96

National University of Ireland, Maynooth

New insight into human disease from proteomics 72a
Systems Biology arrives in Ireland at the Hamilton Institute, NUIM 72b
NUI Maynooth announces new initiatives for “fourth-level” students 73
Intel and NUI Maynooth launch new Institute 74a
Faculty of Engineering 74b

Queen’s University Belfast

Centre for Vision Science 75a
Making sticky bugs stickier 75b
Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology 76

Trinity College Dublin

CRANN — Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices 78
IITAC launches a visualization facility for Ireland 79
Postgraduate training opportunities in cellular physiology 80a
Understanding exercise intolerance in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 80b
Physics at Trinity College Dublin — from spin to stars 81b
Trinity Centre for Bioengineering 81a
The Centre for Transportation Research and Innovation for People 82

University College Cork

A systems based approach to study molecular mechanisms of microbial-host interactions 83a
Monitoring and manipulating brain cells in mice 83b
Explaining science 84
Environmental Research Institute — facilitating a multidisciplinary approach 85
Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre 88
Tyndall National Institute 86
Tyndall National Access Programme 87b

University College Dublin

Improving the uniformity and quality of broadleaf planting stock 30
UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research 89
Kidney disease: when good cops go bad! 90
Tanned bugs may hold key to new drugs! 91a
Bacterial biofactories 91b
Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology 92
Health research at St Vincent’s University Hospital: better care today, better cures tomorrow 93
Chicken to crack the code 94a
Nature teaches computers how to solve real-world problems 94b

University of Limerick

Project CASPER 95b
MSSI scientists develop a novel screening protocol for bone fragility 95a
ROV investigation of cold-water coral habitats
in the Porcupine/Rockall off the west coast of Ireland 96
Inverse problems: the mathematics behind imaging 97

University of Ulster

Exploring inner space: mapping seabed habitats using acoustic techniques 98a
Subglacial bedforms — the key to unlocking ice sheet dynamics 98b
New ideas for new legislation 99
Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Research Institute 100
ProculTech Project — from a distance technologies 101a
Technologies supporting independent living environments 101b

Youth Science

Schools:

Kinsale Community School, Co Cork
The development and evaluation of a food spoilage indicator
-  102a

Synge Street CBS, Dublin
Efficient parameterisation of the binominal option-pricing model
-  103a

Synge Street CBS, Dublin
Estimation of simulation error in the Kepler problem using hodographs
-  102b

Dominican College, Wicklow
Cigarettes — in or out?
-
104b

Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co Cork
The maths of bubbles
104a

Presentation Secondary School, Loughboy, Co Kilkenny
TRIZ for kidz
-  103b

Coláiste Íosagáin, BAC
The Sunny Southeast — is it true? -
105b

Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles, Co Tipperary
Swim safe with an automatic inflate-a-belt  - 105a

Rosses Community School, Co Donegal
Bio-filtration system purifying waste water - 106a

Colaiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal
SLDL: the Simple Language Definition Language 106b

 

YOUTH SCIENCE

  The Youth Science Section, featuring the four top prize-winners and a selection of other winners, at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, held at the RDS in January 2006, has been sponsored by:

Discover Science and Engineering

ASH Ireland

Comhar — the National Sustainable Development Partnership

Institute of Physics in Ireland

Marine Institute

Met Éireann

Oldbury Publishing

Science Foundation Ireland