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National Coordinator of the public engagement programme Cell EXPLORERS at NUI Galway.
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Cell EXPLORERS is an educational Science outreach programme based in Ireland. The programme objectives are to inform, inspire and involve young people in modern biology and biomedical sciences.
Delivered by volunteering science students and employees from 13 teams based in 10 partner institutions, the programme that provides authentic interactions...
To remain active despite the COVID-19 restrictions, the Cell Explorers programme adapted its ‘in person’ activities to online live engagement sessions with young people in their schools or homes. This was achieved by providing participants with science kits to allow them to complete an experiment, which was facilitated remotely online by CE scienti...
The family Theridiidae (Sundevall, 1833) comprises over 2,200 species of ecribellate spiders worldwide, of which many have synanthropic affinities. It has been estimated that Theridiidae spiders are the most diverse non-native spiders in Europe, with 13 alien species having successfully established colonies across the continent between 1850 and 200...
The noble false widow Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) has established thriving populations in urban centres throughout England and Wales since it was accidentally imported from the Canary Islands and Madeira to Britain over a century ago. In recent years, Steatoda nobilis has colonised parts of Western Europe, California, Chile and the Middle East...
