Awards
BiOrbic Director Wins UCD Innovation Award
Yesterday, BiOrbic’s Director Kevin O’Connor received Innovation Champion of the Year Award from UCD’s start-up hub, NovaUCD. Professor O’Connor was presented with the award by Professor Orla Feely, President of UCD, for his leadership roles in shaping Ireland’s bioeconomy research landscape. Kevin is not only the Director of BiOrbic but also as Principal Investigator of…
Read MoreBiOrbic awarded SFI Discover Programme funding for “Generation Glas”
BiOrbic are delighted to have been awarded funding through the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme 2023. The SFI Discover Programme aims to empower diversity inclusion in STEM through public engagement projects across Ireland. The awardees of the funding are to use the funding to build connections with less-represented voices, or with those who would not…
Read MoreScoil Mhuire Crowned National “Environmental Innovators” Champions!
Congratulations to Scoil Mhuire, Trim for being the National Champions of the pilot programme Environmental Innovators! 31st January 2023. Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Pippa Hackett presents the Environmental Innovators National Champions award to Social Mhuire Trim Co.Meath classmates from L-r Rachel Whyte, Grace Reilly and Niamh Collins…
Read MoreA2P CDT students attend UoN Winter Showcase 2023
On the 6th and 7th of February, cohort 1-4 of the Atoms-2-Products Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) together with Prof. Pat Guiry and Melanie Baur attended the EPSRC and SFI CDT in Sustainable Chemistry Winter Showcase at the University of Nottingham. The Atoms-2-Products CDT is a four-year PhD programme in Sustainable Chemistry providing advanced training…
Read MoreSchool Students research in BiOrbic labs wins awards!
Huge congratulations to Juliette, Aoife and Honor from Loreto College, St Stephens Green for coming first in the Biological and Ecological Senior category at the BT Young Scientist competition as well as winning the life sciences awards at the SciFest national final! Julitette, Aoife, and Honor visited the BiOrbic labs during the summer of 2022…
Read MoreAlejandro Vergara wins Top Young Bioeconomy Talent 2022
Huge congratulations to Alejandro Vergara on winning the Top Young Bioeconomy Talent 2022 at the All Island Bioeconomy Summit! In BiOrbic, Alejandro is a PhD student working with Prof. Kevin O’Connor and is an integral part of ‘Farm Zero C’, BiOrbic’s flagship project that aims to produce the world’s first carbon neutral dairy farm. Alejandro…
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