Posts Tagged ‘Tanja Narancic’
International Webinar: Bio-Encounter Ireland – Costa Rica 2023
The Biomaterials Hub from Costa Rica and BiOrbic from Ireland hosted an International Webinar called Bio-Encounter Ireland – Costa Rica, which took place on February 28, 2023. The purpose of this webinar was to establish powerful research and industry partnerships between two nations by fostering cross-collaboration in the fields of bio and circular economy. With…
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 MoreBudding Scientists team up with BiOrbic for BT Young Scientist
Juliette, Aoife and Honor, three secondary school science students from Loreto College, St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, were keen to understand more about plastics and biodegradable plastics. Led by Juliette, the three students approached BiOrbic in December 2021 to see if they could carry out some experiments at BiOrbic labs in UCD as part of…
Read MoreTalent4BBI Welcome Event
Last week, BiOrbic’s Talent4BBI hosted its first official in person event for the Marie Curie Early Stage Researchers in UCD last week. The ESRs took part in an immersive week of workshops and talks from BiOrbic researchers and staff, 7 of whom attended in person while 3 attended online from Ecuador, Colombia and India. The…
Read MoreSustainable Living Competition 2022
How can we as ordinary citizens live more sustainably? BiOrbic tried to help Dublin families answer this question at UCD festival this year. A team of 22 researchers and operations staff put together three separate exhibits, exploring the ‘Life of Plastics’, ‘Life of Food’ and ‘Life of Pets. Life of Plastics focused on our plastic…
Read MoreBiOrbic’s Rubbish Ramble!
You’d be amazed to learn how much rubbish you can find if you just have a look around! That’s what two of BiOrbic’s researchers and some wonderful members of the public did on Saturday 23rd October as part of Bioeconomy Ireland Week. Two teams led by researchers Tanja Narancic and Burcu Akkoyunlu took to the…
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