<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>cellexplorers</title><description>cellexplorers</description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/news</link><item><title>Meet our NUIGalway Team leaders!</title><description><![CDATA[Fantastic DNA visits are lead by our coordinators or, in some of our teams, postgraduate or postdoctoral researchers, and sometimes very experienced demonstrators. These team Leaders are in charge of a team of 5 to 6 demonstrators and are the key contact point with the classroom teacher.We have been working on a way of showcasing our researchers team leaders through a short booklet. It will be distributed to Teachers at each school visit.The idea behind this booklet is to reveal to school<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_cf10030eb05a44f8b4ea078310f6296b%7Emv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Muriel Grenon</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/09/01/Meet-our-NUIGalway-Team-leaders</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/09/01/Meet-our-NUIGalway-Team-leaders</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:20:11 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_cf10030eb05a44f8b4ea078310f6296b~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg"/><div>Fantastic DNA visits are lead by our coordinators or, in some of our teams, postgraduate or postdoctoral researchers, and sometimes very experienced demonstrators. These team Leaders are in charge of a team of 5 to 6 demonstrators and are the key contact point with the classroom teacher.</div><div>We have been working on a way of showcasing our researchers team leaders through a short booklet. It will be distributed to Teachers at each school visit.</div><div>The idea behind this booklet is to reveal to school teachers that people leading our team are really cool cutting edge researchers - and real people! </div><div>The booklet will be piloted by the NUIGalway team this year. Here is how it might look like using information on last year's NUIGalway Fantastic DNA Team leaders.</div><div> Check it out!</div><iframe src="//static.usrfiles.com/html/0f4b7d_e81c511d0a71cf938b6ddb0e3d970951.html"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Researchers: share your passion for science!</title><description><![CDATA[It is that time of the year again when new students join postgraduate courses or PhD programmes to continue their training to become the researchers of tomorrow. It is a good moment for you, young researchers, to consider public engagement in science, why it is important and what you can get out of participating in it. Undergraduate students are joining science courses too and might have the possibility to get involved!You will find below accessible pieces of reading materials that might help<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d15e68c2608f49acb7ce1e54858a8286%7Emv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_470%2Ch_602/a74b8a_d15e68c2608f49acb7ce1e54858a8286%7Emv2.jpeg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Muriel Grenon</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/29/Researchers-share-your-passion-for-science</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/29/Researchers-share-your-passion-for-science</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:51:15 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d15e68c2608f49acb7ce1e54858a8286~mv2.jpeg"/><div>It is that time of the year again when new students join postgraduate courses or PhD programmes to continue their training to become the researchers of tomorrow. </div><div>It is a good moment for you, young researchers, to consider public engagement in science, why it is important and what you can get out of participating in it. Undergraduate students are joining science courses too and might have the possibility to get involved!</div><div>You will find below accessible pieces of reading materials that might help you to make this decision.</div><div>&quot;<a href="https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/explore-it/what-public-engagement">What is public engagement?</a>&quot; according to the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement in the UK</div><div><a href="https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/explore-it/why-it-important">&quot;Why is it important ?</a>&quot; according to the NCCPE.</div><div>&quot;<a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/scisoc/rcukbenefitsofpe-pdf/">What's in it for me? The benefits of public engagement for researchers</a>&quot; is a short booklet well conceived by the Research Councils UK to present the benefits of public engagement by real scientists involved in it, who explained why they did and how they benefitted from it.</div><div>&quot;<a href="http://www.biochemsoctrans.org/content/ppbiost/44/5/1507.full.pdf">Researchers: share your passion for science!</a>&quot; You can have an idea of what activities to start with (see figure above) by reading the short review written by Cell EXPLORERS coordinators Dr Claire Concannon and Dr Muriel Grenon. The review will take you through the main considerations of participationg in public engagement in Science and importantly, it will provides you with a table of where to start, both in Ireland or the UK, depending on your interest and the skills you want to develop (see <a href="http://www.biochemsoctrans.org/content/44/5/1507.figures-only#fig-data-figures">table 1: Activities suitable to getting researchers started with public engagement in science</a>).</div><div>For the lucky ones starting at NUI Galway, you will find below a selection of NUIGalway programmes that will welcome you if you contact them. If you run a programme and want to be featured, please contact us at cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie.</div><div>Another option is to join a science-themed society involved in public engagement. Examples of societies include AstroSoc, Biomedical Science, Botany Soc, NeuroSoc, Paediatric Soc or Slainte Soc. <a href="https://socs.nuigalway.ie/societies.php">More information on NUIGalway societies here</a> on on the 6th of September 10am-5pm Bailey Allen Hall.</div><div>And remember:</div><div>&quot;Like training to be a scientist, achieving effective and rewarding PE involves a learning curve. It requires dis- covery of what you are most suited to and development of your skills. Like any new technique, it requires practice. What is important is that you take the first step and get involved.&quot; </div><div>Concannon &amp; Grenon. Biochem Soc Trans. 2016 Oct 15;44(5):1507-1515.</div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sUbzgUI8J6Y"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS NUI Galway volunteer meet &amp; greet!</title><description><![CDATA[Join Claudia and our team members on Thursday 14th of September to learn about our programme, chat with existing volunteers and have pizza!If you are thinking of volunteering with the Cell EXPLORERS NUI Galway the team will meet you at 1pm in the Biochemistry Seminar room !  This room is downstairs in the Biochemistry area of the Arts and Science Concourse building (check map on how to contact us page), look out for the signs directing you. At this meeting we will tell you about all the<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d97e26f2a79c44538288d03c7de30fc3%7Emv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_488%2Ch_711/a74b8a_d97e26f2a79c44538288d03c7de30fc3%7Emv2.jpeg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Muriel Grenon</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/29/Cell-EXPLORERS-NUI-Galway-volunteer-meet-greet</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/29/Cell-EXPLORERS-NUI-Galway-volunteer-meet-greet</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 23:21:57 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Join Claudia and our team members on Thursday 14th of September to learn about our programme, chat with existing volunteers and have pizza!</div><div>If you are thinking of volunteering with the Cell EXPLORERS NUI Galway the team will meet you at 1pm in the Biochemistry Seminar room !  This room is downstairs in the Biochemistry area of the Arts and Science Concourse building (check map on how to contact us page), look out for the signs directing you. </div><div>At this meeting we will tell you about all the activities that we will be involved in this semester and how you can get started in spreading the joy of science! Most importantly you will have a chance to talk to the team and meet new interested team members.</div><div>If you cannot make it to the meeting, you canlearn more about volunteering here, and sign up for this year <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CEnewvol17">here</a>.</div><div>Students and researchers from other institutions can contact our local team coordinators at their respective email address:</div><div><div>Athlone IT: <a href="mailto:cellexplorersait@gmail.com?subject=">cellexplorersait@gmail.com</a></div><div>UL: <a href="mailto:cellexplorersul@gmail.com?subject=volunteering with Cell EXPLORERS">cellexplorersul@gmail.com</a></div><div>IT Tralee: <a href="mailto:cellexplorersittralee@gmail.com?subject=">cellexplorersittralee@gmail.com</a></div><div>Dundalk IT : <a href="mailto:cellexplorersdkit@gmail.com?subject=">cellexplorersdkit@gmail.com</a></div><div>Letterkenny IT : <a href="mailto:cellexplorerslyit@gmail.com?subject=">cellexplorerslyit@gmail.com</a></div><div>Maynooth University : <a href="mailto:cellexplorersnuim@gmail.com?subject=">cellexplorersnuim@gmail.com</a></div><div>IT Carlow : <a href="mailto:cellexplorersitcarlow@gmail.com?subject=">cellexplorersitcarlow@gmail.com</a></div><div>NVRL UCD : <a href="mailto:cellexplorersnvrlucd@gmail.com?subject=">cellexplorersnvrlucd@gmail.com</a></div><div>UCC : <a href="mailto:cellexplorersucc@gmail.com?subject=">cellexplorersucc@gmail.com</a></div></div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d97e26f2a79c44538288d03c7de30fc3~mv2.jpeg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Cell EXPLORERS research team go to ESERA17!</title><description><![CDATA[The European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) conference is taking place in Dublin City University this year and our NUI Galway-based research team made of Sarah Carroll, Dr Claudia Fracchiolla and Dr Muriel Grenon, is attending!ESERA2017 is being hosted by both Dublin City University (DCU) and University of Limerick (UL) on DCU campus. It is one of the largest international education research conference with 1522 attendees from 75 different countries. The theme of the conference<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6d4e813af76b45338997758af6eba687%7Emv2.png/v1/fill/w_495%2Ch_344/a74b8a_6d4e813af76b45338997758af6eba687%7Emv2.png"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Sarah Carroll</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/22/The-Cell-EXPLORERS-research-team-go-to-ESERA17</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/22/The-Cell-EXPLORERS-research-team-go-to-ESERA17</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6d4e813af76b45338997758af6eba687~mv2.png"/><div>The European Science Education Research Association (<a href="http://ESERA2017.org">ESERA</a>) conference is taking place in Dublin City University this year and our NUI Galway-based research team made of Sarah Carroll, Dr Claudia Fracchiolla and Dr Muriel Grenon, is attending!</div><div><a href="http://ESERA2017.org">ESERA2017</a> is being hosted by both Dublin City University (DCU) and University of Limerick (UL) on DCU campus. It is one of the <a href="https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dublin-science-conference-dcu">largest international education research conference</a> with 1522 attendees from 75 different countries. </div><div>The theme of the conference is ‘Research, practice and collaboration in science education’ and the programme showcases a staggering 1246 presentations between the 21st and the 25th of August. These include 683 Oral , 344 symposium, 203 poster, 12 workshop and 4 keynote presentations. All communications have been peer reviewed before by 293 reviewers, to make this amazing programme with many themes of high interest to our  activities! You can check the conference programme <a href="http://www.esera2017.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ESERA-2018-Printed-Programme-14.8.17.pdf">here</a>.</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_3fd88ba977234244825c1f01143173bd~mv2_d_1239_1754_s_2.jpg"/><div>On Thursday the 24th at 3pm, Muriel, our founding director and PI of our research group, will be presenting our work at the poster session 12-3-1. The poster reports on the work carried out by our teams in 2016. </div><div>Our Poster is also being displayed all week as part of a poster exhibition of European Projects since we are a <a href="http://www.scientix.eu/web/guest/projects/project-detail?articleId=593941">Scientix project.</a> Scientix is the European community for Science Education in Europe. </div><div>We would like to take the opportunity to thank all our coordinators, team members, School children and teachers who worked with us and made the programme a success and this presentation possible. </div><div>We are looking forward to what is forecast to be an insightful week of learning, sharing and collaborating with other science education researchers who are as passionate about advancing STEM education research as we are! </div><div>If you want to see our thoughts, first impressions and favourite snaps of the conference as the week goes on, you can follow us on twitter on @cellexplorers and @SarahLRCarroll, and follow @ESERA2017 and the hash tag #ESERA2017. </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS is becoming a Gaisce National Challenge Partner!</title><description><![CDATA[Cell EXPLORERS is becoming a National Challenge Partner to Gaisce – the president’s award (www.gaisce.ie).What is Gaisce? It is a self-development programme that encourages young people aged 15-25 to realise their potential. It sets a direct challenge from the President of Ireland allowing young people to take exciting personal, physical and community challenges and develop new skills and new friendships. They are 3 levels of the award: Bronze, Silver and Gold, according to time and energy given<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_eca53042685644cb88b5ce417f372300%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Muriel Grenon</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/22/Cell-EXPLORERS-is-becoming-a-Gaisce-Challenge-Partner</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/22/Cell-EXPLORERS-is-becoming-a-Gaisce-Challenge-Partner</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_eca53042685644cb88b5ce417f372300~mv2.jpg"/><div>Cell EXPLORERS is becoming a National Challenge Partner to Gaisce – the president’s award (<a href="http://www.gaisce.ie">www.gaisce.ie</a>).</div><div>What is Gaisce? It is a self-development programme that encourages young people aged 15-25 to realise their potential. It sets a direct challenge from the President of Ireland allowing young people to take exciting personal, physical and community challenges and develop new skills and new friendships. They are 3 levels of the award: Bronze, Silver and Gold, according to time and energy given by participants.</div><div>What are Challenge Partner? This year, Gaisce is establishing partnerships with organisations – Challenge partners - that support and involve young people to participate in one or more Gaisce Challenge Areas, allowing relevant activities to be counted towards achieving a Gaisce Award. Other National Challenge Partners include Irish Youth Hostel Association, BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, Coder Dojo, ECO-UNESCO, Sail Training Ireland, SciFest, Deaf Communications Ltd., Friends of the Elderly or the Hunt Museum.</div><div>How does student's participation in Cell EXPLORERS count towards their Gaisce award ?</div><div>Students involved in volunteering with the Cell EXPLORERS Programme can use their participation to count towards Gaisce at any level – Bronze, silver or Gold providing it meets the relevant time requirements - one hours for at least 13 weeks - and an appropriate record sheet is maintained and signed off on by a trained, adult President’s Award Leader (PAL) based in their original institutions.</div><div><div>Students involved in volunteering with the Cell EXPLORERS Programme can use their activities to meet either the ‘Community Involvement’ or ‘Personal skill’ element of their Gaisce award providing their involveme</div>nt meets the relevant time requirement. </div><div>Are all the Cell EXPLORERS teams involved ?</div><div>Activities qualifying for the award varies and can include, depending on the Cell EXPLORERS teams, demonstration and presentation during school visits, participation to training, participation to school visits preparation, Data analysis, supporting local coordinators or involvement in Social media.</div><div>Interested students should contact the Cell EXPLORERS national coordinator at cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie to enquire of the possibility of working towards their Gaisce award as part of Cell EXPLORERS.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Cell EXPLORERS badges 2016-17 are out</title><description><![CDATA[This year, we have attributed 167 demonstrator, 24 leader, 22 creator & 11 communicator digital badges to our team members based in 5 teams: Athlone IT , University of Limerick , IT Tralee , Dundalk IT and NUIGalway ! Congratulations!Two new types of badges have been attributed this year: 18 partners digita lbadges went to individuals, schools & institutions that contributed to the creation/dissemination of STEM ressources!58 participant badges to schools & teachers who have hosted a Cell<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_65daa444e9214abcae69b6a16ffc21ac%7Emv2_d_1862_1200_s_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_403/a74b8a_65daa444e9214abcae69b6a16ffc21ac%7Emv2_d_1862_1200_s_2.jpeg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Muriel Grenon</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/06/20/The-Cell-EXPLORERS-badges-2016-17-are-out</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/06/20/The-Cell-EXPLORERS-badges-2016-17-are-out</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>This year, we have attributed 167 demonstrator, 24 leader, 22 creator &amp; 11 communicator digital badges to our team members based in 5 teams: Athlone IT , University of Limerick , IT Tralee , Dundalk IT and NUIGalway ! Congratulations!</div><div>Two new types of badges have been attributed this year: </div><div>18 partners digita lbadges went to individuals, schools &amp; institutions that contributed to the creation/dissemination of STEM ressources!</div><div>58 participant badges to schools &amp; teachers who have hosted a Cell Explorers school visits &amp; forwarded us class feedback!</div><div>The Cell EXPLORERS badges have been designed by Blanneth McSharry and issued by Grain McGrath from <a href="https://www.nuigalway.ie/celt/">NUIGalway CELT</a>, as part of the <a href="http://www.allaboardhe.ie/">All Aboard</a> initiative.</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_65daa444e9214abcae69b6a16ffc21ac~mv2_d_1862_1200_s_2.jpeg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New video by Sara and Aidan - Why you should join the Cell EXPLORERS team!</title><description><![CDATA[As part of a community engagement project, Sara and Aidan, two wonderful Erasmus Europe engage students have worked on a video for our programmme this week (June 2017)!The video, presented as part of the 7th International Symposium on Service Learning NUIGaway, highlights key aspects of our programme and why students or employees from High education institutions might want to join us !The final edit of the Video was performed by Graine McGrath from CELT NUIGalway.<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_f5fc6db098024f2caa38864ea9379f72%7Emv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_401/a74b8a_f5fc6db098024f2caa38864ea9379f72%7Emv2.jpeg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Muriel Grenon</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/29/New-video-by-Sara-and-Aidan---Why-you-should-join-the-Cell-EXPLORERS-team</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/08/29/New-video-by-Sara-and-Aidan---Why-you-should-join-the-Cell-EXPLORERS-team</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:56:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_f5fc6db098024f2caa38864ea9379f72~mv2.jpeg"/><div>As part of a community engagement project, Sara and Aidan, two wonderful Erasmus Europe engage students have worked on a video for our programmme this week (June 2017)!</div><div>The video, presented as part of the 7th International Symposium on Service Learning NUIGaway, highlights key aspects of our programme and why students or employees from High education institutions might want to join us !</div><div>The final edit of the Video was performed by Graine McGrath from CELT NUIGalway.</div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sZmry4PJmtg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Engaging Children in Science Education - Join the discussion!</title><description><![CDATA[We are organizing a day of presentations and discussion to innovative methods of engaging children in science education in association with ProActivate Ireland, as part of the InEdu project.  When and where? Tuesday the 25thApril 2017 –10am to 4pm Institute of Life Course and Society–NUI Galway Aim of the day: The seminar will focus on a number of key areas in science outreach and education including: encouraging critical thinking; experimentation and innovation; demonstrating different lines of<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c3895cb9f79248e4b6efa86435eebd94%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_326%2Ch_488/a74b8a_c3895cb9f79248e4b6efa86435eebd94%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/04/03/Engaging-Children-in-Science-Education---Join-the-discussion</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/04/03/Engaging-Children-in-Science-Education---Join-the-discussion</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 22:47:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>We are organizing a day of presentations and discussion to innovative methods of engaging children in science education in association with <a href="http://www.proactivate.ie/">ProActivate Ireland</a>, as part of the <a href="http://www.proactivate.ie/inedu-innovate-educate-awake">InEdu project</a>.</div><div>When and where?Tuesday the 25thApril 2017 –10am to 4pm Institute of Life Course and Society–NUI Galway </div><div>Aim of the day:The seminar will focus on a number of key areas in science outreach and education including: encouraging critical thinking; experimentation and innovation; demonstrating different lines of scientific inquiry; incorporating technology into the classroom; bringing together arts, creativity and science; as well as promotion of social inclusion.</div><div>Educators engaging children in science, whether they are teachers or outreach providers, are invited to join the discussion and share their techniques and tips with a panel of like minded professional.</div><div>This event is a unique opportunity for participants to learn from one another, exchange best practice, forge potential partnerships, and meet locally based practitioners working in the area of science education or outreach. Importantly it is a chance to exchange with some of the most successful and innovative science outreach programmes in Europe (see below), all partners in the InEdu project. </div><div><div>Registration is free but mandatory for this event.</div> To register through Eventbrite and see a detailed schedule of the day visit<a href="https://inedueventgalway.eventbrite.ie">https://inedueventgalway.eventbrite.ie</a>or contact ProActivate Ireland directly at <a href="mailto:info@proactivate.ie?subject=">info@proactivate.ie</a> or 091 566759.</div><div>Several slots have been reserved forparticipants interested in presenting or demonstrating their science-based initiative, including activities that can be used in the classroom. Registration to present or exhibit your own science initiative can also be done <a href="https://inedueventgalway.eventbrite.ie">through the Eventbrite page</a>.</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c3895cb9f79248e4b6efa86435eebd94~mv2.jpg"/><div>International participants:One of the European science outreach programmes which will present on the day is the Polish coordinating partner <a href="http://fundacja.uniwersytetdzieci.pl/en/">Children’s University Foundation</a>, an award winning organisation that have been running original, advanced educational programmes based on children’s curiosity since 2007. Partner institutions featuring on the day will include: the <a href="http://kinder.univie.ac.at/en/10.html">Vienna University Children’s Office</a> which specialises in overcoming stereotyped notions in science with a special focus on social inclusionand those groups who are underrepresented in formal and informal education; the <div><a href="http://www.beds.ac.uk">University of Bedfordshire</a>, Department of Teacher Education</div>, which is in the top 20 UK Initial Teacher Training Establishments and has expertise in the primary sector in the delivery of mathematics, science, literacy, and using IT to enhance pupil learning; and <a href="http://www.proactivate.ie/)">ProActivate Ireland</a>, a Galway-based non-profit NGO that participates in European projects in the field of education, unemployment activation, youth, and language learning. Local initiatives, including <div>Cell EXPLORERS, <a href="http://www.nationalaquarium.ie/">Atlantaquaria</a></div>, and <a href="http://sciencewows.ie/">Dr. How's Science Wows</a> will also present their ideas during the day.</div><div>What will happen on the day?<div>Find the <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/577e85f36a4963edd57d19cc/t/58e238188419c29a7b2b56c3/1491220511725/InEdu+Detailed+Seminar+schedule.pdf">detailed programme HERE</a> and below!</div></div><div>The day will start at 10am with an introduction by the InEdu project coordinator as well as talks from representatives of the partner organisations. This session will feature a speed round of presentations, challenging both selected Irish participants and European partners to sum up their approach to science education in 5 minutes each. In the afternoon, a Show &amp; Tell session will take place from 2pm – 4pm. All participants will have an opportunity to try several interactive science education approaches. The partner organisations as well as local initiatives have been invited to present. Several morning and afternoon slots have been reserved for participants interested in presenting or demonstrating their science-based initiative, including activities that can be used in the classroom.</div><div>Provisional Programme: click on the pictures below to zoom in the detailed programme.</div><div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_97b53dcc0fde40cbaed0f6c6d0318cc8~mv2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_825573d460524bb1bf0d44123a3464b2~mv2.jpg"/></div><div>About InEDU Project:</div><div>The InEdu Project aims to promote active learning based on observation, experimentation and the scientific method and develop teaching methods and tools to support primary school teachers prepare and conduct more fascinating lessons that will stimulate children’s natural curiosity. To achieve this, the project will invite teachers and science educators to exchange best practice so that they can develop their skills and will create innovative lesson kits based on the experience gained during the project. The project involves four partners, University of Bedfordshire, Children’s University Foundation, Vienna University Children’s Office, ProActivate Ireland and one associated partner, Cell EXPLORERS NUI Galway.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Be a &quot;scientist for a day&quot; during Feb mid-term break!</title><description><![CDATA[Once again, we are teaming up with Eco EXPLORERS and Kitchen Chemistry run the Scientist for a Day workshop in NUI Galway. This popular workshop has run over both the Autumn and Spring mid term breaks for the last three years and takes place again this February on Thursday the 23rd. For full details see our Scientist for a Day page (this link) or visit the Eventbrite page to book your ticket from Saturday 22nd October (Link here). <img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c6b33af0103a4d82afacff31a8fa7157%7Emv2_d_2488_3528_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_457%2Ch_648/a74b8a_c6b33af0103a4d82afacff31a8fa7157%7Emv2_d_2488_3528_s_4_2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/02/07/Be-a-scientist-for-a-day-during-Feb-mid-term-break</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2017/02/07/Be-a-scientist-for-a-day-during-Feb-mid-term-break</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:03:53 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c6b33af0103a4d82afacff31a8fa7157~mv2_d_2488_3528_s_4_2.jpg"/><div>Once again, we are teaming up with Eco EXPLORERS and Kitchen Chemistry run the Scientist for a Day workshop in NUI Galway. This popular workshop has run over both the Autumn and Spring mid term breaks for the last three years and takes place again this February on Thursday the 23rd. For full details see our Scientist for a Day page (this link) or visit the Eventbrite page to book your ticket from Saturday 22nd October (<a href="https://scientistforadayfebruary2017.eventbrite.com">Link here</a>). </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS PostDoctoral Researcher wanted!</title><description><![CDATA[We are recruiting a Cell EXPLORERS Post-Doctoral Researcher!The successful candidate will become the national coordinator of the Cell EXPLORERS programme. S/he will engage in research on the area of STEM public engagement and education involving volunteering work. As part of this work it will measure the success of the national expansion of the programme and the impact of participation on volunteers of all teams. The new team member will be integrated in the NUI Galway Cell EXPLORERS team and be<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_b13b6adf922e4e3a89beb2755c6f763f.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/12/23/Cell-EXPLORERS-PostDoctoral-Researcher-wanted</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/12/23/Cell-EXPLORERS-PostDoctoral-Researcher-wanted</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 02:03:58 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_b13b6adf922e4e3a89beb2755c6f763f.jpg"/><div>We are recruiting a Cell EXPLORERS Post-Doctoral Researcher!</div><div>The successful candidate will become the national coordinator of the Cell EXPLORERS programme. S/he will engage in research on the area of STEM public engagement and education involving volunteering work. As part of this work it will measure the success of the national expansion of the programme and the impact of participation on volunteers of all teams. The new team member will be integrated in the NUI Galway Cell EXPLORERS team and be involved in its outreach activities.</div><div>The position is suitable for candidates with a background in Sciences, Science Education or Science Communication. For more information download the advertised post description  or on the <a href="http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/jobs/researchjobs/">NUI Galway Job webpage.</a> Informal inquiries can be made by email to Muriel Grenon.</div><div>Applications to include a covering letter, CV, and the contact details of three referees should be sent, via e-mail (in word or PDF only) to Muriel.grenon@nuigalway.ie.</div><div>Please put reference number NUIG-166-16 in subject line of e-mail application.</div><div>Closing date for receipt of applications is 5.00 pm on Wednesday 18th January 2017. Interviews currently planned on 25th of January.</div><div>This position is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and is available from 01/02/2017 to 31/12/2018.</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_3bbf39f77dd944919d07ce21e6083d75~mv2.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bon Voyage Claire!</title><description><![CDATA[Today, we are saying goodbye to our amazing colleague and friend Claire Concannon.Claire has been working with us since 2013, after completing her PhD in Biochemistry.She has been involved in every aspects of our programme, including the activities of the NUI Galway team of volunteers, the running of the final year projects, the development of our website and the organization of specific events including science camps and Pint of Science.Claire has been playing a huge part in the running of Cell<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9c333a0fe11a423e95c11252b6cc854a%7Emv2.png/v1/fill/w_360%2Ch_326/a74b8a_9c333a0fe11a423e95c11252b6cc854a%7Emv2.png"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/12/23/Bon-Voyage-Claire</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/12/23/Bon-Voyage-Claire</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:28:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9c333a0fe11a423e95c11252b6cc854a~mv2.png"/><div>Today, we are saying goodbye to our amazing colleague and friend Claire Concannon.</div><div>Claire has been working with us since 2013, after completing her PhD in Biochemistry.</div><div>She has been involved in every aspects of our programme, including the activities of the NUI Galway team of volunteers, the running of the final year projects, the development of our website and the organization of specific events including science camps and Pint of Science.</div><div>Claire has been playing a huge part in the running of Cell EXPLORERS and in its success. In the last two years, Claire has been coordinating the national expansion of our programme by being the key point of contacts with your partners teams, and developing tools to research the programme’s impacts on its participants. She has also be the chocolate expert of the group…</div><div>To acknowledge her extraordinary contribution to our programme and to say thank you for being an amazing colleague and supporting team member, we are delighted to award her the very special unique badge of Cell EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE.</div><div>Claire is now going to explore the world and engage the public of the New Zealand in Science. We will miss her a lot but Claire will always be part of Cell EXPLORERS wherever she goes. In fact we are hoping that she will get us started with our Southern Hemisphere expansion  !</div><div>All the very best Claire, and we are looking forward of hearing of your new adventures!</div><div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d796925dd8034d05ba9b45f6758d52a9~mv2_d_1800_2700_s_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_97f9577441434b52b36784ced13f9f80~mv2_d_1936_1936_s_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9b83f5c94e264a72812f5921450b343e~mv2_d_1936_1936_s_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9c3a6a4d4a0740618601b6d1c6eb915b~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_180d1f63bcc34e488c392dd0e9a50815~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_8f59e13c425244208d8b4f58b5357ad4~mv2_d_1936_2592_s_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_3e0584b24a7c4134b98958343b82e32d~mv2_d_1936_2592_s_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_b3b6f3e3e9c347a49f1be7fa667f8d58~mv2_d_2592_1936_s_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_3f759cc9077b4c7ea42f3193fbd8945f~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6217a516043f47b2a51f3aa3067d4caa~mv2_d_2592_1936_s_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c84e53f2ff974254a7634c7442ab8692~mv2_d_4781_3522_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_cb57b64dc5d14552977287049ba447f4~mv2.jpg"/></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Arty Scientist 2016</title><description><![CDATA[The Arty scientist workshop challenged the stereotype of the mad scientist! It featured 20 scientists, 4 artists, 100 meters of paper, 128 oil pastels and 173 children & parents. It resulted in 83 drawings of children portraying themselves as scientists!Bronwyn Reid-McDermott discusses her work as a scientist with a young participant at the arty scientist workshop. Bronwyn is a Health care simulation technician in the School of Medicine. She is an an expert in making moulage & special effects<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_0e4e0b8a855c4c1383078d525604a867%7Emv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_417/a74b8a_0e4e0b8a855c4c1383078d525604a867%7Emv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Muriel Grenon</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/12/19/The-Arty-Scientist-2016</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/12/19/The-Arty-Scientist-2016</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 01:02:08 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>The Arty scientist workshop challenged the stereotype of the mad scientist! It featured 20 scientists, 4 artists, 100 meters of paper, 128 oil pastels and 173 children &amp; parents. It resulted in 83 drawings of children portraying themselves as scientists!</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_0e4e0b8a855c4c1383078d525604a867~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><div>Bronwyn Reid-McDermott discusses her work as a scientist with a young participant at the arty scientist workshop. Bronwyn is a Health care simulation technician in the School of Medicine. She is an an expert in making moulage &amp; special effects makeup on both manikins/actors. These mimic injuries &amp; are used to train Doctors / Nurses. Picture Aengus Mc Mahon.</div><div>What do you see when you think of a scientist? An old man, with crazy white hair, wearing a lab coat and goggles while covered in a cloud of smoke? This is the classic perception that many people might have but this is not how scientists look like! An art workshop was designed to bust the myth of the mad Scientist, to open the mind of children on how scientists look like and what type of science they can do! </div><div>The workshop was held on Sunday 27th November, during Galway Science and Technology Festival closing day, the Exhibition Day on the campus of the National University of Ireland, Galway.</div><div>It hosted 173 participants including 83 children who drew themselves as scientists. During the workshop, children could take inspiration from pictures representing the diversity of NUI Galway Scientists. 20 NUI Galway scientists contributed to the project with 12 of them volunteering to have their pictures taken and displayed in life-size. These pictures gave an opportunity to the children to discuss the different types of scientists and the diversity of the work they do, how they can dress for work, their gender, age or nationality, before imagining themselves as the scientist they could one day be.</div><div>Children from 3 to 13 years old drew themselves as scientists on the day, and the range of scientists was wide and included more than 30 different types of scientists including chemist, Zoologist, geologist, mathematician as well as astronaut, perfume scientist, nuclear scientist or tiger scientist.</div><div>The feedback from participants was extremely positive with 73% of the public finding the workshop fun and exciting, 100% of the visitors liked to meet artists and scientist. 98% of participants liked to draw themselves as a scientist without necessary wanting to become one– that was the wish of 69% of the artists. 96% of the public would attend the workshop again.</div><div>The project was driven by Muriel Grenon, director of the Cell EXPLORERS programme and Adriana Cardinot, member of the Cell EXPLORERS team. It was realised in partnership with Shane Gallagher, auditor of the Art Society and Marina Wild, member of the NUI Galway Arts Office and Marina also is an artist and illustrator whose workshop is in Spiddal, near the city of Galway.</div><div>The project was funded by an award from the French Embassy in Dublin in collaboration with Science Week Ireland as well as a bursary from the Galway Science and Technology Festival.</div><div>You can see more pictures of the project <a href="http://www.cellexplorers.com/the-arty-scientist">here</a>. A booklet showcasing the project, the children drawings and the scientists involved will be published soon on this page.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS at Galway Science &amp; Technology Festival 2016</title><description><![CDATA[More than 800 engaged participants, 40 enthusiastic volunteers, 4 interactive workshops, 5 hampers to be won and 1 committed Cell EXPLORERS team made for a recipe for a Fun and Informative Family day out at this year’s Exhibition day at NUI Galway, part of the Galway Science and Technology Festival. The day started early with our Selfie Competition with our Cell EXPLORERS pop-up stand on the Concourse. Sarah and her 3 daughters were the lucky winners of a hamper! New this year at the festival,<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_77a2f820e6f34989bed22dcb0da9e926%7Emv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Sarah Carroll</dc:creator><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/12/19/Cell-EXPLORERS-at-Galway-Science-Technology-Festival-2016</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/12/19/Cell-EXPLORERS-at-Galway-Science-Technology-Festival-2016</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:48:34 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_77a2f820e6f34989bed22dcb0da9e926~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_10de078901ab4dd49cfaf4e8e12846a8~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_01e3cea505fd44f4be5ee1aade6002b3~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_7f15382203c2483f94e15e25b0e0fcfc~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9b9f2d0e415a4f6aa5a223ae867348a2~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_251c5bf410004826942ed0146f62e670~mv2_d_5316_3563_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_84eba102e4a34a53b934470bdd256b40~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_7f924d9614cd4bbd8f3e4fa6501d0545~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c1c0596befe5434ab6358269ee6f209f~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_b957756fb2d542708a13ed345096c9af~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_672e05e46a1148e6bda7a87c008b4edd~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9b73bc9822f54bdebb7436c7f7024eea~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_a091fa39f2014faba03e10783ad1226b~mv2_d_3840_5760_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_fcce3caafcec46a5b3dcc193caf0156c~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_211875fa0be240edb86d273812c19138~mv2.jpg"/></div><div>More than 800 engaged participants, 40 enthusiastic volunteers, 4 interactive workshops, 5 hampers to be won and 1 committed Cell EXPLORERS team made for a recipe for a Fun and Informative Family day out at this year’s Exhibition day at NUI Galway, part of the Galway Science and Technology Festival.</div><div>The day started early with our Selfie Competition with our Cell EXPLORERS pop-up stand on the Concourse. Sarah and her 3 daughters were the lucky winners of a hamper!</div><div>New this year at the festival, The Arty Scientist workshop, supported by the French Embassy in Dublin and Science week Ireland, inspired participants with our diverse gallery of NUI Galway scientists to draw life-size portraits of themselves as scientists which they could bring home. This workshop was created to bust the myth of scientists only being crazy old men in white labs coats. Assisted by a team of artists and scientists, children drew themselves as mathematicians, doctors, archaeologists and even as a Tiger Scientist! Kyle Luistro won an Arty-themed hamper in our raffle!</div><div>At the Little Cells Workshop, children of ages 6-8 got very creative learning about the cells in our bodies. Jumping Clay, The Body Game, The Cell Sizing Game and a dice-based Red blood cells game all featured as we learnt about organs in the body and different cells types. Children got to bring home their own little Jumping Clay cells (complete with smiley face, of course!). Anna Moran won a the Little Cells hamper in this workshop’s  raffle!</div><div>At EXPLORING Under the Microscope, visitors got the chance to learn about how microscopes work and how they can be used to learn about the world around us. They then used microscopes to figure out how spiders and stick insects walk on walls! Unfortunately there were no live spiders to send home with people, but visitors got to make their own stick insects to bring home instead! Lucky Dylan Taio won the EXPLORING under the microscope Cell EXPLORERS hamper here!</div><div>Fantastic DNA! introduced visitors to the wonderful world of DNA. We learned about the role of DNA and where it lives in the cell. Visitors then got stuck in and extracted some banana DNA to bring home, and then got to grips about the famous double helix structure by building some DNA models. Lucky David Masterson won a Fantastic DNA! hamper with his quiz results! </div><div>Thank you so much to all keen and enthusiastic participants and to our motivated brilliant team! Less than 12 months to go until the fun returns at GSTF 2017!! See you next year!</div><div>Cell EXPLORERS is supported by a SFI Discover award, the NUI Galway School of Natural Sciences and the Galway University Fundation. Photography Aengus McMahon</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS does the #MannequinChallenge for Science Week!</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/lZttQ44p22E/mqdefault.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/11/17/Cell-EXPLORERS-does-the-MannequinChallenge-for-Science-Week</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/11/17/Cell-EXPLORERS-does-the-MannequinChallenge-for-Science-Week</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:45:12 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lZttQ44p22E"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>5 Cell EXPLORERS workshops are on the 27th November 2016!</title><description><![CDATA[What is exhibition day? It is the final day and the highlight of the Galway Science and Technology Festival. Up to 20,000 visitors will participate in many scientific activities and attend free shows on the NUI Galway campus. Full programme at www.galwayscience.ie.What can I do with Cell EXPLORERS? We have 5 exciting discovery workshops for children of all ages & their families (see on the left). Learn about cells and DNA, how microscopes work or about the research performed in NUI Galway! There<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_73dd6fc6d8794b0f940cbedd164748ae%7Emv2_d_1275_1650_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_326%2Ch_421/a74b8a_73dd6fc6d8794b0f940cbedd164748ae%7Emv2_d_1275_1650_s_2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/11/14/5-Cell-EXPLORERS-workshops-are-on-the-27th-November-2016</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/11/14/5-Cell-EXPLORERS-workshops-are-on-the-27th-November-2016</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:59:57 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_73dd6fc6d8794b0f940cbedd164748ae~mv2_d_1275_1650_s_2.jpg"/><div>What is exhibition day? It is the final day and the highlight of the Galway Science and Technology Festival. Up to 20,000 visitors will participate in many scientific activities and attend free shows on the NUI Galway campus. Full programme at www.galwayscience.ie.</div><div>What can I do with Cell EXPLORERS? We have 5 exciting discovery workshops for children of all ages &amp; their families (see on the left). Learn about cells and DNA, how microscopes work or about the research performed in NUI Galway! There is hands-on science and a chance to win a Science hamper, which include fantastci Science books donnated by Charlie Byrnes Book Shop, entering our workshop draws!</div><div>How do I get in? The Festival Exhibition shows are free and run from 10am-6pm on Sunday 27th November. <div>Free tickets to the workshops will be released on Saturday, 19th November at 11am</div> on the Eventbrite website: <a href="http://www.galwayscience.eventbrite.ie">www.galwayscience.eventbrite.ie</a>. 30% of tickets will be available to book on the day. No booking is required to access the main Exhibition area located in the Bailey Allen Hall at NUI Galway</div><div>Tips: Come in early for the morning workshops and try your luck at the door even if you don’t have tickets.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS bust the myth of the mad scientist at GSTF 2016</title><description><![CDATA[What do you see when you think of a scientist? An old man, with crazy white hair, wearing a lab coat and goggles while covered in a cloud of smoke? This is the classic perception that many people might have but this is not how scientists look like!Cell Explorers will address this mad scientist stereotype in their new workshop at the 2016 Galway Science & Technology  Festival on the 27th November 2016. The Arty Scientist workshop will create a space where children can draw life-size<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_287591de94c84e40abe4b1e057c5ba04.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/11/14/Cell-EXPLORERS-bust-the-myth-of-the-mad-scientist-at-GSTF-2016</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/11/14/Cell-EXPLORERS-bust-the-myth-of-the-mad-scientist-at-GSTF-2016</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:45:37 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_287591de94c84e40abe4b1e057c5ba04.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_14e2fee02bef4e24be76d4a1afa349a4.jpg"/><div>What do you see when you think of a scientist? An old man, with crazy white hair, wearing a lab coat and goggles while covered in a cloud of smoke? This is the classic perception that many people might have but this is not how scientists look like!</div><div>Cell Explorers will address this mad scientist stereotype in their new workshop at the 2016 Galway Science &amp; Technology  Festival on the 27th November 2016. </div><div>The Arty Scientist workshop will create a space where children can draw life-size self-portraits of themselves as scientists, using pictures of the diverse population of scientists based in NUI Galway as inspiration. A mixed team of artists, led by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marina.wild.161">Marina Wild</a>, a member of the University’s Arts Office and Shane Cunningham, auditor of the student Arts Society, and scientists will be on hand to help the young participants. This innovative project is supported by the French Embassy, Science Week Ireland and the Galway Science &amp; Technology Festival. </div><div>More information here:</div><div><a href="http://www.ambafrance-ie.org/Science-Week-2016-Shaking-up-stereotypes-about-scientists">France In Ireland (French Embassy in Dublin)</a></div><div><a href="http://www.galwayindependent.com/news/topics/articles/2016/11/09/4129771-cell-explorers-bust-the-mad-scientist-myth-/">Galway independent</a></div><div><a href="http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/88576/cell-explorers-burst-the-myth-of-the-mad-scientist">Galway Advertiser</a></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Last chance to join our NUI Galway Team on exhibition day of GSTF 2016!</title><description><![CDATA[Join Cell EXPLORERS for the Galway Science Festival and Participate to the best day of Science on NUI Galway campus (27th of Nov)!What is it? Sunday 27th Nov (project and litt review will be over!), final day and the highlight of the Galway Science and Technology Festival. Up to 20,000 visitors will participate in many scientific activities and attend free shows on the NUI Galway campus. Full programme at www.galwayscience.ie.We need you! Cell EXPLORERS will be running 5 workshops on the day<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_45eaaa8a4db9477a971cd7b359e833ce%7Emv2_d_2700_1800_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_332%2Ch_221/a74b8a_45eaaa8a4db9477a971cd7b359e833ce%7Emv2_d_2700_1800_s_2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/11/14/Last-chance-to-join-our-NUI-Galway-Team-on-exhibition-day-of-GSTF-2016</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/11/14/Last-chance-to-join-our-NUI-Galway-Team-on-exhibition-day-of-GSTF-2016</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:26:17 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_45eaaa8a4db9477a971cd7b359e833ce~mv2_d_2700_1800_s_2.jpg"/><div>Join Cell EXPLORERS for the Galway Science Festival and Participate to the best day of Science on NUI Galway campus (27th of Nov)!</div><div>What is it?Sunday 27th Nov (project and litt review will be over!), final day and the highlight of the Galway Science and Technology Festival. Up to 20,000 visitors will participate in many scientific activities and attend free shows on the NUI Galway campus. Full programme at www.galwayscience.ie.</div><div>We need you! Cell EXPLORERS will be running 5 workshops on the day (see below) and need demonstrators!</div><div>How do you join?</div><div>If you are interested,</div><div>Attend our training sessions (one or both) on Sat 19th of Nov in room AC 203 (in concourse):</div><div>Fantastic DNA: 11-12pmLittle Cells: 12.30-1.30pmUnder microscope and Arty Scientist training announced later</div><div>Let us know you will attend by answering <a href="http://doodle.com/poll/8vr79qqh36zuuhn5">the Doodle poll here</a></div><div> Please comment (and add your contact details or we cannot contact you) if you cannot make training but want still to take part - we will be in touch.</div><div>There will be a brief set up meeting on the 26th of November, and Coffee and food is provided on Sunday the 27th! Note that taking part in the training, set up and on the 27th Nov will count towards the ALIVE certificate award!</div><div>All the best</div><div>THE CELL EXPLORERS TEAM</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Scientist for a Day is back!</title><description><![CDATA[Cell EXPLORERS will be teaming up with Eco EXPLORERS and Kitchen Chemistry yet again to run their Scientist for a Day workshop in NUI Galway. This popular workshop has run over both the Autumn and Spring mid term break for the last three years and takes place again this Halloween break on Wednesday the 2nd November. For full details see our Scientist for a Day page (link on the home page) or visit the Eventbrite page to book your ticket from Saturday 22nd October<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_90eb98c5b8cf406d904dba21bf110dd0%7Emv2_d_2491_3508_s_4_2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/10/18/Scientist-for-a-Day-is-back</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/10/18/Scientist-for-a-Day-is-back</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:11:49 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_90eb98c5b8cf406d904dba21bf110dd0~mv2_d_2491_3508_s_4_2.jpg"/><div>Cell EXPLORERS will be teaming up with Eco EXPLORERS and Kitchen Chemistry yet again to run their Scientist for a Day workshop in NUI Galway. This popular workshop has run over both the Autumn and Spring mid term break for the last three years and takes place again this Halloween break on Wednesday the 2nd November. For full details see our Scientist for a Day page (link on the home page) or visit the Eventbrite page to book your ticket from Saturday 22nd October (https://scientistforadaynovember2016.eventbrite.com). </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS NUI Galway volunteer information meeting!</title><description><![CDATA[If you are thinking of volunteering with the Cell EXPLORERS NUI Galway team make sure you come to our volunteer information meeting on Wednesday 14th September at 1pm! The meeting will take place in the Biochemistry Seminar Room, this room is downstairs in the Biochemistry area of the Arts and Science Concourse building, look out for the signs directing you. At this meeting we will tell you about all the activities that we will be involved in this semester and how you can get started in<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_85a019813f654c958c735d03e1705cb8%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_904/a74b8a_85a019813f654c958c735d03e1705cb8%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/09/09/Cell-EXPLORERS-NUI-Galway-volunteer-information-meeting</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/09/09/Cell-EXPLORERS-NUI-Galway-volunteer-information-meeting</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:52:40 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>If you are thinking of volunteering with the Cell EXPLORERS NUI Galway team make sure you come to our volunteer information meeting on Wednesday 14th September at 1pm! The meeting will take place in the Biochemistry Seminar Room, this room is downstairs in the Biochemistry area of the Arts and Science Concourse building, look out for the signs directing you. At this meeting we will tell you about all the activities that we will be involved in this semester and how you can get started in spreading the joy of science! </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_85a019813f654c958c735d03e1705cb8~mv2.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wanted! NUI Galway Cell EXPLORERS Interns 2016 !</title><description><![CDATA[WANTED!Enthusiastic “volunteer coordinator” and “Head prep” interns to work with Cell EXPLORERS at NUI Galway!Cell EXPLORERS (www.cellexplorers.com) develop and deliver science outreach activities through school visits, exhibitions and visits to science festivals.The Cell EXPLORERS team is largely made up of volunteers, including NUI Galway undergraduate, postgraduate students and research scientists who love to share their enthusiasm for all things science. This is a chance to be involved in a<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_45eaaa8a4db9477a971cd7b359e833ce%7Emv2_d_2700_1800_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_413%2Ch_275/a74b8a_45eaaa8a4db9477a971cd7b359e833ce%7Emv2_d_2700_1800_s_2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/08/23/Wanted-NUI-Galway-Cell-EXPLORERS-Interns-2016-</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/08/23/Wanted-NUI-Galway-Cell-EXPLORERS-Interns-2016-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:23:17 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_45eaaa8a4db9477a971cd7b359e833ce~mv2_d_2700_1800_s_2.jpg"/><div>WANTED!</div><div>Enthusiastic “volunteer coordinator” and “Head prep” interns to work with Cell EXPLORERS at NUI Galway!</div><div>Cell EXPLORERS (www.cellexplorers.com) develop and deliver science outreach activities through school visits, exhibitions and visits to science festivals.</div><div>The Cell EXPLORERS team is largely made up of volunteers, including NUI Galway undergraduate, postgraduate students and research scientists who love to share their enthusiasm for all things science. This is a chance to be involved in a fun, dynamic programme and to gain valuable skills in organization, communication and teamwork.</div><div>We are offering two paid internships</div><div>2-5 working hours each week for 10-12 weeks in Semester 1. Possible extension in Semester 2.You will be based in the Cell EXPLORERS new headquarters, in the Discipline of Biochemistry in the Arts &amp; Science Building.</div><div>1.  Cell EXPLORERS volunteer coordinator : The volunteer coordinator will assist the Cell EXPLORERS team in recruiting and organizing the large volunteer team (approx. 80 in semester 1) who delivers Cell EXPLORERS activities.</div><div>The volunteer coordinator will keep track of volunteer details as well as visit requests from schools and will organize the schedule of the Fantastic DNA Roadshow teams. She/he will also assist in the organisation of teams involved in the workshops during the Galway Science and Technology Festival. The intern will also be involved in collecting feedback from volunteers to be used in an impact study. Previous knowledge of word and excel an advantage.</div><div>2. Cell EXPLORERS Head prep: this intern will manage the laboratory preparation of the Cell EXPLORERS school visits as well as the preparation of demonstrator boxes needed for school visits.  The intern will organize preparation sessions and work with a small team of Cell EXPLORERS volunteers also involved in these tasks.</div><div>If you are interested in joining our team for 2016/17 please complete the application form available  and submit before Friday 9th of September, 2016 at <a href="mailto:cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie?subject=">cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie</a>.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ReelLife Science 2016 has been announced!</title><description><![CDATA[ReelLIFE SCIENCE 2016, run by our friend Enda O'Connell, is giving €3000 to Irish schools for the best science videos!ReelLIFE SCIENCE is looking for teachers and students with a passion for science, who can communicate a science topic via an entertaining and engaging short video. These can be live action, animated, or even made with a smartphone.This year topics include The Heart, Life in Space, Science and Me, Our Many Senses and The Science of Farming for Primary Schools.  Secondary School<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_948a1a1b59c94d61a118285dc18c6343%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_294%2Ch_416/a74b8a_948a1a1b59c94d61a118285dc18c6343%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/08/19/ReelLife-Science-2016-has-been-announced</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/08/19/ReelLife-Science-2016-has-been-announced</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:15:33 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_948a1a1b59c94d61a118285dc18c6343~mv2.jpg"/><div><a href="https://reellifescience.com/2016/08/17/announcing-reellife-science-2016/">ReelLIFE SCIENCE 2016</a>, run by our friend Enda O'Connell, is giving €3000 to Irish schools for the best science videos!</div><div>ReelLIFE SCIENCE is looking for teachers and students with a passion for science, who can communicate a science topic via an entertaining and engaging short video. These can be live action, animated, or even made with a smartphone.</div><div>This year topics include The Heart, Life in Space, Science and Me, Our Many Senses and The Science of Farming for Primary Schools.  Secondary School Topics are The Brain, Myths Busted! How Things Work, Irish Science Heroes and Everyday Biotechnology !</div><div>Video submissions closing date is Friday October 14th and results will be announced during Science week in November.</div><div>This year again we will contribute to ReelLife Science by providing keen judging volunteers. Enda has once more convinced a fantastic lineup of people to participate in the final judging panel, including RTÉ broadcaster and science enthusiast Rick O'Shea, University College London neuroscientist and Royal Society Fellow Prof. Eleanor Maguire, and BT Young Scientist &amp; Technologists of the Year 2016, Maria Louise Fufezan and Diana Bura from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan. </div><div>ReelLIFE SCIENCE is supported by NUI Galway, Science Foundation Ireland, CÚRAM Centre for Research in Medical Devices, Cell Explorers, Galway Science &amp; Technology Festival and Irish Science Teachers Association.</div><div>Check the <a href="https://reellifescience.com/2016/08/17/announcing-reellife-science-2016/">ReelLife Science website</a> for more information on the competition.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Cell EXPLORERS badges are out!</title><description><![CDATA[The Cell EXPLORERS Badges have now been awarded to all Cell EXPLORERS team members fulfilling requirements for each badge. Congratulations!We have awarded a total of 87 badges to 63 team members from NUI Galway, Athlone IT and University of Limerick. These includes 67 demonstrator, 7 leader, 8 Communicator, 6 creator  and 3 achiever badges. Well done!These badges recognise and reward team members for their participation to the Cell EXPLORERS programme by awarding them a digital badge matching<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9a8d361a0398470d8c023a7e4fc2b663%7Emv2.png/v1/fill/w_288%2Ch_287/a74b8a_9a8d361a0398470d8c023a7e4fc2b663%7Emv2.png"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/08/16/The-Cell-EXPLORERS-badges-are-out</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/08/16/The-Cell-EXPLORERS-badges-are-out</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:19:26 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9a8d361a0398470d8c023a7e4fc2b663~mv2.png"/><div>The Cell EXPLORERS Badges have now been awarded to all Cell EXPLORERS team members fulfilling requirements for each badge. Congratulations!</div><div>We have awarded a total of 87 badges to 63 team members from NUI Galway, Athlone IT and University of Limerick. These includes 67 demonstrator, 7 leader, 8 Communicator, 6 creator  and 3 achiever badges. Well done!</div><div>These badges recognise and reward team members for their participation to the Cell EXPLORERS programme by awarding them a digital badge matching their specific involvement.</div><div>The Cell EXPLORERS badge collection, shown below, includes the demonstrator badge, the initial badge to claim before claiming leader, creator or communicator badges. To collect these four badges automatically led to the attribution of the achiever badge. The Master badge is awarded to team member who can secure funding to run their created activities. Note that a key requirement for badge award is to have completed the Cell EXPLORERS guarda clearance procedure. Learn more about our criteriahere! Digital badges are an online method of recognising, accrediting and displaying achievements, skills or participation. The Cell EXPLORERS badge received by our members acts as a verifiable record of their participation as a Cell EXPLORERS team members. The badge can be claimed via a link that gives access to the Open Badges Passport, a mini e-portfolio system where one can store and display badges online. In practice, one can collect badges from multiple organisations, store the badges online and display them as one choose, eg. on website, social network or blog.</div><div>Thank you to Blaneth and Grainne from NUI Galway Centre for excellence in Learning and Teaching for guiding us through setting up our badge system, designing such colourful badges and awarding them to our team members.</div><div>NUI Galway is currently leading a national initiative, investigating the use of badges in Higher Education. If you are interested in learning more about badges, please get in touch at: http://allaboardhe.org</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_4d3e25f5c1c74f62a12e6ab8b083d38c~mv2.png"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What we did in 2015-16!</title><description><![CDATA[The summary of the Cell EXPLORERS activities for 2015-2016 is out! We made it visual and fairly comprehensive - so download here, sit back, relax and enjoy the reading!Thank you to all the children, teachers, parents, and members of our teams for the great work and fantastic engagement this year! Thanks to Science Foundation Ireland, NUI Galway and the NUI Galway Foundation for their sponsorship this year!<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_0e21cd595a6e481582eb2d0eea415aa9%7Emv2_d_5172_2626_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_318/a74b8a_0e21cd595a6e481582eb2d0eea415aa9%7Emv2_d_5172_2626_s_4_2.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/08/15/What-we-did-in-2015-16</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/08/15/What-we-did-in-2015-16</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:59:21 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>The summary of the Cell EXPLORERS activities for 2015-2016 is out! We made it visual and fairly comprehensive - so download , sit back, relax and enjoy the reading!</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_0e21cd595a6e481582eb2d0eea415aa9~mv2_d_5172_2626_s_4_2.jpg"/><div>Thank you to all the children, teachers, parents, and members of our teams for the great work and fantastic engagement this year! Thanks to Science Foundation Ireland, NUI Galway and the NUI Galway Foundation for their sponsorship this year!</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Thank you Cell EXPLORERS Volunteers!</title><description><![CDATA[Tuesday saw the awarding of the NUI Galway ALIVE president's award for volunteering, with many Cell EXPLORERS volunteers collecting their certificates for their work this year inspiring young people an their families in science. We would like to congratulate all our volunteers for achieving their ALIVE certificate and we would like to thank them for all their energy, passion and help this year in all our Cell EXPLORERS events, they simply would not be possible without you!!  <img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/DatY8StUnrc/mqdefault.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/04/14/Thank-you-Cell-EXPLORERS-Volunteers</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/04/14/Thank-you-Cell-EXPLORERS-Volunteers</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:18:48 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Tuesday saw the awarding of the NUI Galway ALIVE president's award for volunteering, with many Cell EXPLORERS volunteers collecting their certificates for their work this year inspiring young people an their families in science. We would like to congratulate all our volunteers for achieving their ALIVE certificate and we would like to thank them for all their energy, passion and help this year in all our Cell EXPLORERS events, they simply would not be possible without you!! </div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DatY8StUnrc"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS at the Big Day Out</title><description><![CDATA[We were delighted to be a part of the SFI Science Zone at the St. Patrick's Festival Big Day Out in Merrion Square this year! Last Sunday Cell EXPLORERS ran the two hands on science workshop tents at this event. One marquee ran Little Cells workshops for younger children and the other ran the Fantastic DNA session for older children. We had an amazing team of Cell EXPLORERS volunteers on the day, including two members of the Cell EXPLORERS Athlone IT team, Emma and Andrew. Thank you to everyone<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_4151cf35f549484a9559b9ec1534ff67.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/03/22/Cell-EXPLORERS-at-the-Big-Day-Out</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/03/22/Cell-EXPLORERS-at-the-Big-Day-Out</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:50:50 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>We were delighted to be a part of the SFI Science Zone at the St. Patrick's Festival Big Day Out in Merrion Square this year! Last Sunday Cell EXPLORERS ran the two hands on science workshop tents at this event. One marquee ran Little Cells workshops for younger children and the other ran the Fantastic DNA session for older children. We had an amazing team of Cell EXPLORERS volunteers on the day, including two members of the Cell EXPLORERS Athlone IT team, Emma and Andrew. Thank you to everyone who came to our workshops, to the St. Patrick's Festival organisers for having us, and to the amazing St. Patrick's Festival Big Day Out volunteers who also helped us throughout the day. </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_4151cf35f549484a9559b9ec1534ff67.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_e8bb44ca10ff4343af22edcb2ece0361.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>St Patrick Festival - Cell EXPLORERS &amp; Kitchen Chemistry are going to the Big Day Out!</title><description><![CDATA[Two NUI Galway Outreach programmes from the College of Science have been invited to take part in the BIG DAY OUT organised by the St Patrick Festival on the 20th of March. We are delighted to be one of these programmes! Next Sunday from 12 noon to 6pm, Merrion Square will be transformed "for this exciting day-long carnival, bursting with energy, colour and whimsical antics". It will be an opportunity for families to engage in exciting experiences and cool learning activities, including with<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_25897483e99d4cfca5f8ea6bf2923e11.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/03/15/St-Patrick-Festival-Cell-EXPLORERS-Kitchen-Chemistry-are-going-to-the-Big-Day-Out</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/03/15/St-Patrick-Festival-Cell-EXPLORERS-Kitchen-Chemistry-are-going-to-the-Big-Day-Out</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:05:54 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_25897483e99d4cfca5f8ea6bf2923e11.jpg"/><div>Two NUI Galway Outreach programmes from the College of Science have been invited to take part in the <a href="http://www.stpatricksfestival.ie/events/event/big_day_out">BIG DAY OUT</a>organised by the St Patrick Festival on the 20th of March. We are delighted to be one of these programmes!</div><div>Next Sunday from 12 noon to 6pm, Merrion Square will be transformed &quot;for this exciting day-long carnival, bursting with energy, colour and whimsical antics&quot;. It will be an opportunity for families to engage in exciting experiences and cool learning activities, including with Science!</div><div>The SFI Science Zone will let budding young scientists experiment hands on science.</div><div>Perfect! That's what we know best! We will run a double marquee with two interactice workshops: &quot;Little Cells&quot; for the 4-8 years old, and &quot;Fantastic DNA&quot; for the 7+ years old. 500 children will have a chance to take part in one of our 6 sessions so make sure you find us there to make your own cells or learn how to prepare DNA yourself!</div><div>Our friends from <a href="http://www.nuigalway.ie/kitchenchemistry/">Kitchen Chemistry</a> will be around the corner and will take you through their brand new set of experiments!</div><div>We are getting ready for the big day and cannot wait to get the party started!</div><div>The team will be made of NUI Galway Cell EXPLORERS Claire, Nancy, Anna, Ben, Ciara, Cahal, Aisling, Ivor, Muriel and AIT Cell EXPLORERS Emma and Andrew!</div><div>See you there!</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_34c34693adbd448aaff996513f3786b5.png"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Funded Postgrad Position in Science Education</title><description><![CDATA[  Applications are invited for a full-time PhD scholarship in Science Education. The doctorate will consider the role of higher education institutions as an outreach provider of science to formal education, and best practice in this regard.   The candidate will be based in the College of Science and integrated within the Cell EXPLORERS outreach programme team in the School of Natural Sciences. This project is a joint project between the School of Education and the School of Natural Sciences<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_8f9632bf097c46afa123f1b4d035d6dd.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/03/04/Funded-Postgrad-position-in-Education</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/03/04/Funded-Postgrad-position-in-Education</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2016 22:11:35 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Applications are invited for a full-time PhD scholarship in Science Education. The doctorate will consider the role of higher education institutions as an outreach provider of science to formal education, and best practice in this regard.</div><div>The candidate will be based in the College of Science and integrated within the Cell EXPLORERS outreach programme team in the School of Natural Sciences. This project is a joint project between the School of Education and the School of Natural Sciences (SNS) at the National University of Ireland Galway.</div><div>The scholarship of 16000 euros per year includes both stipends and the payment of full time PhD fees over the four years of the structured doctorate programme and is funded by NUI Galway University Foundation. Note that Part-Time PhD cannot be facilitated.</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_8f9632bf097c46afa123f1b4d035d6dd.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_898cf5685e2c43619f98714f7133ff61.gif"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS goes to NSTF Science Days in Gozo, Malta.</title><description><![CDATA[Launched on the 22nd February, the NSTF Science Days in Gozo 2016 will take place from Tuesday, 1st March to Thursday, 3rd March at the Gozo College Boys's Secondary School, Victoria, Gozo.   Once again we have been invited to join a team of local and international science communicators who will deliver interactive STEM sessions and spread the love for science! This year again, the programme is interesting and well balanced with diverse representation of STEM topics including Maths, Marine<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_2a373c44b17040148b39a601456deca6.png"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/29/Cell-EXPLORERS-goes-to-NSTF-Science-Days-in-Gozo-Malta</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/29/Cell-EXPLORERS-goes-to-NSTF-Science-Days-in-Gozo-Malta</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:29:29 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_2a373c44b17040148b39a601456deca6.png"/><div>Launched on the 22nd February, the NSTF Science Days in Gozo 2016 will take place from Tuesday, 1st March to Thursday, 3rd March at the Gozo College Boys's Secondary School, Victoria, Gozo.</div><div>Once again we have been invited to join a team of local and international science communicators who will deliver interactive STEM sessions and spread the love for science!</div><div>This year again, <a href="http://www.nstfmalta.eu/index.php/news/news-blog/187-interactive-sessions-nstf-science-days-in-gozo-2016">the programme is interesting and well balanced</a> with diverse representation of STEM topics including Maths, Marine Biology, robotics and human physiology!</div><div>Nancy and Muriel have taken our Breathing Session developped by Anna (Science Without Border Brazilian student and Cell EXPLORERS intern last summer) in their suitcases and will meet with 300 students to make them discover the respiratory system and engage in a respiration experiment.</div><div>It is always a pleasure to meet our NSTF friend and director Mr Francis Stivala and his dynamic and dedicated team. The managing team this year is led by Lynette and John, succeeding to successful team leaders Becky &amp; Karl.</div><div>This year again blue sky and bright sun have welcomed our team to a busy week full of scientific excitement!</div><div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_0707dcc894c44bc2bea98eba017138ec.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_1e521a485f444dbfbdae0be581c76bf1.jpg"/></div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_ead7a616b27a40259221148145af0b35.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_3f53d9d75f8144b2a811faea8ef2f4dc.jpg"/><div>Note on NSTF: The <a href="http://www.nstfmalta.eu/">National Student Travel Foundation (Malta) – NSTF</a> - is an organisation with a philanthropic dimension founded in 1977. It is directly in touch with a number of Maltese students through the various educational programmes it organizes each year strives to provide a unique non-formal educational experience. Highlights of the NSTF activity include the NSTF Mini European Assembly, NSTF Science programmes and the NSTF Malta Student Psychology Forum.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The story of our orange and purple Logo</title><description><![CDATA[    Our beautiful bright purple and orange logo has been designed for us by Michelle Campion when she was a Master student at NUi Galway. In addition of being a scientist, Michelle is also a very generous person and a talented artist - check her facebook page and her website! Thanks Michelle we really love our logo!   She recently created an Album featuring our use of this logo. Some of it is reproduce below - you can also check it here.   "During my Masters in NUIG (2013-14) I created a logo<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_1457094a5f72468eaeb7eb77462a8648.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/19/The-story-of-our-orange-and-purple-Logo</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/19/The-story-of-our-orange-and-purple-Logo</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:30:17 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_7759dfb6357d4a44ae66047405bc6ab4.jpg"/><div>Our beautiful bright purple and orange logo has been designed for us by Michelle Campion when she was a Master student at NUi Galway. In addition of being a scientist, Michelle is also a very generous person and a talented artist - check her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MichelleCampionArt/">facebook page</a> and her <a href="http://michellecampion.weebly.com/">website!</a> Thanks Michelle we really love our logo!</div><div>She recently created an Album featuring our use of this logo. Some of it is reproduce below - you can also check it <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1111535372204665.1073741834.172238456134366&amp;type=3">here</a>.</div><div>&quot;During my Masters in NUIG (2013-14) I created a logo for the startup biomedical science programme known as Cell EXPLORERS. The Cell EXPLORERS programme, created in NUI Galway’s School of Natural Sciences, is based on a volunteering model where science students and staff give their time to spread their love of science with children. The programme aims to inform, inspire and involve the children in modern biology and biomedical sciences. It has been a privilege to watch them grow from strength to strength over the years, taking my logo along with them . NUI Galway’s CELL EXPLORERS is now working in partnership with the University of Limerick (UL) and Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). To contact UL email cellexplorersul@gmail.com, AIT at cellexplorersait@gmail.com or NUI Galway at cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie. Their activities are funded by SFI Discover, the NUI Galway School of Natural Sciences and by the NUI Galway Foundation. Many congratulations from Michelle Campion Art! Delighted to have contributed to a great cause!&quot;</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_1457094a5f72468eaeb7eb77462a8648.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Young scientists enjoy experimenting on NUI Galway campus!</title><description><![CDATA[Doing experiments with liquid nitrogen, turning 2 cent coins gold and sliver, extracting DNA and learning all about exotic animals - our young participants at the Scientist For a Day workshop learned all about what it is like to be a scientist in the laboratories of NUI Galway! Run as a collaboration between Kitchen Chemistry, Cell EXPLORERS and Eco EXPLORERS, the one day workshop on February 16th gave an opportunity for children to come on campus, into one of the universities teaching<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_5e5b8fa8f77a497ba7cdd35a075dc077.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/17/Young-scientists-enjoy-experimenting-on-NUI-Galway-campus</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/17/Young-scientists-enjoy-experimenting-on-NUI-Galway-campus</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:23:45 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Doing experiments with liquid nitrogen, turning 2 cent coins gold and sliver, extracting DNA and learning all about exotic animals - our young participants at the Scientist For a Day workshop learned all about what it is like to be a scientist in the laboratories of NUI Galway! Run as a collaboration between Kitchen Chemistry, Cell EXPLORERS and Eco EXPLORERS, the one day workshop on February 16th gave an opportunity for children to come on campus, into one of the universities teaching laboratories, to learn from real scientists and science students about different aspects of chemistry, molecular biology, zoology and ecology. Thanks to all that attended and if you couldn't make it this time, keep an eye out for announcements every Autumn and Spring midterm for workshops that might be coming up! </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_5e5b8fa8f77a497ba7cdd35a075dc077.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6af867865f104bf7bc94d486f1d521f0.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hands on Science with Cell EXPLORERS &amp; Kitchen Chemistry at NUI Galway Youth Academy</title><description><![CDATA[A team of 18 young scientists joined us for 3 saturdays of practicing experiments in the Biochemistry lab for the second term of NUI Galway Youth Academy.   With our team, led by Ivor, our young guests found out how our bodies work and discovered the amazing world of cells, which are found in all living things. They looked at their own cells under the microscope, learn about different types of cells and use the scientific method to investigate what happens inside cells!   Our team was made from<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_2fb7bbf5d76744e89b5046cd9993d0e6.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/18/Hands-in-Science-with-Cell-EXPLORERS-Kitchen-Chemistry-at-NUI-Galway-Youth-Academy</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/18/Hands-in-Science-with-Cell-EXPLORERS-Kitchen-Chemistry-at-NUI-Galway-Youth-Academy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2016 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>A team of 18 young scientists joined us for 3 saturdays of practicing experiments in the Biochemistry lab for the second term of <a href="http://cki.nuigalway.ie/page/224/background/">NUI Galway Youth Academy</a>.</div><div>With our team, led by Ivor, our young guests found out how our bodies work and discovered the amazing world of cells, which are found in all living things. They looked at their own cells under the microscope, learn about different types of cells and use the scientific method to investigate what happens inside cells!</div><div>Our team was made from Nancy, also very involved in preparation and training, Aisling, new recruit this year already quite experienced, Veasna, one of our founding members, Ciara, our expert in Fantastic DNA and youth academy, and Tara, international student who joined the team this year.</div><div>This year's class was a joy to work with, with many questions and excitment in every aspects of the course! In the second part of the course, after mid term break they will learn about atoms, electrons, protons and neutrons, the small entities that make matter, with our friendly neighbours from Kitchen Chemistry! Have fun!</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_2fb7bbf5d76744e89b5046cd9993d0e6.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c09ac7f4831c4f4c962cdbf0268b739a.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_9ce55162e089480c9e828e5f8092c4fd.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_ba9450ad15a2460b8d67c5cf24ee2568.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d4a13b15b5b749ee8d7f27705b30bd79.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fantastic DNA Workshop at the First NUI Galway MiniMed School</title><description><![CDATA[NUI Galway Minimed school is a four week course aimed at inspiring Transition, 5th or 6th year students into studying a healthcare related degree at NUI Galway. Organised by Medical students from the NUI Galway Cancer Society in collaboration with Dr Muriel Grenon, our director, it took place on Wednesdays, the 27th of January, 3rd, 10th & 17th of February 2016 from 7pm to 9.30pm.   Running on the theme of oncology this year, Minimed hosted 150 scondary school students who attended mini lecture<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d6126574b0a740b8adb070f6cdabad5d.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/19/Fantastic-DNA-Workshop-at-the-First-NUI-Galway-MiniMed-School</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/19/Fantastic-DNA-Workshop-at-the-First-NUI-Galway-MiniMed-School</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:06:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div><a href="http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/nui-galway-mini-med-school-tickets-18586027308">NUI Galway Minimed school</a> is a four week course aimed at inspiring Transition, 5th or 6th year students into studying a healthcare related degree at NUI Galway. Organised by Medical students from the NUI Galway Cancer Society in collaboration with Dr Muriel Grenon, our director, it took place on Wednesdays, the 27th of January, 3rd, 10th &amp; 17th of February 2016 from 7pm to 9.30pm.</div><div>Running on the theme of oncology this year, Minimed hosted 150 scondary school students who attended mini lecture and practical sessions with a chance to ask questions to current NUI Galwat students.</div><div>Our team offered the Fantastic DNA session on the 3rd evening dedicated to research. It was a chance to highlight the importnace of studying DNA in cancer research as well as explained the opportunity that Cell EXPLORERS volunteers have of sharing their interest for science with thepublic while demonstrating. Our team was led by Anna, and was made of a mix of current team memebers - Nancy, Ivor, Tara, Aoife, Raissa, Fairuz, Claire, Jack and medical students Florence, Rita, Paridhi, AL-Ameen, Emeel, Reiltin, who joined on the night trained by either Nancy or Anna.</div><div>We shared the practical session with the suturing workshop proposed by NUI Galway Surgery society - a brilliant example of engaging and educational hands on activity.</div><div>We heard Minimed ended yesterday with a brilliant quiz created by Grace!</div><div><a href="http://www.su.nuigalway.ie/mini-med-school">NUI Galway MiniMed school is supported by EXPLORE NUI Galway Staf Students initiative</a>.</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_83a6c69087264ba98cca9dd3db8bd574.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d9599917dae142058e67b5db745d6dd8.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_4ff1ab4592654c9da818776f4aa066c1.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_4db9b47c71804c93873de5d0b57f863f.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d6126574b0a740b8adb070f6cdabad5d.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c08884973c8a4c0bbfe70ffd32394f42.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brilliant talks by Cell EXPLORERS team members at Famelab Galway</title><description><![CDATA[The International FameLab Science Communication competition has arrived in Galway this year! The Galway Regional Heat during which 10 participants competed for two places in the Ireland final took place on the 9th of February 2016.   The ten scientists came from a variety of backgrounds, from a professor of mathematics to a researcher in medical device design, all from NUi Galway with 4 of them being current or past Cell EXPLORERS team members.   The competing scientists were given a total of<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_8b1a1818ea524a898fd199e7b6464779.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/10/Brilliant-talks-by-Cell-EXPLORERS-team-members-at-Famelab-Galway</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/10/Brilliant-talks-by-Cell-EXPLORERS-team-members-at-Famelab-Galway</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>The International FameLab Science Communication competition has arrived in Galway this year! The <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/famelab-galway-regional-heat-2016-tickets-21030430584">Galway Regional Heat</a> during which 10 participants competed for two places in the Ireland final took place on the 9th of February 2016.</div><div>The ten scientists came from a variety of backgrounds, from a professor of mathematics to a researcher in medical device design, all from NUi Galway with 4 of them being current or past Cell EXPLORERS team members.</div><div>The competing scientists were given a total of three minutes each to explain their research, or any scientific concept they like to a public audience and a panel of judges. Presentations answered a range of questions from ‘Can biomaterials fix a broken heart?’ to ‘Will we use light to control the brain?’ to ‘How can coral reefs survive in cold, wet Ireland?’</div><div>ALumni Ellen McGrory, PhD student, Environmental geochemistry, talked about  &quot;Coffee and caffeine: a love sotry&quot; and Laura Olsen, PhD Student in Pharmacology wondered if we would control the human brain with light. Current team members Edel Browne, Biotechnology undergraduate student, presented her work on a device to support Parkinson patient and Ivor Geoghegan, PhD Student in  Biomedical engineering,CÚRAM, explained to us how bones feel gravity.  It was a pleasure to see them on stage and encourage them in this new adventure.</div><div>The winner of the evening was Professor Michel Destrade, Professor of Applied Mathematics, who told us it is good news to be soft in the head. Second place went to Dilip Thomas, PhD student, CÚRAM who discussed the couch potato gene! Edel secured the 3rd place of the competition.</div><div>1st and 2nd place candidates will participate to the FameLab Ireland Final,  held at the Science Gallery in Dublin on Thursday, 7 April 2016.</div><div>Non successful candidates will be entered in the video heat and have still a chance to make it to the Ireland final! All the best to them all! </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_b563e3b422e74a6cb304d421450b5cc3.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_8ccf976dcc574b19b6a225a31235864b.jpg"/><div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_f7e8a8076c2b49ea865a7b336591ff50.jpg"/>​<div>SLXLM</div></div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_1de049a3cd064b3b9d33be29f1c99604.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_8b1a1818ea524a898fd199e7b6464779.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6075797526194ddbbae354753f486d27.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Clare brought a Fantastic DNA visit to her primary school in Renmore !</title><description><![CDATA[Clare, One of our volunteer team members, has been taking fantastic DNA to the primary school where she was a pupil few year ago, Scoil Chaitríona in Renmore.    The visit was led by team Leader Charlotte, and Clare was accompanied by BingLing, Melissa and Dylan and the team saw both 5th and 6th classes.   We are always delighted when these very special visits happen and You can understand why by reading Clare's summary of the visit in our testimonial page here.    <img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6f9d7fe3730e45c290fedc72edf5f3a3.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/19/Clare-brought-a-Fantastic-DNA-visit-to-her-primary-school-in-Renmore-</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/19/Clare-brought-a-Fantastic-DNA-visit-to-her-primary-school-in-Renmore-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Clare, One of our volunteer team members, has been taking fantastic DNA to the primary school where she was a pupil few year ago, Scoil Chaitríona in Renmore. </div><div>The visit was led by team Leader Charlotte, and Clare was accompanied by BingLing, Melissa and Dylan and the team saw both 5th and 6th classes.</div><div>We are always delighted when these very special visits happen and You can understand why by reading Clare's summary of the visit in our testimonial page here.</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6f9d7fe3730e45c290fedc72edf5f3a3.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Scientist for a Day is back!</title><description><![CDATA[Cell EXPLORERS, Kitchen Chemistry and Eco-EXPLORERS are teaming up again to run another Scientist for a Day midterm workshop this Tuesday, February 16th. The workshop involves a full day of science-related activities for children aged 7 to 13 years old. It includes activities such as preparing DNA, observing colourful chemical reactions and working with live exotic animals. You can find out all the details about Scientist for a Day by clicking here.    To register, book your Eventbrite ticket<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_ce0f7158029f4525bb41d8a6d7fe9fa3.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/02/Scientist-for-a-Day-is-back</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/02/02/Scientist-for-a-Day-is-back</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:48:58 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Cell EXPLORERS, Kitchen Chemistry and Eco-EXPLORERS are teaming up again to run another Scientist for a Day midterm workshop this Tuesday, February 16th. The workshop involves a full day of science-related activities for children aged 7 to 13 years old. It includes activities such as preparing DNA, observing colourful chemical reactions and working with live exotic animals. You can find out all the details about Scientist for a Day by clicking here. </div><div>To register, book your Eventbrite ticket here (registration is open from Thursday, 4th February, 7 pm): <a href="http://scientistforadayfebruary2016.eventbrite.com">http://scientistforadayfebruary2016.eventbrite.com.</a> Please read the registration instructions carefully as a seperate registration form is required. You will need to reference your Eventbrite order number on the registration form. Places are limited, so early booking is advised!</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_ce0f7158029f4525bb41d8a6d7fe9fa3.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>NUI Galway stall at BT Young Scientist &amp; Technologist Exhibition</title><description><![CDATA[Cell EXPLORERS represented NUI Galway Science at the BTYSTE again this year! The BTYSTE ran from the 7th-9th in the RDS in Dublin. 11 Cell EXPLORERS team members ran the stall, extracting DNA from bananas, running an introduction-to-microscopes activity and chatting to young students and their parents about science and studying science at NUI Galway. We had a great time meeting some of the scientists of the future! Thanks to all the team members that helped managed the stall over the three days.<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_4dcedfb5b6ec4c1298e3dce863653f0c.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/1/11/NUI-Galway-stall-at-BT-Young-Scientist-Technologist-Exhibition</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/1/11/NUI-Galway-stall-at-BT-Young-Scientist-Technologist-Exhibition</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:37:08 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_19094249de744612b668eb5f325341a2.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_a9ab0cefd73b47b98ab7a862f970d5f3.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_4dcedfb5b6ec4c1298e3dce863653f0c.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_8a2497b51c3b401b82594e2036f6a34b.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_53dbd627d63f460ba83ed61b2e88029c.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_e60791969de9445897d6cc74f65ef58e.jpg"/><div>Cell EXPLORERS represented NUI Galway Science at the BTYSTE again this year! The BTYSTE ran from the 7th-9th in the RDS in Dublin. 11 Cell EXPLORERS team members ran the stall, extracting DNA from bananas, running an introduction-to-microscopes activity and chatting to young students and their parents about science and studying science at NUI Galway. We had a great time meeting some of the scientists of the future! Thanks to all the team members that helped managed the stall over the three days. And thanks to everyone who came to talk to us about science at NUI Galway!</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS at the BTYSTE!</title><description><![CDATA[The BT Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition started yesterday with judging of the student projects at the RDS in Dublin. Today until Saturday the exhibition is open to the public! Cell EXPLORERS will be representing Science at NUI Galway. If you are visiting the exhibition make sure to stop by our stall to extract DNA, use miscroscopes to investigate living things and learn all about studying science at NUI Galway! <img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c0fa56c85a1a4854803792f5f63f13d6.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/1/7/Cell-EXPLORERS-at-the-BTYSTE</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2016/1/7/Cell-EXPLORERS-at-the-BTYSTE</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:31:08 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>The BT Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition started yesterday with judging of the student projects at the RDS in Dublin. Today until Saturday the exhibition is open to the public! Cell EXPLORERS will be representing Science at NUI Galway. If you are visiting the exhibition make sure to stop by our stall to extract DNA, use miscroscopes to investigate living things and learn all about studying science at NUI Galway! </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_c0fa56c85a1a4854803792f5f63f13d6.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>NUIG Mini Med School Jan/Feb 2016</title><description><![CDATA[Cell EXPLORERS are delighted to be a part of the first NUI Galway Mini Med School taking place in January & February 2016! Designed to introduce secondary school students to study, reseach and careers in healthcare, the mini med school programme will run over 4 evenings covering the topics of Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Research & Innovation with guest speakers and practical activities in all sessions. The theme for this year is Cancer and Oncology. Check out the program here to find out more<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_45132c8e42d54d699f317c42bcdc822a.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/12/16/NUIG-Mini-Med-School-JanFeb-2016</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/12/16/NUIG-Mini-Med-School-JanFeb-2016</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:06:15 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Cell EXPLORERS are delighted to be a part of the first NUI Galway Mini Med School taking place in January &amp; February 2016! Designed to introduce secondary school students to study, reseach and careers in healthcare, the mini med school programme will run over 4 evenings covering the topics of Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Research &amp; Innovation with guest speakers and practical activities in all sessions. The theme for this year is Cancer and Oncology. Check out the program here to find out more about the speakers and topics or follow @NUIGminimed on Twitter or Like the Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/nuigminimedschool/">www.facebook.com/nuigminimedschool/</a></div><div>Cell EXPLORERS will be running the practical activity during session 3, where you can extract DNA with us!</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_45132c8e42d54d699f317c42bcdc822a.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Biochemical Society Science Outreach and Education Workshop</title><description><![CDATA[The Irish Area Section of the Biochemical Society had their conference in NUI Galway this year and Cell EXPLORERS was delighted to be involved in the science outreach and education session that was ran on the 7th December. The session started with some short talks from representatives of different science outreach programmes, competitions and from primary and secondary school teachers. Following this there was show and tell space where people could see and learn about the different acitivities<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_fd0d94bfb9354ef5a6fd2966f49c057a.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/12/08/Biochemical-Society-Science-Outreach-and-Education-Workshop</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/12/08/Biochemical-Society-Science-Outreach-and-Education-Workshop</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:17:48 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>The Irish Area Section of the Biochemical Society had their conference in NUI Galway this year and Cell EXPLORERS was delighted to be involved in the science outreach and education session that was ran on the 7th December. The session started with some short talks from representatives of different science outreach programmes, competitions and from primary and secondary school teachers. Following this there was show and tell space where people could see and learn about the different acitivities that are taking place to engage with children, schools and the general public. Different Cell EXPLORERS activities such as the Fantastic DNA school roadshow, the Brain EXPLORERS workshop and Little Cells games were all represented as well as the NUI Galway <a href="http://www.reellifescience.ie">ReelLIFE SCIENCE</a> competition and Discipline of Anatomy's 'Under the Microscope' outreach programme. National programmes and competitions such as <a href="http://www.famelab.org">FameLab Ireland</a>, <a href="http://imascientist.org.uk">I'm a Scientist, Get me out of Here</a> and <a href="http://www.smartfutures.ie">SmartFutures</a>were also represented, as was the <a href="http://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/biology-for-all/activity-kits">21st Century BioChallenges kits</a> available from the Royal Society for Biology. </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_fd0d94bfb9354ef5a6fd2966f49c057a.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS at the Galway Science and Technology Festival 2015</title><description><![CDATA[Cell EXPLORERS are excited to be involved again this year with the Galway Science and Technology Festival! Over the next fortnight the Cell EXPLORERS school roadshows; Fantastic DNA! and Little Cells will be visiting schools throughout Galway county. And this year, for the first time, our partner Cell EXPLORERS teams in   Athlone Institute of Technology and the University of Limerick will also be bringing the Fantastic DNA! school roadshow to schools in their localities! You can learn more about<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_834dc257e1374f8bbdd3ff177166f9c6.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/11/09/Cell-EXPLORERS-at-the-Galway-Science-and-Technology-Festival-2015</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/11/09/Cell-EXPLORERS-at-the-Galway-Science-and-Technology-Festival-2015</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:44:09 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_834dc257e1374f8bbdd3ff177166f9c6.jpg"/><div>Cell EXPLORERS are excited to be involved again this year with the Galway Science and Technology Festival! Over the next fortnight the Cell EXPLORERS school roadshows; Fantastic DNA! and Little Cells will be visiting schools throughout Galway county. And this year, for the first time, our partner Cell EXPLORERS teams in</div><div>Athlone Institute of Technology and the University of Limerick will also be bringing the Fantastic DNA! school roadshow to schools in their localities! You can learn more about the Fantastic DNA! and Little Cells sessions on our Activities page. </div><div>As well as school roadshows, Cell EXPLORERS are delighted to announce that we will be running 5  on the GSTF Exhibition Day on the 22nd November on campus in NUI Galway. Yes, you heard right! 5 workshops! Returning from last year are the School of Natural Sciences Next Top Model Workshop, the Brain EXPLORERS workshop and the Fantastic DNA! workshop. New this year are the Exploring Under the Microscope workshop (run in conjunction with the 'Under the Microscope' outreach group from the Discipline of Anatomy) and the Little Cells workshop (aimed at the youngest scientists who want to learn about the cells in our bodies). Check back here to find more details for all these workshops over the next week. And remember to book your free tickets for the GSTF Exhibition day from the 14th November on the GSTF website: <a href="http://www.galwayscience.ie">www.galwayscience.ie.</a></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Happy Science Week!</title><description><![CDATA[  Its National Science Week this week and 2015 marks 20 years of science week in Ireland. Science week is a national, annual event that celebrates the worlds of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). There are lots of different types of events taking place all over the country this week, with school roadshows, workshops, competitions, online events and others. You can see the full list of events and check out what is happening near you by visiting www.science.ie and checking<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d0b18bc77f274878913d787caddf4681.png"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/11/09/Happy-Science-Week</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/11/09/Happy-Science-Week</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:27:19 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d0b18bc77f274878913d787caddf4681.png"/><div>Its National Science Week this week and 2015 marks 20 years of science week in Ireland. Science week is a national, annual event that celebrates the worlds of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). There are lots of different types of events taking place all over the country this week, with school roadshows, workshops, competitions, online events and others. You can see the full list of events and check out what is happening near you by visiting <a href="http://www.science.ie">www.science.ie</a> and checking out their events sections. The theme this year is 'Design Your Future'. </div><div>In Galway the Galway Science and Technology Festival runs for a fortnight and culminates in GSTF Exhibition Day which takes place on the 22nd November this year at NUI Galway. The Exhibition Day involves many different workshops that are open to the members of the public. Free tickets will be available for these workshops from the 14th November on. </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Volunteers needed for school visits</title><description><![CDATA[  We are looking for volunteers to join the Cell EXPLORERS teams running Fantastic DNA or Little Cells school visits during Science Week & the Galway Science and Technology Festival.   When ? Between 9th & 27th of November 2015   Free time needed? 1h30 for training,  at least 3h per visit   What do I get out of it? A lunch voucher, experience in science communication, the buzz of talking about something you love to enthusiastic school children, the opportunity to meet like-minded NUI Galway<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6b7445dfea0e4b4da88ec43dce9ce2c0.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/31/Volunteers-needed-for-school-visits</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/31/Volunteers-needed-for-school-visits</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2015 14:48:17 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6b7445dfea0e4b4da88ec43dce9ce2c0.jpg"/><div>We are looking for volunteers to join the Cell EXPLORERS teams running <a href="http://www.cellexplorers.com/#!fantastic-dna-/cp2o">Fantastic DNA</a>or <a href="http://www.cellexplorers.com/#!activities/c1c6g">Little Cells</a> school visits during <a href="http://www.scienceweek.ie">Science Week</a> &amp; the <a href="http://www.galwayscience.ie">Galway Science and Technology Festival</a>.</div><div>When ? Between 9th &amp; 27th of November 2015</div><div>Free time needed? 1h30 for training,  at least 3h per visit</div><div>What do I get out of it? A lunch voucher, experience in science communication, the buzz of talking about something you love to enthusiastic school children, the opportunity to meet like-minded NUI Galway students and staff, the <a href="http://cki.nuigalway.ie/alive/">ALIVE volunteering award</a> and the Cell EXPLORERS demonstrator badge!</div><div>If you are interested,</div><div>1. Please email <a href="mailto:cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie?subject=Volunteering for school visits">your contact details (email and phone number) to</a><a href="mailto:cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie?subject=Volunteering for school visits">cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie</a></div><div>2.Fill up the Doodle availability survey by clicking <a href="http://doodle.com/poll/twf87apmfp2ys2ic">here</a></div><div>For more info on our school visit or volunteering with us, have a look <a href="http://www.cellexplorers.com/#!volunteers/c1axe">here</a></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cell EXPLORERS teams to bring hands-on science to Irish schools</title><description><![CDATA[  This week, the public could read about the expansion of our programme and our partnerships with University of Limerick and Athlone Institute of Technology in several publications.   Galway Advertiser UL News center Newsoneplace.com ULearning Skillsnet Wn.com Social Media   "NUI Galway’s Cell EXPLORERS science outreach programme has announced the launch of their new partnership with the University of Limerick (UL) and Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). Funded by a two-year Science<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6baa2a132bdb44efa35c36ece6191bbc.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/29/Cell-EXPLORERS-teams-to-bring-handson-science-to-Irish-schools</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/29/Cell-EXPLORERS-teams-to-bring-handson-science-to-Irish-schools</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6baa2a132bdb44efa35c36ece6191bbc.jpg"/><div>This week, the public could read about the expansion of our programme and our partnerships with University of Limerick and Athlone Institute of Technology in several publications.</div><div><a href="http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/80529/cell-explorers-teams-to-bring-hands-on-science-to-irish-schools">Galway Advertiser</a><a href="http://www.ul.ie/news-centre/news/cell-explorers-teams-to-bring-hands-on-science-to-irish-schools">UL News center</a><a href="http://www.newsoneplace.com/article/5354471509/explorers-cell-teams-bring-science-irish-schools-national-university-ireland-galway">Newsoneplace.com</a><a href="http://ulearning.ie/cell-explorers-teams-to-bring-handson-science-to-irish-schools/">ULearning Skillsnet</a><a href="http://article.wn.com/view/2015/10/19/Cell_EXPLORERS_Teams_to_Bring_Handson_Science_to_Irish_Schoo/">Wn.com</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ULInternational/posts/1071801542844651">Social Media</a></div><div><a href="http://ulearning.ie/cell-explorers-teams-to-bring-handson-science-to-irish-schools/">&quot;NUI Galway’s Cell EXPLORERS science outreach programme has announced the launch of their new partnership with the University of Limerick (UL) and Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). Funded by a two-year</a><a href="http://www.sfi.ie/discover-science-engineering-dse/">Science Foundation Ireland Discover</a><a href="http://ulearning.ie/cell-explorers-teams-to-bring-handson-science-to-irish-schools/">Award, the partnership will see teams visit primary schools in their localities sharing the wonder of science, allowing children to act like real scientists in their own classrooms.&quot;</a></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Launch of Galway Science and Technology Festival 2015</title><description><![CDATA[National Science week is celebrating it's 20th birthday this year with the theme of Science Week 2.0: Design Your Future. Science week runs from the 8th to the 15th November, with Galway Science and Technology Festival (GSTF) going that extra mile, running from 9th to 22nd November for a fortnight of different Science events across the county.   The GSTF launched it's exciting programme of events on Monday last, the 19th October, in Medtronic's Customer Innovation Centre. For details about<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_b0ea800837b740b7b3687edf4743823b.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/20/Launch-of-Galway-Science-and-Technology-Festival-2015</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/20/Launch-of-Galway-Science-and-Technology-Festival-2015</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:20:51 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>National Science week is celebrating it's 20th birthday this year with the theme of Science Week 2.0: Design Your Future. Science week runs from the 8th to the 15th November, with Galway Science and Technology Festival (GSTF) going that extra mile, running from 9th to 22nd November for a fortnight of different Science events across the county.</div><div>The GSTF launched it's exciting programme of events on Monday last, the 19th October, in Medtronic's Customer Innovation Centre. For details about school roadshows and workshops available, as well as details on the GSTF Exhibition day workshops taking place on the 22nd November in NUI Galway, keep an eye on <a href="http://www.galwayscience.ie">www.galwayscience.ie. Free tickets for the Exhibition day events will be available from Saturday, 14th November. </a></div><div>Cell EXPLORERS is already running its Fantastic DNA! roadshow for senior cycle primary school children and these visits will continue right up to the end of the festival. As well as this, Little Cells, our roadshow for the junior cycle of primary school that explains the concept of cells, will begin visits tomorrow and will run for the month of November. </div><div>On Exhibition day Cell EXPLORERS will run several workshops: Fantastic DNA! workshop, The School of Natural Sciences Next Top Model Organism workshop, Brain EXPLORERS workshop and a new Cell workshop combining Cell EXPLORERS and the Under the Microscope science outreach group from the discipline of Anatomy in NUI Galway. Make sure you keep an eye on this website, our Facebook page and www.galwayscience.ie so you can book your free ticket to the workshop you want when they become available! </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_b0ea800837b740b7b3687edf4743823b.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Scientist for A Day is Back!</title><description><![CDATA[ Cell EXPLORERS, Eco EXPLORERS and Kitchem Chemistry are reuniting again to run another Scientist for A Day workshop full of exciting experiments and activities! Aimed at children aged between 7 and 13 the camp will take place in one of the laboratories in NUI Galway. The workshop takes place on Wednesday the 28th October from 10am to 3pm. The cost is 10e per child with discounts available for multiple bookings. To book in email cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie. Bookings will be taken on a first come<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_bd74b8a2fc914f8d95a9a2a49a9e1c6f.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/16/Scientist-for-A-Day-is-Back</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/16/Scientist-for-A-Day-is-Back</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:28:21 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_bd74b8a2fc914f8d95a9a2a49a9e1c6f.jpg"/><div> Cell EXPLORERS, Eco EXPLORERS and Kitchem Chemistry are reuniting again to run another Scientist for A Day workshop full of exciting experiments and activities! Aimed at children aged between 7 and 13 the camp will take place in one of the laboratories in NUI Galway. The workshop takes place on Wednesday the 28th October from 10am to 3pm. The cost is 10e per child with discounts available for multiple bookings. To book in email cellexplorers@nuigalway.ie. Bookings will be taken on a first come first serve basis and numbers are limited so book early! </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Check out our new Fantastic DNA extraction steps video!</title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to the wonderfully talented Michael and Kevin McAndrew of Corrib Digital Cell EXPLORERS have a brand new video explaining what DNA is and how you can extract it from cells by following just a few simple steps. This amazing description of what happens in the cells during the extraction process will help you understand why each step is important.   Subscribe to our YouTube channel to find more videos about DNA and cells and if you want to extract DNA at home using household items you can<img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/vpXsWaUrcJs/mqdefault.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/07/Check-out-our-new-Fantastic-DNA-extraction-steps-video</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/07/Check-out-our-new-Fantastic-DNA-extraction-steps-video</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:45:13 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Thanks to the wonderfully talented Michael and Kevin McAndrew of <a href="http://www.corribdigital.com">Corrib Digital</a>Cell EXPLORERS have a brand new video explaining what DNA is and how you can extract it from cells by following just a few simple steps. This amazing description of what happens in the cells during the extraction process will help you understand why each step is important.</div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube channel to find more videos about DNA and cells and if you want to extract DNA at home using household items you can watch our <a href="https://youtu.be/L45Tg7icSiQ">DIY DNA extraction video</a> to find out how!</div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vpXsWaUrcJs"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Welcome to our new volunteers!</title><description><![CDATA[Over the last few weeks we have been recruiting and training new volunteers. Over 100 people have signed up to volunteer with Cell EXPLORERS and already over 40 of these have completed training in the Fantastic DNA school session and are ready to go on school roadshows!   The Cell EXPLORERS teams in the University of Limerick and Athlone IT are also getting ready for the new year. The Fantastic DNA school roadshows will visit primary schools during October and November throughout Galway county<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_a85fedfb407443c294ef2f386c6869c1.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/01/Welcome-to-our-new-volunteers</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/10/01/Welcome-to-our-new-volunteers</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:36:13 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Over the last few weeks we have been recruiting and training new volunteers. Over 100 people have signed up to volunteer with Cell EXPLORERS and already over 40 of these have completed training in the Fantastic DNA school session and are ready to go on school roadshows!</div><div>The Cell EXPLORERS teams in the University of Limerick and Athlone IT are also getting ready for the new year. The Fantastic DNA school roadshows will visit primary schools during October and November throughout Galway county and in schools around Limerick and Athlone. </div><div>Thank you and welcome to all of our new volunteers and we hope you have a great time spreading the love of science! </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6ce18b0e7c4a47569df5ea87e9dab4d0.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_a85fedfb407443c294ef2f386c6869c1.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_191a8f1e8e16468ca26084af165eb84a.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_fd73f4122f274b838b45ec65d00661b5.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fantastic DNA school visit!</title><description><![CDATA[Our new semester of school visits started yesterday with our 4th year project students who visited Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh in Knocknacarra. We did DNA extractions with both 6th classes, and all the students proved to be excellent scientists! Thanks to Fiachra and Susan for having us in their classes! Next week another group of project students will go on school visit and at the moment we are busy recruiting and training our new volunteers so that Fantastic DNA can visit many more schools around<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_cc5d184abc3442b187acc4d988a0eb7a.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/09/17/Fantastic-DNA-school-visit</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/09/17/Fantastic-DNA-school-visit</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:38:09 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Our new semester of school visits started yesterday with our 4th year project students who visited Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh in Knocknacarra. We did DNA extractions with both 6th classes, and all the students proved to be excellent scientists! Thanks to Fiachra and Susan for having us in their classes! Next week another group of project students will go on school visit and at the moment we are busy recruiting and training our new volunteers so that Fantastic DNA can visit many more schools around Galway during October. </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_cc5d184abc3442b187acc4d988a0eb7a.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_6a688a158ac34c6584cd036b8694b3a0.jpg"/><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_cc60350cd3bf44209a82bdc18eed1765.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>NUI Galway Cell EXPLORERS Volunteer information meeting</title><description><![CDATA[​   Discover opportunities to volunteers with the NUI Galway Cell EXPLORERS this year at our information meeting on the 17th of September, 1pm Biochemistry seminar room, Ground Floor of Biochemistry, Art & Science Building.   Read our volunteer page to learn more about us.<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d20a8969d07644f395fe6b2894a18896.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/09/02/NUI-Galway-Cell-EXPLORERS-Volunteer-information-meeting</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/09/02/NUI-Galway-Cell-EXPLORERS-Volunteer-information-meeting</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:05:21 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>​ </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_d20a8969d07644f395fe6b2894a18896.jpg"/><div>Discover opportunities to volunteers with the NUI Galway Cell EXPLORERS this year at our information meeting on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/757531821022069/">17th of September</a>, 1pm Biochemistry seminar room, Ground Floor of Biochemistry, Art &amp; Science Building.</div><div>Read our volunteer page to learn more about us.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>We are recruiting!</title><description><![CDATA[We are looking for our volunteer coordinator 2015-16. Details and application can be found here. Spread the word!          <img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_0c4553718fa04fb89770eb855a765704.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/08/28/We-are-recruiting</link><guid>https://www.cellexplorers.com/single-post/2015/08/28/We-are-recruiting</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:16:25 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>We are looking for our volunteer coordinator 2015-16.</div><div>Details and application can be found <a href="http://goo.gl/hvntHM">here.</a> Spread the word!</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74b8a_0c4553718fa04fb89770eb855a765704.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>