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Prof Geraldine Boylan and members of The INFANT Centre team participated in Cork’s “I Wish” initiative that took place at several venues across Cork. Prof Boylan spoke to several groups of female transition year students at Fota Wildlife EducationCentre. Her inspirational speech focused on “why not science, technology, Engineering or Maths” and opened their minds to the vast possibilities in these sectors for their futures.

I Wish is a city and regional schools initiative to inspire Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The idea, the dream, the wish, is to promote greater female participation in STEM, to ensure that Ireland maximises its talent pool and continues to attract high skilled jobs. This is Cork’s response…
This is Cork’s Wish. www.iwish.ie

The national Innovation Showcase was an opportunity for companies in Ireland to learn more about world class collaborative research, development and innovation currently ongoing in Ireland. This was the first gathering, in one location, of all State-supported research centres and technology centres of scale.

Delivering excellent scientific research and game-changing technologies to companies in Ireland, representatives from each of the 38 centres were joined by officials from State agencies and Higher Education Institutes that can facilitate and fund innovation in companies in the Dublin Convention Centre.
INFANT was represented at the event by Dr Anthony Morrisey, Centre Manager and Ms Mairead Murray, Research Manager and caught the attention of Minister Bruton shortly after his address.

Rehan Ahmed, a SFI Scholar in neonatal brain research at INFANT is currently representing Ireland and INFANT at the World Forum of Young Scientists in Baku, Azerbaijan (26^th -31^st May 2014).   The purpose of the World Forum of Young Scientists is to bring together young scientists and researchers from across the globe to present and discuss their research and ideas. The main topic of the Forum is “New Challenges in World Science: Joint Approaches of Young Scientists”.  The best abstracts were chosen from over 100 countries.

The BiHiVE study team led by Dr Deirdre Murray, an INFANT Centre PI, has won the audience selected award at the Pfizer Innovation Through Teamwork Award. The presentations and awards ceremony were held in UCC’s Devere Hall yesterday. The awards were presented by Sean Sherlock TD, Minister of State for Research & Innovation.

Dr Murray said “This is a great achievement for our team. We are extremely lucky to have a fantastic group of motivated people from varied backgrounds; clinical, science, neurophysiology and engineering. They are all a pleasure to work with and together we are focussed on our aim of improving the care of at risk newborns”.

Pictured accepting the award: Ms Ann Marie Looney, Ms Niamh Denihan, Ms Jean Conway and Dr Caroline Ahearne with Minister Sean Sherlock

‘It’s a Beautiful World’ exhibition will open at 6pm, Thursday 20th February 2014 in the Jennings Gallery, College of Medicine and Health, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC.

    The Irish Centre for Fetal and

Neonatal Translational Research

(INFANT)

Co-Lead Principal Investigators:
Prof. Louise Kenny, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Prof Geraldine Boylan, Professor of Neonatal Physiology, Paediatrics & Child Health at UCC.

Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Sean Sherlock, TD, Minister for Research and Innovation today announced a landmark investment by the Government of €300 million in 7 scientific research centres in Ireland. UCC is to lead four of the seven centres and to co-lead a fifth in SFI’s largest joint state/industry research investment (€300m) in Irish history.

INFANT - Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research UCC which will focus on fast-tracking discoveries relating to most complications of pregnancy and newborn babies and service a huge societal and economic need globally.