Claire O'Connell

Claire O'Connell

Contributor

Claire O'Connell is a contributor to The Irish Times who writes about health, science and innovation.

Research Lives: From hospitality to toxicology

Research Lives: Kris O’Dowd, PhD researcher at Atlantic Technological University in Sligo

Clinical trials are the way forward for radiotherapy

Research Lives: Prof Sinead Brennan, radiation oncologist at St Luke’s and St James’s Hospitals and Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute

Cracking the conversations between brain and gut

Research Lives: Dr Linda Katona, research fellow, University College Cork

Getting to the bottom of the phantom sounds of tinnitus

Research Lives: Prof Sven Vanneste, Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience and School of Psychology

Summer reads for the science-inspired

Time to wrap your brain around some books — we asked scientists for their recommended seasonal reads

Lessons from nature on food security

Research Lives: Prof Fiona Doohan, professor of plant health at University College Dublin

AI offers new approach to help cold-water corals

Research lives: ‍Dr Larissa Macêdo Cruz De Oliveira, post-doctoral researcher, University College Cork

Revolutionary precision medicine has potential to benefit even more patients

Personalised medicine can pack a punch but research needs resources, access to data and economic insights

Weather and climate research to make a responsible difference

Research Lives: Dr Patrick Fournet, research funding and support manager at Met Éireann

Leaping forward with lower limb research

Research Lives: Prof Brian Devitt, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, DCU

A crystal clear approach to pharmaceutical drugs

Research Lives: Mariana Oliveira Diniz, PhD researcher, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick

Rocking a solution for long-term carbon storage

Research Lives: Niamh Faulkner, PhD researcher, Trinity College Dublin and iCrag

Moths, maths and musical numbers

Dr Rafael de Andrade Moral, assistant professor of statistics, Maynooth University

Harnessing the power of enzymes

Research Lives

On bolstering blue-sky research now to solve future problems

Curiosity-inspired research gives us more options and we need to support it more - ERC president