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Research Lives: Prof Declan McCole, professor of biomedical sciences at University of California, Riverside

From farming and food talks to TV specials to online live events, the future is here again

Formulas for twists and turns of shapes and surfaces intrigue Prof Caroline Series

Research Lives: Astrid Wingler, UCC professor of plant biology

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Research lives: Prof Peter Gallagher, head of astrophysics at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)

Research Lives: Dr Stephanie Bollard, specialist registrar in plastic and reconstructive surgery

Dr Seán Jordan, postdoctoral researcher at DCU Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics

Research Lives: Alan Kelly, UCC professor of food science and technology

Research Lives: Patricia Maguire, Professor of Biomedical Science at University College Dublin

‘Your immune response takes about two to three weeks to produce the antibodies’

Research lives: Dr Elvira De Eyto, zoologist, Marine Institute’s Newport research facility

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Research Lives: Prof Ian Robertson, co-director of the Global Brain Health Institute

Research Lives: Prof Claire Gormley, UCD school of mathematics and statistics

Do you know your satailít and your carr Mhars from your cóiméad or spásfort?

Research Lives: Lisa Connolly, professor in toxin food safety, Queen’s University Belfast

Conference to explore adapting science communication to new challenges

Research Lives: Dr Roger Preston, senior lecturer in vascular biology at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Smartphones could monitor rate and quality of breath in people with Covid or recovering

Research Lives: Bryan Naab, PhD student, I-Form centre for advanced manufacturing, UCD

Dr Rosie Magan on how she is returning to work in science after a brain injury

Research Lives: ‘This kind of astronomy is probably the ultimate in remote working’

Tess Lambe estimates three billion doses of the Covid-19 jab will be available to distribute

Prominent immunologist ‘90% confident’ suitable vaccine will be found because of scale of research undertaken

Dr Elisa Fadda, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Maynooth University

Sonia Shah, Rita Colwell, Luke O’Neill and Fergus Shanahan inform and delight

Saliva may prove useful for screening for Covid-19, but it has limitations

Research Lives: Dr Sónia Negrão, assistant professor in plant sciences at UCD

Research Lives: Prof Fergal O’Brien, RCSI professor of bioengineering and regenerative medicine

Research Lives: Dr Lorna Lopez, lecturer in the Department of Biology and Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research, Maynooth University

Research Lives: Dr Teresa (Tess) Lambe, associate professor and investigator at The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford

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T-cells could potentially be used to achieve more sustained immunity against the disease