TCD ZoBo Symposium

11th edition of the TCD Botany-Zoology Postgraduate Research Symposium #ZoBosymp2022
9th and 10th June 2022

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Congrats to the following: Charlotte Morgan for best 5 minute talk, Aedín McAdams for best 10 minute talk, Clinton Haarlem for Audience Choice Award, and Ian Clancy for best overall presentation! 🎉

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Thanks to the committee members Whitney, Grace, Bea, and Jie (and Thibault not pictured). And a huge thanks to our keynote speakers Dr. Sandy Hetherington and Dr. Aidan O'Hanlon!
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Closing out the show is our second keynote speaker is Dr. Aidan O'Hanlon, one of the curators of the Natural History Museum of Ireland. His presentation is titled "Natural History Collections and Biodiversity Research"
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Next up is Aedín McAdams, whose presentation is titled "Habitat rehabilitation for the reintroduction of
Vertigo geyeri" 🐌
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Kathleen Conroy from botany will be discussing "Creating a Decision Tool for Stakeholders Based on Analysis of Natural Capital
Accounts in Irish Forests"
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As if technical issues, fire alarms and more tech issues weren't enough, your Symposium committee members also got stuck behind a protest during lunch 😂
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Roísín Gowen's presentation is titled "Determining the potential co-benefits for
biodiversity and renewable energy production
on solar farms located on agricultural land in
Ireland."
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Luke Quill (@quill_luke) is up next and will be talking about a myco-phytoremediation approach to agricultural runoff: Integrating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi into vegetative buffer strips
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First up after lunch is Natalia Rodríguez Castañeda, who is discussing a One Health approach to urban wild spaces
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Next up is Jie Huang with her presentation "Genetic diversity and susceptibility of
commercially important broadleaved trees in
Ireland (BroadGen)"
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Ian Clancy's (@Ianclancy99) research investigates carbon/GHG dynamics of organic soils under grassland management & its impact on CO2 and CH4 emissions. #climatechange #ZoBosymp2023

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All eyes on Clinton Haarlem (@ClintonHaarlem) as he gives his visionary presentation "More than meets the eye: exploring variation
in visual temporal processing"
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Bea Jackson's presentation is titled "New estimates of Devonian palaeo-
atmospheric CO2 concentration using fossil
plant traits."
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As part of the DAFM funded ‘ADAPTForRes’ project, Stephen Byrne (@Stephen11386311) is undergoing research into the carbon flux dynamics of three unique forest ecosystems.
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Next up is Charlotte Morgan, who will be talking about "Herbicide resistance and mechanisms in
critical grass-weed species"
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Our first speaker of the day was Eamonn Cooper from botany! His presentation was titled "Genetic characteristics of plus tree oaks in
Ireland and the UK."
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Novogini plushie is back for day two of Trinity College Dublin's @TcdZobo Zoology and Botany symposium. @Novogene_Europe #ZoBosymp2023 #sponsor

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Second day of the postgrad symposium is starting now in the Global Room!
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And that is a wrap on day 1 of the symposium! See you all at 10 tomorrow in the Global Room for day 2 🌱🌻🦈🐝

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Welcome to the recap of the Daphnia Olympics! Whitney Parker talks about how host genetics and ecology can influence disease susceptibility. Which country will take gold for "most infected"? Tune in to find out!
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