Megan O'Brien

Postdoc @tcddublin 🧫 | Previous @maynoothuni 🇮🇪 @blizard_inst 🇬🇧 | PhD🐄🔬@tcddublin @teagasc ☘️| Former International Scholar @UTKnoxville 🇺🇸 | Dublin💙

[Megan O'Brien @itsmobrien]

#PhDone 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you so much to @DirkWerling @ClionaOfarrelly for being such great examiners for my viva! Also huge thanks to my wonderful supervisors @kmeade11 @McLoughlin_Lab for the 4 years! Can't believe I'm Dr O'Brien 🥳 @teagasc @tcddublin

[Geraldine Herbert @GerHerbert1]

Coming soon- your cat or dog can take the bus, rail and Luas. The National Transport Authority wants your feedback. Preferably not chewed. 🐕🚋
https://t.co/ngFGfKZP09

[Megan O'Brien @itsmobrien]

@TFIupdates Yes I can confirm that is the stop number. Please get it sorted.

[Megan O'Brien @itsmobrien]

@TFIupdates the bus shelter roof for the 40E at Broombridge is leaking and all the seats under it are wet. Can this please be fixed as rain is forecast for the foreseeable!

[Fontaines D.C. @fontainesdublin]

Finsbury.

[deirdre flynn @deirdre_flynn]

Speaking today in the @IrishTimes about Precarity, @YoungAcademyIrl and how the new minister needs to address the funding crisis

@MICLimerick
https://t.co/yu6KUaghKf

[Mucosal Immunology @MucosalImmunol]

#Mitochondrial damage can contribute to #InflammatoryBowelDisease, catch up with the literature with this review online now:
https://t.co/jpmyQw2SA1

[PWO Ireland @PWO_Ireland]

🚨 Attention non-EU PhD researchers! 🚨

We are conducting a survey to better understand the experiences of non-EU PhD researchers and advocate for a fairer system in Ireland.

The survey takes max 15 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous. 👇

https://t.co/o5l9p9ILnH

[nature @Nature]

High living costs paired with stagnant stipends are being blamed for a drop in PhD enrolments in several countries

https://t.co/SBx6K4uEoT

[Niamh Towey @NiamhTowey1]

Looking to speak to someone who is living and renting in a Rent Pressure Zone and is concerned about the impact any changes to these regulations might have on their rent. Please DM or email me [email protected]. #journorequests #housing #RPZ

[Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology @NatRevGastroHep]

New online! Understanding the therapeutic toolkit for inflammatory bowel disease https://t.co/Af7BOule87

[Irish Immunology @Irishimmunology]

🚨Save the Date!The 2025 Irish Immunology Annual Meeting is happening on 21-22 August @uniofgalway Mark your calendars🗓️ & join us for cutting-edge research, networking, and collaboration Details to follow https://t.co/iT32UL522L
#IrishImmunology @yISI_ie @EFIS_Immunology @y_efis

[nature @Nature]

More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave academia, according to a study of some 45,500 researchers’ careers

https://t.co/HcKjidhJkN

[Patrick O'Connell @PatricioFund]

Why has the Irish State got the FEAR? Release the files to Operation Newham - 34 Innocent people murdered by the British State including an unborn baby & Italian & French Citizen. May-17-74 Film Civic, Tallaght Tue Feb 4th 7pm @JFForgotten @caulmick @KRWLaw @BowesChay @g_morkert

[PWO MU @PWO_MU]

📣 @maynoothuni: BRING US UP TO €25,000❕

Universities across Ireland are obliging, so why can’t MU? Read more about our fight for what us researcher workers were promised. 🧵

#PostgraduateWorkersOrganisation #PWOIreland #WorkersNotStudents #TradeUnion #NíNeartGoCurLeChéile

[nature @Nature]

Research and teaching pressures can exacerbate anxiety and depression, causing many young scientists to consider quitting

https://t.co/N7Mg7PuzuT

[SeanadVoter.ie @seanadvoterie]

📢The electorate for future Seanad University elections is changing. The new Higher Education constituency will replace the current ones and include more institutions from across Ireland than ever before. You could be eligible to vote!
To learn more, visit https://t.co/sDfviB1sFL

[Dr Louisa James @louisakjames]

***Fully funded PhD position*** @blizard_inst with myself and @Giovannoni62497 to investigate CD40 signalling in Epstein Barr Virus-infected B-cells in people with multiple sclerosis. Please spread the word! https://t.co/LrYLITqLd1

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

Patrick Freyne: Stay an extra hour in bed. Play with that dog. Take a long lunch. Have a hobby not a side hustle. Stop and chat to your neighbour instead of rushing back to work. Your worth is not in what you produce. You can do it tomorrow.

https://t.co/wFgluyTtAX

[Megan O'Brien @itsmobrien]

@IrishRail leap card validator not working at broombridge train station. There is no way to tag off before transferring to the luas...