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AGM Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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As this year comes to a close and after the success of last weeks Whittaker awards, we will have the AGM to vote in four positions to the committee which are: President, Vice- President, Secretary and Treasurer.

This event will be held as usual at 6pm in JH4 and there will be  plenty of pizza and drinks so come along and celebrate with NUIM’s Most Improved society 2010.  

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Talk on Bioethics, by Professor Peter Whittaker Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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This week’s Biology Society talk will feature Dr. Peter Whittaker and will take place in JH4 at 6pm.

Professor Peter Whittaker served for 23 years as Head of Biology in the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He took early retirement from this position in 2001 to pursue his interest in Bioethics. He is a member of the European Group for Ethics in Science and the New Technologies (which advises the European Commission on ethical aspects of developments in Biotechnology) and is Vice President of the Irish Council for Bioethics. This talk entitled “My Science, Right or Wrong?” will an overview of the topic of Bioethics and questions can be asked at the end.

This talk starts at roughly 6pm on Thursday the 11th of march and will be in JH4. Food and refreshments will be provided by the society afterwards. Hope to see you all there.

Talk on the global disappearance of bees - Dr. Kevin Kavanagh Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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This coming Thursday, the 4th of march the Biology Society will host a talk given by NUI Maynooth’s Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, who works within the Medical Mycology laboratory.

This talk is about the global disappearance of bees, which is a phenomenon which has been occurring for over a decade globally and a treatment Kevin Kavanagh has developed to solve this problem.

This event will be be at 6pm in JH4 and you will be supplied with refreshments.

Photo Competition results Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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We now have the results of our very successful photo competition, with over 100 entrants, here are the final results:
1st place winner of €100: Oisin Feeney
2nd place winner of €50 : Amy Moriarty
3rd place winner of €25: Eamon Roche
Although those three have won, we still have five runners up who are worth a mention. Here are the winning pictures in descending order followed by the honourable mentions, starting with Oisin Feeney’s photo:

Talk on Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders, by Professor Michael Gill Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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This Thursday, the 26th of November, as part of mental health awareness week the Biology Society will host a talk by Professor Michael Gill from the institute of Molecular medicine in Trinity college.  

Professor Gill leads The Neuropsychiatric Genetics Research Group which comprises psychiatrists, psychologists, molecular biologists, nurses and statisticians. The goal being to identify the genes that cause psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, Alzheimer’s disease and depression. This talk will be a fascinating look at the possible causes for these disorders.

Entry is free to all. Food and refreshments will be available after.

Where: John Hume Lecture Theatre 4

When: Thursday November 26th, from 7pm

Screening - Planet Earth Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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This week the Biology Society will be hosting BBC’s award winning documentary ‘Planet Earth’.  Narrated by David Attenborough, this program depicts natural life in different parts of the globe from the Grand Canyon to Antarctica.

This event starts at 6pm at JH4 and refreshments will be provided.  We hope to see you all there.

Talk on the Evolution of Sex Monday, October 12, 2009

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Greetings!

After a long summer break and a successful House night, the Biology Society will be returning with it’s first talk by Dr. James McInerney on the Evolution of sex, entitled “What sex really means, is sex really mean?”.  This talk is guaranteed to be a fascinating look into the meaning of sex.

So come along to JH4 at 6pm on Thursday the 15th, Food and drink will be provided free by the Biology Society!

It’s a brand new year Friday, October 2, 2009

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Hello!

Firstly, welcome to all our new members who joined us on Clubs and Socs’ Day. We got a great turnout and hope that it bodes well for the rest of the year.

Also thanks to everyone who made our AGM such a success- we hope ye had as much fun as we did!

Don’t worry if you missed out, we have plenty more fun planned, starting next Thursday, the 8th of October. Keeping with tradition, we’re starting with an evening of House and Pizza, beginning at 6pm in JH4.

For those of you who don’t know, House is a multi-awarding winning medical drama starring Hugh Laurie. Pop along and check it out!

Bigger, better, faster, stronger… Sunday, August 9, 2009

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Greetings all!

We’re currently redesigning and updating the website, so bear with me if things are not quite right for a while. Hopefully all changes will be improvements and will serve us better for the forthcoming year.

Speaking of the new academic year, be sure to join us on Clubs and Socs day (which my sources tell me is Wednesday 30th September)! Membership, as always, is €2.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Life at Maynooth Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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Welcome to the website of NUI Maynooth’s Biology Society. News updates have been sparse this year, but we are still one of NUIM’s most active societies, with talks and events almost every week. Just take a look around campus for our posters, or ask to be added to our mailing list by emailing us at biology@nuimsu.com.