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SURE 2018 Waterford
Waterford Institute of Technology was one of the three venues for the Science Undergraduate Research Experience 2018 (SURE 2018) Conferences. Students from the following Institutes of Technology, accepted as oral or poster presenters, presented at this conference:
- Waterford Institute of Technology (host institution)
- Institute of Technology, Carlow
- Cork Institute of Technology
Two other SURE 2018 conferences took place at the same time as this conference in Athlone Institute of Technology (venue details) and Dublin Institute of Technology (venue details).
Location
The event took place in the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) Arena. WIT Arena is the largest sports, conference and events centre in the South East of Ireland. The Arena is situated on the outskirts of Waterford, just off the motorway exit, which makes it easily accessible to immediate city and neighbouring counties. This multipurpose facility will cater for a wide range of events such as recreational gym users, high performance athletes, multipurpose sports, kids’ activity camps, leisure and entertainment events and conferences.
Conference Schedule
SURE 2018 Waterford Conference Schedule
Award Winners
Best Oral Presentation Judging Committee Prize Winner: “Immediate-Early Genes and Delayed Primary Response Genes Regulated by NmU in SKBR3 HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer Cell Line” by Jessica Murphy (WIT) and Sweta Rani (WIT)
Best Oral Presentation Audience Prize Winner: “Comparison and Characterisation of Solar Irradiance Detectors, and Solar Irradiance Monitoring Station Development” by Siobhán O’Neill (CIT) and Eva Norris (CIT)
Best Poster Judging Committee Prize Winner: “Synthesis and Evaluation of Thiocarbonyl Compounds with Pharmacological and Other Activity” by Lucas Bwema Vandi (WIT) and Joe Power (WIT)
Best Poster Audience Prize Winner: “Extracting and Testing Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Compounds Found in Fucus Serratus” by Leonat Xhokli (WIT) and Shiau Pin Tan (WIT)
Photographs
Best Oral Presentation Audience Prize Winner Siobhan O’Neill with Ken O’Shea, Head of Research and Development at EirGen Pharma. Photo. George Goulding
Best Oral Presentation Judging Committee Prize Winner Jessica Murphy with Dr. Niall O’ Reilly, Manager of PMBRC
Best Poster Audience Prize Winner Leonat Xhokli with Dr Gyongyi Lukacs, Field Application Specialist from BioSciences. Photo. George Goulding
Group Poster Presenters and Members of Organsing Committee. Photo. Patrick Browne
Mark Armitage’s Oral Presentation. Photo. George Goulding
Oral Presenters at SURE and Members of Conference Organising Committee Proup. Photo. Patrick Browne
Panel Discussion. Photo. George Goulding
Sophie Meehan discussing her Work
Jennifer Rice discussing her work. Photo. Patrick Browne
Sinead Daly Oral presentation. Photo. George Goulding
Dr Aisling O’Neill and Sinead Quealy. Photo. Patrick Browne
SURE Co-Ordinators, Dr Claire Lennon and Aubrey Storey WIT. Photo. Patrick Browne
SURE Judging Panel Best Poster Winner, Lucas Bwema Vandi discussing his work with Dr Denise O’Meara