TCD ZoBo Symposium

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! 🎉

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! #ZoBosymp2023

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" #ZoBosymp2023

Next up is Aedín McAdams, whose presentation is titled "Habitat rehabilitation for the reintroduction of Vertigo geyeri" 🐌 #ZoBosymp2023

Kathleen Conroy from botany will be discussing "Creating a Decision Tool for Stakeholders Based on Analysis of Natural Capital Accounts in Irish Forests" #ZoBosymp2023

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 😂 #ZoBosymp2023

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." #ZoBosymp2023

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 #ZoBosymp2023

First up after lunch is Natalia Rodríguez Castañeda, who is discussing a One Health approach to urban wild spaces #ZoBosymp2023

Next up is Jie Huang with her presentation "Genetic diversity and susceptibility of commercially important broadleaved trees in Ireland (BroadGen)" #ZoBosymp2023

Ian Clancy's (@Ianclancy99) research investigates carbon/GHG dynamics of organic soils under grassland management & its impact on CO2 and CH4 emissions. #climatechange #ZoBosymp2023

All eyes on Clinton Haarlem (@ClintonHaarlem) as he gives his visionary presentation "More than meets the eye: exploring variation in visual temporal processing" #ZoBosymp2023

Bea Jackson's presentation is titled "New estimates of Devonian palaeo- atmospheric CO2 concentration using fossil plant traits." #ZoBosymp2023

As part of the DAFM funded ‘ADAPTForRes’ project, Stephen Byrne (@Stephen11386311) is undergoing research into the carbon flux dynamics of three unique forest ecosystems. #ZoBosymp2023

Next up is Charlotte Morgan, who will be talking about "Herbicide resistance and mechanisms in critical grass-weed species" #ZoBosymp2023

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." #ZoBosymp2023

Novogini plushie is back for day two of Trinity College Dublin's @TcdZobo Zoology and Botany symposium. @Novogene_Europe #ZoBosymp2023 #sponsor

Second day of the postgrad symposium is starting now in the Global Room! #ZoBosymp2023

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

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! #ZoBosymp2023