Mark Cunningham

Thank you @oranfinegan for delivering an incredible 2025 John Mallet Purser Public Lecture @TrinityMed1 @TCDPhysiology @tcddublin @AnatomyTrinity

Proud to have been invited to deliver the 2025 John Mallet Purser Public Lecture in @tcddublin on the 12th November. A great opportunity to highlight the rapidly developing field of #humanitarian #forensics

Thanks to @epilepsyireland for popping in to see our @tcddublin @TCINeuroscience @TrinityMed1 @Researchirel new OPM-MEG scanner and for the article highlighting how this technology will help with epilepsy research @Futureneuro_ie epilepsy.ie/content/new-we…

I will be chairing this lunchtime talk by Dr. Marius Volberg @PhotoMuseumIRL next Wed 12th November on "The Promises and Pitfalls of Empathy" (photomuseumireland.ie/event_workshop…) as part of @ScienceWeek @Researchirel @TCDPhysiology @tcddublin @Futureneuro_ie @TrinityMed1

Humanitarian forensic action is a field that recognises that forensic methods can help protect human rights, clarify the fate of missing persons, and bring dignity to victims & families, even where there is no functioning legal system or where the primary goal isn’t prosecution

1/2 Delighted to announce that the 2025 John Mallet Purser Public lecture will be delivered by Oran Finegan who will deliver a lecture on how his training in anatomy led to a career in humanitarian forensic action @TrinityMed1 @TCDPhysiology @AnatomyTrinity

Ahhhhhh Venice….

It has been a wonderful experience to participate as faculty on the 21st Advanced Epilepsy Course on San Servolo, Venice #sanservolo @TCDPhysiology @TrinityMed1 @Futureneuro_ie

When in Venice…checking out Ca’ da Mosto….@FdaMosto

🏆We’re excited to announce Prof. Mark Cunningham @markcnewry (@tcddublin) as the 2025 winner of the Tom Connor Distinguished Investigator Award! A leading figure in #epilepsy research, his work on neuronal microcircuits has had global impact. Huge congratulations! 👏

@THRIVE_TCD @E_C_S_S @maxeweston @philipbuys01 @emmacurtin01 @TCDPhysiology @TrinityMed1 Well done! Enjoy the conference!

We're at @E_C_S_S ! 🇮🇹 Very excited to have three presentations this week in Rimini on our research on acute exercise and cerebrovascular function! 🧠🚴‍♀️🏋️ @maxeweston @philipbuys01 @emmacurtin01 @TCDPhysiology @TrinityMed1

Congratulations to PhD candidate @Futureneuro_ie Harry Frost and post-doc Hugh Delaney on winning best poster presentation (as Gaeilge) and Clayton Neuroscience prize respectively at the @TCINeuroscience anniversary symposium @TCDPhysiology

This is what it is all about. @CarlingfordIRE

@BeatrizGilLA @Insermu1266 @TCDPhysiology @Futureneuro_ie Always!

@markcnewry @Insermu1266 @TCDPhysiology @Futureneuro_ie When in Paris... no shoes? 😄

Great visit to @Insermu1266 to discuss our work on brain tumour related epilepsy with Gilles Huberfeld and colleagues. Paris looking good in the sun ☀️ @TCDPhysiology @Futureneuro_ie

@CarlingfordIRE Still looking good regardless!

The Mournes “ what a difference” the weather can make

Bravo @KateCScience for getting the @TCDPhysiology work in progress talks seriesunderway with our colleagues in @AnatomyTrinity. A monthly forum where researchers and postgraduate students can present their ideas/work @TrinityMed1

On this day in 1742, Handel’s Messiah, performed by George Frideric, had its world premiere on Fishamble Street in Dublin, in a city clawing its way out of disaster. The venue was Neal’s Musick Hall, newly opened in October 1741, just as Ireland emerged from a devastating two-year famine. Between 13-20% of our island’s 2.4 million people had died, proportionally worse than the Great Famine a century later. Disease followed hunger. Dublin’s hospitals, Mercer’s on Stephen’s Street, and the Charitable Infirmary on Inns Quay were packed to bursting. In response, the Charitable Musical Society invited Handel, a German-born composer, down on his luck, to perform a benefit gig. He arrived in Dublin on the 17th of November 1741, and was instantly taken with the place. “The Politeness of this generous Nation cannot be unknown to you,” he wrote to his librettist Charles Jennens, who had assembled Messiah from scriptural passages. Rehearsals began in February 1742. Handel personally secured permission from Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, to use its choir, alongside that of Christ Church. Uniting Anglican forces in a rare moment of cooperation. The hype was real. Ladies were asked not to wear hoop skirts; men to leave their swords at home, to squeeze in more people. Over 700 packed into the hall on the 13th of April. Faulkner’s Dublin Journal called it “the Finest Composition of Musik that ever was heard,” and later gushed, “Words are wanting to express the exquisite delight it afforded.” The concert raised £400, divided between Mercer’s, the Charitable Infirmary, and debt relief for prisoners. Handel himself took no fee. Messiah was born not in grandeur but in grit. In a hungry, hurting city, compassion, music, and scripture came together to raise both funds and spirits.

An important feature of our Physiology degree is the opportunity for students to undertake their final year research project in labs offering projects across the breadth of physiology. From cells, to tissues, and humans. And then present their work to the faculty! @physoc