Showcases in the Research Village

2pm - 5pm, Wednesday, September 27th

Lost in the Retroverse

Play Lost in the Retroverse, a project inspired by 80s games and built by students from the master's in Interactive Digital Media

** Demo will be on site from 2pm - 4pm

Corals and our Changing Climate

You might think that coral reefs are just rocks, but they are actually home to living animals. Most people know about tropical coral reefs, but we have coral reefs just off the coast of Ireland! Although they are very strong, corals are sensitive to changes in temperature, food supply, water currents, and more. Come learn about Ireland's cold-water corals and how the changing ocean conditions might affect them in the future. 

** On site from 2pm - 5pm

10am - 5pm, Thursday, September 28th

Lost in the Retroverse

Play Lost in the Retroverse, a project inspired by 80s games and built by students from the master's in Interactive Digital Media

** Demo will be on site from 2pm - 4pm

Using Games, VR, and AI to Learn Uncommon Languages

Find out more about this study, which blends interesting language learning methods with modern technology like games, VR, and AI. We're researching ways to make learning languages more fun, especially for languages that are not commonly taught. Our goal is to create applications that use games, VR, and AI to inspire a deeper passion for language learning, especially for endangered languages spoken by indigenous communities.

** On site from 10am - 1pm

The Beaten Bronze

Find out more about this study into Irish Bronze and Iron Age musical instruments through sample-based composition and production. The project describes how modern music production technology has been used to advance a project in the field of music archaeology, accompanied by a composition made using the sounds of 2,000 year old Irish instruments.

** On site from 2pm - 5pm

Bioinformatics and cheminformatics analysis on SARS-CoV-2 sequences

Many COVID-19 studies have reported that proteins such as spike, polymerase and proteases are prone to high levels of mutations and can create resistance to the drug therapy over time. A collaboration of bioinformatics, computer-aided drug-design and in-vitro studies can feed into better understanding of the virus and therefore help in the development of small molecule inhibitors against the nsp’s. Our results indicate that these highly conserved pockets can be targeted for developing promising SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors.

** On site from 10am - 5pm

Corals and our Changing Climate

You might think that coral reefs are just rocks, but they are actually home to living animals. Most people know about tropical coral reefs, but we have coral reefs just off the coast of Ireland! Although they are very strong, corals are sensitive to changes in temperature, food supply, water currents, and more. Come learn about Ireland's cold-water corals and how the changing ocean conditions might affect them in the future. 

** On site from 10am - 12noon and 3-5 pm

Bioinformatics and cheminformatics analysis on SARS-CoV-2 sequences

Many COVID-19 studies have reported that proteins such as spike, polymerase and proteases are prone to high levels of mutations and can create resistance to the drug therapy over time. A collaboration of bioinformatics, computer-aided drug-design and in-vitro studies can feed into better understanding of the virus and therefore help in the development of small molecule inhibitors against the nsp’s. Our results indicate that these highly conserved pockets can be targeted for developing promising SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors.

** On site from 2pm - 5pm