How much time is wasted by research presenters telling us:
1. What they intend to present.
2. What they have just presented.
This is the academic hill Iโm prepared to die upon
Research meeting in Barcelona
Expectations Vs Reality
Another introduction in #MeetTheTeam!
Today, it's the turn of @kgmcguigan.bsky.social: a good-humoured co-PI, Jedi #SODI master (he looks after the solar disinfection aspect of the project), winner of a @UNESCO award and always up for a good craic.
@researchireland.ie @rcsi.bsky.social
@irishrail.bsky.social
This morningโs commute
When persuading the RCSI Pharmacy student to complete her project in University of Santiago de Compostela, did I say how beautiful the city would be?
Yes
Did I "forget" to tell her that she would spend part of her first week on a farm, collecting faecal samples from scouring calves
Also Yes.
Despo. Thanks for accepting Jane into your research group for the duration of her final year project. We all appreciate your generosity.
I had more than 3000 followers on my Twitter/X account. However, ever since its owner hitched his wagon to the Orange Clown, Iโve been using it less & less.
The Nazi salute yesterday at the inauguration was the final nail its coffin for me.
I deactivated & deleted my Twitter/X account today.
Congratulations to Kuba, the driving force Co-P.I. behind our SURG-Water Team Project in Malawi
I found a loose sheet of proposals tucked inside a PhD thesis that I was reading today. While all were good, some were โmore goodโ than others ๐
Tell me your new vet is Australian, without telling me sheโs Australian.
Me โHow would my cat pick up a tapeworm?โ
Vet โShe could easily pick them up from any lizards or geckos that she hunts!โ
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(Note: I live in Ireland which only has one species of reptile, which is very rare)
Welcome
Wintery afternoon walk on Clogherhead Beach yesterday with my Current Wife and Favourite Daughter
A Day in the Life of Kevin Solardisinfectionist
Congrats to Dr Ines Periฤ & Eric O'Flynn, @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social, who won @timeshighered.bsky.social Award for Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year for SURGhub project, bringing high quality healthcare ed to healthcare workers in low resource regions & areas experiencing conflict.
Lovely fresh day on Clogherhead Beach
Hospital check-in Receptionist: Anyone at home with COVID symptoms? Me: No R: Have you had COVID in last 3 weeks? Me: No R: Have you been in Africa in the last 3 weeks? Me: Nโฆ Oh Er โฆ Yes. Kenya. Does that change things? R: I donโt know! U r the 1st one ever to say yes to that question for me!!! (Long discussion ensues with colleagues in back room followed by long phone call) We donโt know what to do with that information but We think youโre ok. Go on up ๐
Iโve found frogs in the strangest places
Iโm a physics professor in an Irish medical college. My research focuses on using solar UV to disinfect contaminated water in low to medium income countries around the globe
