Maria was invited to be a keynote speaker recently at the 3rd Palaeontological Virtual Congress!
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Maria was a keynote speaker at PalaeoVC!
07 Dec 2021
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Vacancy for Lecturer in Palaeontology!
18 Jun 2021
UCC wishes to appoint an experienced academic to the role of Lecturer in Palaeontology within the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Valentina and Maria publish a new paper on fossil melanosomes
22 Mar 2021
Here we use taphonomic experiments to show that the chemistry of melanosomes from different tissues converges during maturation – in particular, Cu signals become more homogeneous.
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New SFI grant!
22 Mar 2021
Maria was awarded almost €300K in funding from SFI as part of their Discover scheme to fund public engagement initiatives.
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Maria featured on new "The Conversation" podcast
15 Apr 2021
Maria spoke about the history of feathered dinosaurs.
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Maria in new Silicon Republic article for International Women's Day!
08 Mar 2021
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Interview with Maria featured in new book!
18 Feb 2021
Author Helen Gordon interviewed Maria about her work on palaeo colour and it is now part of the new book "Notes From Deep Time", published today.
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New article in "The Conversation" about prehistoric pigments!
09 Feb 2021
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New paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
03 Feb 2021
Fossil pigments shed new light on vertebrate evolution.
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Maria, Valentina and Tiffany featured on TG4!
10 Dec 2020
Dr Maria McNamara, Dr Valentina Rossi and Tiffany Slater spoke (as Gaeilge!) about dinosaurs and their footprints on this evening's episode of "Is Eolaí Mé" on TG4.
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