Dr. Downer speaks at Pint of Science Festival

22 May 2014

Dr. Eric Downer, Dept. Anatomy and Neuroscience, participated in Cork leg of the Pint of Ireland Festival. Pint of Science is a festival that aims to make science accessible and fun by bringing current scientific research to the welcoming atmosphere of the pub.

It is a non-profit organization established by a group of postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in 2012 and runs in the USA, UK. The 2014 festival takes place over three days (19th-21st May) in six countries (USA, UK, France, Switzerland, Australia and Ireland). The Irish leg took place across 4 Dublin pubs (The Stag's Head, Odessa, 4 Dame Lane & Mercantile), while the Cork leg was held in the Porterhouse on May 20^th, where researchers from UCC, University of Limerick and the Tyndall Institute gave talks on a broad range of research topics from nuclear fusion to fecal transplants. Dr. Downer’s talk entitle “High Hopes for Multiple Sclerosis” focused on the patient-orientated research currently ongoing in his lab.