David Burns and Andrew O'Leary (PhD trainees) both presented at the Irish Thoracic Society Scientific Meeting held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork on Thursday 10th to Saturday 14th November 2015. Over 250 delegates from academic & clinical based units the length of the country were in attendance. David's abstract was selected for an oral communication and Andrew's work was chosen for poster communication and parallel discussion in the Sleep and Respiratory Failure section.

Congratulations to Physiology Class of 2015 who graduated on Monday October 19^th

The Department of Physiology hosted an awards event at the close of the academic year on the evening of the viva voce examinations.

David Burns of the Physiology Department University College Cork presented at the Muscular Dystrophy Ireland AGM on Saturday 23rd May in Dublin.

The 2015 UCC annual spring open day was a great success. 

Some good news for two of the Department of Physiology's  3^rd year students: 

The Physiological Society hosted a two-day international conference at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, Scotland focussing on ageing and degeneration. 

Professor Ken O'Halloran was recently appointed Editor of the journal Experimental Physiology. 

Prof. Ken O’Halloran and David Burns (PhD trainee) attended Experimental Biology in Boston USA, March 2015.

Prof. Ken O’Halloran, David Burns (PhD trainee) and Andrew O’Leary (PhD trainee) attended the International Hypoxia Symposium at Lake Louise Canada in March 2015. 

The Department of Physiology, University College Cork celebrated Physiology Friday on October 16th as part of an international series of events during Biology Week,

Professor Ken O’Halloran gives interviews to Lyric FM and Newstalk on the recent collaboration with Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) and Music for Heart and Breath.

On September 18th Prof. Ken O'Halloran will 'Play His Heart Out' at Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival.

This summer the Department of Physiology hosted a week long summer course for primary school children organized by the Centre for Talented Youths Ireland.‌‌‌

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SFI-HRB-Wellcome Trust Science Seed Award

Dr Dervla O’Malley, Department of Physiology and APC is one of just two Irish researchers awarded an SFI-HRB-Wellcome Trust Science Seed Award.

The Department of Physiology was very well represented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Section of Biomedical Sciences Meeting which was held June 18^th at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

The Department bid farewell to two overseas student interns – Anna Zupetic and Andrea Iglesias, both of whom spent a few months in Prof. O’Halloran’s laboratory this spring.

Prof. Ken O’Halloran and Prof. Robert Hestor co-chaired the joint programme committee of the American Physiological Society and The Physiological Society.