Growing horticultural crops under cover is a challenge, especially given current pressures to reliably produce high quality food locally with minimal environmental impact. Our UV-Sintec research project in UCC has now developed a lighting system that improves the nutritional value of our plant foods.
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Shining a light on healthier food
15 Nov 2022
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UVPlants 3rd Network Meeting
18 Nov 2019
The next Network meeting of the International Association of Plant UV Research (UV4Plants) will be held in Kiel, Germany, from 1 to 3 April 2020. The theme of the meeting will be “Plant responses to UV radiation – Diversity in time and space”.
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ICULTA 2020
16 Oct 2019
After a successful first conference, the second International Conference on UV LED Technologies & Applications (ICULTA) is now announced for 2020. The conference takes place from 26 to 29 April 2020 at the MELIÃ Hotel in Berlin. The call for oral and poster presentation abstracts is now open, and runs until 30 November 2019.
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Duckweed for Dinner?
13 Jun 2019
“The Telegraph” recently carried an interesting report by Anne Gulland about duckweed becoming a new superfood ...
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UV4Plants Workshop 2019 – report
17 Apr 2019
The workshop “UV-B and Climate Change; impacts on plants and vegetation” was held in Cork, Ireland, on 15 & 16 April 2019. The overarching aim of the workshop was to explore the interactive effects of UV-B and climate change parameters on plants and vegetation.
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UNEP-report on the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion published
06 Mar 2019
The latest UNEP-report on the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion has now been published.
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Congratulations to Neil Coughlan: MSc submitted
10 Jan 2016Congratulations to Neil Coughlan: MSc submitted Read more -
Plant UV Conference announced
21 Jan 2016Plant UV Conference announced Read more -
Animal and Plant Biology - New MRes Programme
20 Jan 2016Animal and Plant Biology - New MRes Programme Read more -
Curious Plants
29 Jan 2016Curious Plants Read more -
Aquatic Toxicology paper for Xiaolin Chen
22 Feb 2016Aquatic Toxicology paper for Xiaolin Chen Read more -
Programme for UV4Plants Network UV Conference
15 Apr 2016Programme for UV4Plants Network UV Conference Read more -
Congratulations: Aoife Coffey submits PhD thesis
05 May 2016Congratulations: Aoife Coffey submits PhD thesis Read more -
Phosphates affect invasiveness of Lemna minuta
05 Sep 2016Phosphates affect invasiveness of Lemna minuta Read more -
Liverwort Riccia fluitans found in County Cork
29 Sep 2016Liverwort Riccia fluitans found in County Cork Read more -
Panel discussion at the National Ploughing Championship
30 Sep 2016Panel discussion at the National Ploughing Championship Read more -
Congratulations: Simona Paolacci submits PhD thesis
14 Oct 2016Congratulations: Simona Paolacci submits PhD thesis Read more -
Comparative study of Lemna minuta and Lemna minor - PhD study
22 Nov 2016Comparative study of Lemna minuta and Lemna minor - PhD study Read more -
Wood ash in Ireland, compositional variation and hazards - PhD Study
02 Feb 2017Wood ash in Ireland, compositional variation and hazards - PhD Study Read more -
Freshwater Biology Article Published
15 Mar 2017Freshwater Biology Article Published Read more -
UV4Plants Workshop 2017 in Brno - 1st Announcement
04 Apr 2017UV4Plants Workshop 2017 in Brno - 1st Announcement Read more -
New edition “Plant Stress Physiologyâ€, edited by Sergey Shabala
28 Aug 2017New edition “Plant Stress Physiologyâ€, edited by Sergey Shabala Read more -
Flying duck(weed)s
06 Sep 2017Flying duck(weed)s Read more -
SFI Investigator Award for Project on UV-emitting LEDs
03 Oct 2017SFI Investigator Award for Project on UV-emitting LEDs Read more -
Curious fritillaries
16 May 2018Curious fritillaries Read more -
PhD thesis Darren Reidy
27 Jul 2018PhD thesis Darren Reidy Read more -
Minister visits School of BEES
04 Sep 2018Minister visits School of BEES Read more -
Research projects participating in Culture Night
25 Sep 2018Research projects participating in Culture Night Read more -
UV4Plants Workshop 2019
26 Feb 2019UV4Plants Workshop 2019 Read more -
UNEP-report on the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion published
06 Mar 2019UNEP-report on the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion published Read more -
UV4Plants Workshop 2019 – report
23 Apr 2019UV4Plants Workshop 2019 – report Read more -
Duckweed for dinner?
21 Jun 2019Duckweed for dinner? Read more -
Job opportunities - archived
01 Jan 1970Job opportunities - archived Read more -
ICULTA 2020
08 Nov 2019ICULTA 2020 Read more -
UV4Plants 3rd Network Meeting
08 Nov 2019UV4Plants 3rd Network Meeting Read more