Tuesday, June 15th- Thursday, June 17th, 2010

For the next few days, we have been meeting with various scientists to see what type of research they did and what scientific images this research produced. First we met with Aideen who showed us her microscopy images of nuclear membranes and cells. She also showed us some interesting topographic-like images of steal and copper. Next we met with Andrew Flaus who works in the department of biochemistry at NUI, specializing in molecular structure. He had some awesome models and images of DNA strands and the green florescent protiens which allow certian things to be seen in images. He provided us with a video which talks about the Spindle, which is something thats studied a lot by Kevin Sullivan, who we met with next. Kevin is a cell biologist who studies how the sindle works and divides cells. We found all of the interviews very helpful because they allowed us to better understand the scope of the research which is happening on campus.

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Today we met with Adele for the first time to discuss the scope of our project. We are going to be designing a scientific mural for display around campus. It will be painted with the help of a group of children that are involved in the UNI-4-U summer camp program. We will design this mural with the help of the research that has been conducted by numerous scientists across NUI Galway's Campus.