Personal ramblings about the world we live in and life in general, esp science and culture. Frequent puns and dogs. Professor, food scientist and Head @fnsucc

Cork, Ireland
Joined April 2009
🍒Last chance to apply for the MSc Human Nutrition and Dietetics @fnsucc Submit your application by 🗓️Friday 10th January 2025. More info available on this exciting MSc here: tinyurl.com/yn2myudn @sam_cushen @aoiferyan30 @akellyucc @SEFSUCC
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Alan Kelly retweeted
Hear UCC scientists talk food, ancient scripts and dinosaurs at these free lectures! Science in Society lectures run from 14 January to 3 April, every Tuesday & Thursday at 6:00 PM in Boole 2 @UCC @akellyucc yaycork.ie/hear-ucc-scientis…
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Interested in a career in Dietetics? Join the @UCC MSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics Online Open Day 2024 on Fri, 29 Nov, 13:00–15:30. Learn about the programme, application tips, and hear from guest speakers. Registration required: tinyurl.com/23nsf5jv. See you there!
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Very much enjoyed giving a talk on the science of food at @MarinaMktCork this morning - great buzz around lots of family-friendly science stands and activities
Prof @akellyucc @UCC @fnsucc telling today’s visitors about the magic of fermentation for Science at the Marina Marina today in @corkcity
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Amazingly, 47 years ago, Star Wars accurately predicted the make-up of Trump’s second administration
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Looking forward to talking about why processing food is an ancient solution not a modern problem at 1130 in @MarinaMktCork tomorrow @fnsucc
CALLING ALL CURIOUS MINDS: 🤩 Explore the wonders of science, technology, engineering, arts, & mathematics (STEAM) at a free event in Cork city this Satuday. Science at the Marina is a 1 day event at the Marina Market from 11am to 4pm for Science Week. corkindependent.com/2024/11/…
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Delighted to see this international recognition for the excellence of the research being done in @fnsucc
We are delighted to celebrate 11 of our staff members who recently ranked in the top 2% of researchers globally in the Elsevier/Stanford University World Rankings. This recognition highlights our impact on food science, nutrition, and sustainable food systems. Congrats to all!
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“The authors would like to thank #reviewer2 for their helpful and insightful comments”
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I will never forget the review of one of my papers that said simply “this paper is good written”
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So much platform jumping going on right now it’s like everyone’s Mario all of a sudden
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You know that moment when a cartoon character runs off the edge of a cliff and hovers for a second before plummeting thousands of feet to the jagged rocks below? That’s America right now. This is the hovering moment.
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And still no one has thrown soup at this one. Andy would be so disappointed.
Replying to @culturaltutor
Just as iconic, if not more so, and another definitive American work of art, is Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans, from 1962. The most well-known example of Pop Art.
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It feels a bit like America is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and guess who is in charge now?
A Republican Supreme Court has ruled that presidents who commit crimes in office can’t be prosecuted and we have an incoming president who loves committing crimes.
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This place feeling a bit like this right now as lots of folks either preparing to take off for places where the Sky is Blue (or whatever) or else stay and form the resistance
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Perfect for those family trips where you need to outrun a brontosaurus
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Came across this plot summary on @IMDb for the original Paddington movie. Not exactly how I remember it.
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How counties voted. Looks even worse this way.
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