Barbara Doyle Prestwich

The Curious Circuit

Science EN ↓ 5 episodes

Ever wonder how science and culture intertwine in the most unexpected ways? 🌍🔬 The Curious Circuit takes you on a deep dive into fascinating topics, connecting the dots between discovery, innovation, and the human experience. 🔎 New episodes every two weeks —because curiosity never sleeps! In the first episode Dr James Richardson takes us on a journey of discovery from his early days as an undergraduate in the University of Leicester, to postgraduate studies in Kew Gardens and the University of Edinburgh, combined with projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America. In his early work he hone...

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Barbara Doyle Prestwich

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Driving an Innovation Culture in University College Cork, Ireland. 09.10.2025 50:03

Attention all students, seasoned researchers and the business community, find out more about Innovation at UCC. UCC has a strong innovation culture focused on impactful research. In episode 5, Dr David Corkery, Head of Operations at UCC Innovation, discusses the office’s role and how it can help the UCC research community across all disciplines create real-world impact from their ideas and experti...

Episode 4: A Casual Conversation on Research Life, Funding, and Opportunities 01.08.2025 50:02

Thinking about studying or pursuing a research career at UCC? In episode 4 of The Curious Circuit Podcast , host Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich is joined in the studio by Dr Bikal Ghimire (visiting researcher from NORCE, Norway) and Dr Raghu Badmi (former postdoctoral researcher at UCC’s School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, now a Research Officer at the university). Together, they...

The Curious Circuit Episode 3: In Conversation with Applied Plant Biology Students in University College Cork 27.03.2025 44:03

Unsure about which degree to choose in college? Why not hear directly from three final-year undergraduate students in Applied Plant Biology at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University College Cork? From their experience applying through the CAO (CK404), to exploring new and exciting subjects in first year, these students share their academic journey—from one-da...

The Curious Circuit: Episode 2 From Root to Branch, Rethinking our Relationship with Trees 21.02.2025 32:15

Dive into a world where science and cultural heritage intertwine. Are you familiar with the phenomenon of ‘Plant Blindness’? Did you know that 25 % of modern medicines are extracted from plants? Did you also know that trees in Medieval Ireland were so revered that they formed the basis of the early ogham alphabet? Join me—Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich (Plant Biotechnologist)—alongside Dr Eoin Lettice...

The Story of Chocolate with Dr James Richardson 12.02.2025 35:12

In this episode Dr James Richardson takes us on a journey of discovery from his early days as an undergraduate in the University of Leicester, to postgraduate studies in Kew Gardens and the University of Edinburgh, combined with projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America. In his early work he honed his skills in morphological and molecular analyses using both living and herbarium specimens. He...