Futureproof With Jonathan Mccrea

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  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 180:39:29
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Synopsis

Jonathan McCrea brings you the latest developments from the world of Science and Technology from robotics in warfare to artificial lifeforms and beyond

Episodes

  • Extra: Huntington’s disease slowed with gene therapy

    07/10/2025 Duration: 14min

    Guest: Dr Lauren Byrne, Principal Investigator at the Huntington’s Disease Centre at UCL

  • Rebuilding Our Body With Regenerative Medicine

    05/10/2025 Duration: 29min

    Guests:Mary Roach, Science AuthorDr Laura Hayes, DIASDr Jessamyn Fairfield, University of Galway

  • Extra: Making the world's smallest violin

    30/09/2025 Duration: 11min

    Guest: Prof Kelly Morrison, Professor of Experimental Physics at Loughborough University

  • The creation of artificial cartilage

    28/09/2025 Duration: 37min

    Guests:Prof Oren A. Scherman, Professor of Supramolecular & Polymer Chemistry, and Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis at the University of CambridgeDr John ReganDr Lara Dungan

  • Extra: Dinosaur eggs directly dated for the first time

    23/09/2025 Duration: 13min

    Guest: Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork

  • "Clearest sign" of life on Mars

    21/09/2025 Duration: 33min

    Guests:Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Science at Imperial College LondonDr Susan Kelleher of DCUDr Shane Bergin of UCD

  • Extra: Heart attacks may be triggered by infections

    16/09/2025 Duration: 14min

    Guest: Prof Claudia Monaco, Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation at the University of Oxford

  • Dublin head scanner is 'breakthrough' in brain research

    14/09/2025 Duration: 31min

    Guests:Prof Redmond O'Connell, Professor in Decision Neuroscience at Trinity College DublinDr Ruth Freeman of Research IrelandDr Shane Bergin of UCD

  • Extra: Misophonia Rehabilitation

    09/09/2025 Duration: 12min

    Guest: Olwyn Morris, Audiologist and clinic owner of Medico Audiology

  • How Humans Came to Walk Upright

    07/09/2025 Duration: 34min

    Guests:Dr Terence D. Capellini, Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard UniversityDr Lara Dungan, ImmunologistDr Shane Bergin of UCD

  • Extra: What is Weaver Syndrome?

    02/09/2025 Duration: 13min

    Guest: Adrian Bracken, Professor of Chromatin Biology at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin

  • Creating Toothpaste Made From Hair

    31/08/2025 Duration: 35min

    Guests:Dr Sherif Elsharkawy, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Prosthodontics, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King's College LondonDr Shelley Brady of DCUProfessor Oran Kennedy of the RCSI

  • Extra: Eirsat-1 and The Future of Irish Satellites

    26/08/2025 Duration: 15min

    With Dr David McKeown, Assistant Professor at the UCD Centre for Space Research.

  • Attacking Cancer: CAR T-Cell Therapy

    26/08/2025 Duration: 36min

    With Dr Larry Bacon, Consultant Haematologist from St James’s Hospital, and Dr Nicola Gardiner, Chief Medical Scientist at the Cryobiology Laboratory Stem Cell Facility at St James’s.Newsround with Dr Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland and science communicator Fergus McAuliffe.

  • Extra: Is slowing down ageing possible?

    19/08/2025 Duration: 12min

    Guest: Eamonn Mallon, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Leicester

  • The science behind memory distortion

    17/08/2025 Duration: 38min

    Guests:Ciara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at UCD, where she heads up the Attention and Memory LaboratoryDr Lara Dungan, ImmunologistDr Tara Shine of Change By Degrees

  • Extra: Advances In Ophthalmic Medicine and Eyecare

    12/08/2025 Duration: 11min

    Guest: Patrick Condon, former Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at University Hospital Waterford and author of ‘Eye Healthcare – 90 Years of Progress’

  • Can brain stimulation cure addiction?

    11/08/2025 Duration: 38min

    Guests:Yale Neuroscientist Vaughn SteeleDr Shane Bergin, UCDSciene Writer Dr Claire O'Connell

  • Extra: Why is our Earth spinning faster?

    05/08/2025 Duration: 14min

    Guest: Robin Edwards, TCD

  • Could colour be the answer to reviving marine life?

    03/08/2025 Duration: 27min

    Guests:Holly CunninghamScience Communicator Eoin MurphySusan Kelleher, DCU

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