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10 Striking Images
of Irish Research

The Irish Research Council has released ten striking images from Irish research. Out of 124 entries received, these 10 were selected which will now feature on the council's new website.

Irish Research Council Scholar

Abulaiti Hairisha

'Simulating the controlled growth of polymer thin films by molecular layer deposition'.

Postgraduate Scholars in Conflict Resolution

Chiara Mizzoni, Andrew Grene

'A group of FARC fighters watch a game of afternoon football at a demobilisation and transition camp in Icononzo, Colombia'.

Irish Research Council Scholar

Pierre Jolivet

'Visualisations from open sound control driven inputs to virtual reality environments'.

Irish Research Council Scholar

Ross Lundy

'Deforest gold micro-mushrooms on copper meadow'.

Irish Research Council Scholar

David Cichon

'Garment workers in Phnom Penh marching for a living wage and collective bargaining rights on International Labour Day 2017'.

Irish Research Council Fellow

Sven Batke

'A bromeliad plant from the same family as pineapples which grows on top of tall tropical trees'.

Irish Research Council Scholar

Ross Lundy

'Copper oxide nanoblades'.

Irish Research Council Scholar

Maria Velasco

'The cerebellar network between neurons (red), astrocytes (yellow) and microglia (green) in a mouse organotypic slice culture'.

Irish Research Council Fellow

Sajad Alimohammadi

'Refractive index matched PIV applications: Velocity profiles for flow around an array of cylinders'.

Irish Research Council Scholar

Shane Holohan

'Ben Collis and Elisabeth Künkele(© AnalogueAcrobatics) performing as part of my PhD in arts practice'.