So delighted to chair a session on the mechanics of mineralized tissue in the ESMC conference. European Solid Mechanics Conference 2022

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I am so delighted to have my third first author paper affiliated with Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway published in Royal Society Publishing interface! doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2… Thanks Ted Vaughan for directing the project and his supports. Thanks European Research Council (ERC) for funding and Irish Centre for High-End Computing and @PRACE_RI for HPC.

As a professor, pursue the careers of your PhD students and postdocs instead of pursuing your own. I know it may sound strange and even provocative. But in fact it is how it’s supposed to be. Unfortunately, a personal gain is the biggest motivation for many professors. More

Postdoc is conceptually different from a #PhD position. Below are some key points to keep in mind before starting postdoc. 1️⃣ The harsh reality of being a postdoc: 1. Postdoc is a contractual (not educational) position. Your postdoc duties are defined by your contract &

Is it only me who got chills down the spine reading this ?nature.com/articles/d4158…

I was watching Lord of the Rings last night and realized there are many parallels with academia! A thread 🧵👇

You have a STEM PhD but you don’t work in academia. Tell us what you do!

#PhD student: Makes $30k a year. Works on weekends as well. Zero life-work balance. "Do you think I have a chance to become a professor?" Prof: "Yes, of course! Finish this project and we will publish excellent papers. I am sure you will easily find a faculty position." ▫️ 2

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I came to Ireland as a refugee in December 38 years ago. I received a very warm Irish welcome. The Ireland that I came to call my home has changed a lot in recent years. I am shocked at events over the last couple of days in my neighbourhood (1/6) irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/1…

In their new Nanoscale article, Dr. Hadi Tavakol and Ted Vaughan elucidate the role of diverse mineralisation paradigms on bone biomechanics using coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation! Find out more 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

Senior PhDs deserve more than endless lab duties. They deserve a defense that is done in time. ▫️ Overstaying in the PhD program is normally a bad idea. Downsides are: - The students get too rooted into your lab and will find the next transition harder to make - The

Our ground breaking paper on the role of ostoecalcin in facilitating bone mineralization is out ......

In this study the effect of residual stress and strains in different extrafibrillar mineral amounts were identified to complement the experimental studies on bone Biomechanics. Thanks Ted Vaughan for directing the project.

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