In Sydney at the superb Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology meeting. Great science and great laughs at the Lafferty debate on whether the US is the best place to do a postdoc.

Great to see the Corrs and the Script coming to Sydney

With the great Peter Doherty on our way to the Burnet Oration dinner of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology, Sydney harbour

Because we enjoyed the last one so much, The Metabollix will be in Walter’s Dun Laoghaire this Sun Dec 8th for a gig in honor of the nurses of St James’s hospital and Operation Childlife. Get your Christmas off to a rockin start.

If you’re at a loose end on this cold wet Sunday come and get warm with the Metabollix tonight in Walter’s Dun Laoghaire to celebrate the hard work of nurses from St James’s hospital and raise money for Operation Childlife - Irish surgeons in Africa/Asia helping sickest kids.

Great fun chatting all things immunological with Lara and Vyanka on their ImmunoTea Podcast

Tune in at 7pm tonight to Dublin City FM Resonate Christmas special - the most unusual collection of Christmas songs you’ll hear! 103.2 or online - dublincityfm.ie Merry Christmas!

Did a bit of science and music tourism in Soho, London today- the pump which John Snow showed was the source of the 1854 cholera outbreak and Trident studios where Bowie recorded Space Oddity and the Beatles Hey Jude.

In need of a tune? Better Call Smo. ‘Love me Too’ out today open.spotify.com/track/73mLjmqu…

On 1st Mar 2025 77 year old Johnnie will race the LUAS in Dublin to raise funds for the Cancer Clinical Research Trust. In 2023 Johnnie received immunotherapy for cancer from the Oncology Team at St Vincent's hospital- support greatly appreciated. idonate.ie/fundraiser/GoJ…

Mobile Music Machine rocks on-played in The Residence City West this week- Gerald Peregrine Niamh Kavanagh Sandra Oman Niall O'Sullivan Drazen Derek, Tnx to Tania Banotti Creative Ireland for support. Immense health benefits from live music- long may this continue!

Bringing the joy of live music to those who can't make it to the concert hall - we meet the incredible musicians and singers who share their talent in nursing homes around the country on #RTENationwide Wednesday 26th March RTÉ One 7pm & RTE1+1 at 8pm RTÉ RT

With the great Leo Enright, Irish science champion, at a lunch where I spoke about the importance of the European Research Council for European science and competitiveness to the Irish branch of the Association of European journalists ahead of President Leptin’s visit next week.

The latest ERC Magazine is packed with insights on public engagement in science! Luke O'Neill shares why it matters, plus last year’s PERA winners give tips on how to make your research heard. Read on 👉 erc.europa.eu/erc-magazine #SciComm #FrontierResearch #ERCengage

Very productive visit from ERC President Maria Leptin - on the same page as our Taoiseach and Minister for Science when it comes to the need for increased funding for science in Ireland and Europe and ERC independence.

Great interview with Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council, who was in Dublin recently

Excited to share our new study: "Cold memories control whole-body thermoregulatory responses" by Andrea Muñoz Zamora, Aaron Douglas & team at Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with Lydia Lynch & Christine Ann Denny Ryan Lab nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Big thanks to Ruth Driver, St Kevin’s Community College, Dunlavin, County Wicklow and her students who did projects based on my Podcast ‘Show Me the Science’. Well done to the winners- great art and science!