Part One

Chemistry shapes the characteristics of food, whether it’s cheese melting on our pizza or the bread that turns into toast. Professor Dolores O’Riordan is a food expert, specialising in physical and chemical analysis of foods, food formulation technology and processing technologies. During Science Week, Dolores spoke about the role of chemistry in food production and preparation and how it influences our food choices and preferences.

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Dr. Christer Fuglesang is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut. He has participated in two Space Shuttle missions and five spacewalks which makes him the first person outside of the United States or Russia to participate in more than three spacewalks.

During Science Week 2011, Fuglesang spoke to secondary school students about careers in space. He explored the “Life and Science in Space”; looking at what it is like to live in space as well as discussing the experiments being carried out on the International Space Station and what the impact of these experiments could be.

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As part of the 2011 Science Week lecture series, Professor Luke O’Neill of Trinity College Dublin discusses the field of immunology. He explains how the human body defends itself from illness and disease and what happens when you can’t.

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Is chemistry important to you in your everyday life? The Rubberbandits and people on the streets of Dublin discuss.

What chemistry could you not live without? Beauty products, medicine, mobile, fuel? The Rubberbandits and people on the streets of Dublin discuss.