JSS TY 2013 go to University

Last week Transition Year students had a privileged introduction to university life at Trinity College Dublin as guests of  Prof. Mani Ramaswami. This was Brain Week. We learned how the brain works, what happens when messages are blocked or redirected, how brain function is studied, interesting effects of brain disorders, how disorders are inherited, how we learn and more. Each day we were treated  a guest lecture from other professors in Trinity Neurosciences on such topics as "Learning from Fruitfly Brains", "Gene Therapy in treating Blindness", "Synaesthesia" even a TedEx talk on "How to Prepare for a Zombie Apocalypse". On the final day four presentations were delivered by TY. It was deemed a most interesting, enjoyable and challenging week by all. 

TY with Prof. Ramaswami & guests gathered at Dept of Neurosciences the Lloyd Institute