Liffey Sensing – Art & Science Workshop

Project TERRAFORM’s artist in residence, Siobhán McDonald held a Liffey Sensing Workshop on February 18th to communicate her work with the European Union funded STARTS4Water. McDonald is the…

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Harnessing botanical remedies for respiratory health

Muhammad Siddiq, a PhD student at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) under the supervision of Prof. Jennifer McElwain, recently carried out a project exploring natural alternatives to synthetic cough…

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Measuring photosynthesis efficiency in our smallest plants 

Dr Ailbhe Brazel, a Teaching Fellow on the Terraform project, and her team recently published a paper in the January 2025 issue of Plant Science, presenting findings from her previous research.…

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Botanical Gardens – an underused resource to study climate change

A new paper with the participation of members of our team has been recently published and is accessible to all. Professor Jennifer McElwain, Dr Michelle Murray, Dr Christos Chondrogiannis and Midori…

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Behind-the-Scenes of the Evolutionary Weathering Experiment at the VAL Lab

As part of the TERRAFORM ERC-funded project, the upcoming evolutionary weathering experiment in the Variable Atmosphere and Light (VAL) Laboratory aims to investigate how vegetation influences…

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Final Year Thesis Spotlight on Investigating Plant Responses and Molecular Signaling

Philip Brennan is a final year Botany undergraduate student. He is working under the supervision of Dr. Ailbhe Brazel who is a Teaching Fellow on the Terraform project. Philip will be answering…

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Plant/Climate Interaction Lab
Botany Department, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

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