Obesity and the Immune System

Mary Mullaghy 11 April 2013

 The Institute of Biology of Ireland are organising a talk entitled "Obesity and the Immune System – murmurations on a theme".

Speaker: Professor Donal O’Shea (Consultant Endocrinologist), St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. It is a very interesting topic and Professor O Shea’s work was recently highlighted in RTE’s ‘The Obesity Clinic’ and he is a consultant to ‘Operation Transformation’.

Venue: Martin O’ Tnuthail Theatre in the Arts Millennium Building, NUI Galway (Room Number: AM150)

Date: Thursday, April 11th 2013
Time: 7:30 pm
Admission: FREE

All Welcome!

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