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Ronan Lordan PhD
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Irish Scientist at Penn Medicine, Philly 🇺🇸 ☘️
Corkonian📍University of Limerick PhD 🇮🇪
Researching #circadianrhythms, #chronobiology, #aging, #metabolism #cardiometabolicdisease, #nutrition & #exercise
@pintofscience.us East coordinator 🍻
The word is out! @trishoconnell829.bsky.social and I are the co-directors of Pint of Science Ireland 2026! Looking forward to a great festival #pint26

@pintofscienceie.bsky.social

Keep your eyes peeled to learn more and get involved!
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Hmmmm. So, 25% of the US doctors are foreign-trained, and most of them at some point of their career require H1B visa. I don't know how many doctors with active licenses require H1B visa currently, but this is really stupid 👇🏻
Trump to impose new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas in sweeping overhaul: Report - The Economic Times
Donald Trump plans significant H-1B visa changes. A $100,000 fee may be imposed on applications. The administration believes the visa program hurts American workers. Entry under the H-1B system will b...
m.economictimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.
September 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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🧪 Cutting NIH funding has consequences OUTSIDE our borders. $$ invested in clinical trials is wasted.
Curtailing funding for foreign components on NIH grants has real consequences. Broader participation in clinical trials means broader applicability of cures. And for rare diseases, there may not be enough eligible patients in the US alone. Ending foreign components will harm patients in the US.
August 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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🌆16 Cities, 🍸27 bars, 👨‍🏫150 speakers & 🎟️2,400 tickets sold! We thank all the venues, our sponsors, our AMAZING teams of volunteers who made it possible, and of course... YOU, our attendees, for your making it such a success! 🤩
📅See you next year on May 18-19-20 for #pint26
June 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sadly, this was preventable and the scientific community was ignored:

www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
June 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The Regulation of COX-2, ABCA1 and ABCG1 by the lncRNA PACERR links the inflammatory response and cholesterol homeostasis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.02.657432v1
June 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The remarkable benefit of exercise was just extended to improved survival after cancer in a randomized trial
@nejm.org
nejm.org/doi/full/10....
June 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Check out our review:

Intersection of Sex and Circadian Biology

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Front page, NYT today
Nothing has been proven to reverse Alzheimer’s disease, including this false claim
gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...
May 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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YOU GOTTA FIGHT! FOR YOUR RIGHT!

TO (have fierce, unhinged, lifelong academic rivalries about your niche area of research) PARTY!
May 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Pint of science with @audreydrotos.bsky.social, Dmitrios Boufidis, & Jacqui Barker - all there to celebrate brains & brain research. Sold out; packed house. So fun!
May 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Philadelphia friends! We SO NEED to celebrate science. Let's raise a glass to brains.

Join us Wed, 5/21 for Pint of Science. I'll be opening for headliners Dimitris Boufidis, @audreydrotos.bsky.social, & Jacqui Barker. 😊

Tickets (to support the org, $2): pintofscience.us/events/phila...
May 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Night 3 of the Philadelphia Pint of Science Festival completed! Thanks you to all the speakers, sponsors, and volunteers over the last 3 nights 👏

@pintofscience.us #pint25
May 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Congratulations to the Philly @pintofscienceUS team. All three nights sold out. 225 tickets sold out!

Looking forward to a fantastic 3 nights of science!
May 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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🔬 Our new publication in iMeta: “Enhancing Human Gut Health”:

🚀 8000+ patents analyzed on dysbiosis innovation—probiotics, CRISPR, CAR-T & more!

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🌍 A global view of the microbiome tech revolution! #GutHealth #Microbiome #Innovation #Dysbiosis #INPST
April 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Coming to @pintofscienceUS in Philly?

Night 1 already sold out!
Get your tickets here: pintofscience.us/events/phila...
May 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
🚨 Pint of Science Philadelphia Sold out for Monday May 19th!

Get your tickets before they go for Tuesday and Wednesday (20th & 21) at the Two Locals Brewing Company

@pintofscienceUS #pint25

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May 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It is almost time for Pint of Science! Get tickers while they are still available for only $2! pintofscience.us/events/phila...

See out talented lineup of Philly Scientists!
May 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Only 14 sleeps to Pint of Science Philadelphia! #pint25

Join scientists from across @PennMedicine @DrexelUniv @DrexelMedicine @TemplUniv @RowanUniversity @Princeton

To get tickets ($2) and to see if there is an event near you, check out: pintofscience.us
May 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Fly Eagles Fly! 🦅 Philly, be ready for #pint25 it is happening again!
Save the 📅: May 19-20-21 to hear great scientists talking about their research!
You can meet the Philly team right 👉 pintofscience.us/team/Philade...
February 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hey folks!
It’s that time of year again!
Join us for the Philadelphia Pint of Science International Festival (www.pintofscience.us) on May 19, 20, and 21.

Philly, along with 500 cities in 27 countries, will host a series of scientific talks at your local pub. Purchase your ticket online only $2
May 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It was great to present @pennmuscle.bsky.social PMI Symposium today, great talks and discussion.
April 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM