2017 President’s Bursary Awards IT Sligo President’s Bursary Fund Terms and Conditions Application form Please select the project(s) below for detailed information Ref Project Title Supervisor(s) 1 Online prediction of final product properties in production of a drug eluting implant Dr. Marion McAfee 2 Continuity of care experiences of caregivers of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Dr. Niamh Gallagher 3 Reinstating the importance of medicinal foods: a viable pathway to discovering novel drug therapies against the progression of Alzheimer’s disease Dr. Thomas Smyth, Dr. Margaret Doherty 4 Can cross education of strengthening using dynamic exercise combined with mirror therapy improve function after stroke Dr. Ken Monaghan 5 Animal to human disease: a public health safety issue, an investigation into the zoonotic transmission of infectious pathogenic microbial spores Dr. Mary Garvey 6 Biorefining of lipids from microalgae as high-value oils and bioenergy commodities Dr. Nicolas Touzet 7 Identification and quantification of unregulated masked mycotoxins in grains Dr. Thomas Smyth 8 Towards a diagnostic and theranostic glycosylation biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease Dr. Margaret Doherty, Dr. Thomas Smyth