About this episode

The episode discusses the development of a robotic oesophagus with experts in biomedical engineering, physics, and immunology.

Guests: Dr Eoin O'Cearbhaill, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at University College Dublin Dr Shane Bergin, Physicist at UCD Dr Lara Dungan, Immunologist and Medic

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan McCrea

Guests: Dr Eoin O'Cearbhaill, Dr Shane Bergin, Dr Lara Dungan

Topics covered

• biomedical engineering
• robotics
• immunology
• physicist
• healthcare

Keywords

• robotic oesophagus
• biomedical engineering
• Dr Eoin O'Cearbhaill
• Dr Shane Bergin
• Dr Lara Dungan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University College Dublin, UCD, Newstalk

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