Friday, 2 October 2026

Ronan Lordan- Reflections from the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

 



I had the privilege to work for few years with Ronan. He is my first PhD student in Ireland. He is just a unique scientist, full of ideas and the ways to apply them in Science. I am so happy for Ronan that he goes from summit to summit on his way to his Ithaca.

Yannis


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My name is Ronan Lordan, and I am a circadian biologist. I’m a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and NeuroAdapt Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the FutureNeuro Research Centre for Translational Brain Science, the Tissue Engineering Research Group, and the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. My research focuses on the role of circadian rhythms in neuroimmunology, particularly in bipolar disorder.

Our internal biological clocks regulate nearly every aspect of physiology, from sleep and hormone secretion to metabolism and mood. When these rhythms become disrupted, they can contribute to the development and progression of psychiatric disorders. My research aims to better understand how circadian dysfunction influences bipolar disorder and how restoring healthy biological rhythms through chronotherapeutic approaches may improve treatment outcomes.

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Thursday, 1 October 2026

Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.

 

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To what writer, besides Ayn Rand, do the business-minded techies and tech-minded businessmen of 21st-century Silicon Valley look for their inspiration?

 The name of Samuel Beckett may not, at first, strike you as an obvious answer — unless, of course, you know the origin of the phrase “Fail better.” 

It appears five times in Beckett’s 1983 story “Worstward Ho,” the first of which goes like this: 

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” 

The sentiment seems to resonate naturally with the mentality demanded in the world of tech startups, where nearly every venture ends in failure but failure which may well contain the seeds of future success.


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