Category Archives: News

Biology Students Get Hands-On Experience at University of Limerick

Posted: 25th January 2018 Author: Vi Doan

450 Leaving Certificate biology students from all over Munster are getting hands-on experience of the state-of-the-art laboratories at the University of Limerick this week. The Department of Biological Sciences at UL are giving the students an opportunity to conduct the laboratory practical experiments set on the Leaving Certificate Biology curriculum in a third level environment. […]

€11 million State-of-the-Art Extension for RCSI Teaching Hospital

Posted: 19th January 2018 Author: Vi Doan

A new €11 million three-storey extension to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Education and Research Centre at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital is due for completion in May this year. The facility represents the third phase of development for the education and research facilities of the RCSI at Beaumont Hospital. “The first phase was […]

International Recognition for UCC Researchers

Posted: 12th January 2018 Author: Vi Doan

‘Seekers of Knowledge’ by artist Annette Hennessy Four University College Cork (UCC) scientists feature in the latest “Highly Cited Researchers” list. This annual list identifies scientists whose research publications, and the extent to which they have been cited by other scientists globally, place them among the top 1% most cited in their subject field. The […]

NUI Galway Medical Students Celebrate Thirteen Years of Teddy Bear Hospital

Posted: 11th January 2018 Author: Vi Doan

The 13th annual Teddy Bear Hospital at NUI Galway will take place Thursday and Friday, 18 and 19 January. The event will see over 1,300 sick teddy bears admitted to the hospital, accompanied by their minders, 1,300 primary school children. The event is organised by the Sláinte Society, the NUI Galway branch of the International […]

Study at RCSI Aims to Improve Care for Hemophilia Patients by Using Personalized Approaches

Posted: 3rd January 2018 Author: Vi Doan

A novel clinical study called “The Irish Personalized Approach to the Treatment of Hemophilia (iPATH)” will seek to investigate the potential of new personalized treatment approaches in hemophilia by tailoring care based on the needs of individual patients. The collaborative study will be led by the Irish Hemophilia Society, in partnership with Shire, a global biotech company that specializes in […]

TCD Listed as one of Five Most Beautiful Universities in the World

Posted: 2nd January 2018 Author: Vi Doan

You wouldn’t want to skip a class in these breathtakingly beautiful schools By Sophia Lam Schools are probably the last place that come to mind when you’re planning for an escape – especially if they are what you’re escaping from in the first place – but these postcard-like campuses will make you wish you were […]

University College Dublin Search for Design Team for €48m Project

Posted: 15th December 2017 Author: Vi Doan

by Lewis Catchpole University College Dublin (UCD) is commissioning an international search for a design team to devise and design a landmark €48m building. The international competition, which will launch in early 2018, is to design the 8,000 sqm University’s Centre for Creative Design as well as an Entrance Precinct Masterplan. London-based Malcolm Reading Consultants […]

NUI Galway Lecturer Wins ‘Researcher of the Year’ Award

Posted: 14th December 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A researcher from NUI Galway has won the inaugural ‘Researcher of the Year’ award presented by the Irish Research Council. Dr Martin O’Halloran was announced as the winner for his outstanding research in medical electronics. Dr O’Halloran is a Techrete Senior Lecturer in Medical Electronics at NUI Galway’s College of Engineering and Informatics and College of […]

Researchers in Ireland Report – Autoimmune Disease Impacted by Circadian Rhythms

Posted: 12th December 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers in Ireland report that immune responses and regulation of autoimmunity are affected by the time of the day when the immune response is activated. Understanding the effect of the interplay between 24-hour day–night cycles and the immune system may help inform drug-targeting strategies to alleviate autoimmune disease, say the scientists who published their study (“Loss of […]

UL Researchers Generate Electricity from Low-Cost Biomaterial

Posted: 8th December 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Mobile phone speakers and motion detectors in cars and video games may soon be powered by electricity generated from low cost and sustainable biomaterials, according to research carried out at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland. Scientists at UL’s Bernal Institute have discovered that the biomolecule glycine, when tapped or squeezed, can generate enough electricity to […]

Trinity Researchers Harness New Technology to Find Improved ways of Understanding MND

Posted: 7th December 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers combine EEG and MRI to monitor brain changes. Our brains function by electrical and chemical signalling. Recording brain wave patterns can be very helpful in conditions like epilepsy, but the potential of this inexpensive and easily applied technology has not been fully recognised.Researchers in the Academic Unit of Neurology at Trinity College Dublin have been […]

NUI Galway Study Finds the Magnitude of Past Climate Change Events May have been Underestimated

Posted: 6th December 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A new study led by Dr Audrey Morley at NUI Galway, has found that the magnitude of past abrupt climate change events may have underestimated. If so, the impact of current climate change may be larger than expected. The study was published today (4 December 2017) in the international journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Lead author of […]

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