Physicists from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Physics and the CRANN Institute, Trinity College, have discovered a new form of light, which will impact our understanding of the fundamental nature of light. One of the measurable characteristics of a beam of light is known as angular momentum. Until now, it was thought that in all […]
Professor Cormac Taylor, UCD Professor of Cellular Physiology, is to be recognised with the 2017 Takeda Distinguished Research Award by the American Physiological Society’s Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section. The prestigious prize is awarded annually to an outstanding investigator who is internationally recognised for his/her contribution to research in areas represented by the Section. The […]
On Thursday 19th May 2016 Dr Pat Kiely, GEMS Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology, hosted a public event outlining how collaborative research is helping us target Ireland’s diseases. Medical students, nursing students, parents, school kids, teachers and the general public were invited to take part in a public forum discussing how we can target these diseases […]
Dr Ciara O’Connor, MD candidate at University of Limerick’s Graduate Entry Medical School, has been awarded the Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists prize for best Oral Presentation at a meeting held in Dublin on 27th Feb 2016. Dr O’Connor, who is supervised by Prof Colum Dunne (GEMS Director of Research) and Dr Nuala O’Connell (Consultant […]
UCD researchers and their UK collaborators have identified a new disease gene causing a lethal disorder where babies die antenatally or shortly after birth. Using single nucleotide polymorphism homozygosity mapping and whole exome sequencing, the research team identified a novel homozygous mutation in NEK9 as the cause of the disorder. Analysis of the NEK9 protein […]
The formal renaming of University Hospital Kerry (UHK) recognises the significant service that it provides to patients in the Kerry, North Cork and West Limerick areas as part of the South / South West Hospital Group. UHK is now formally linked to seven other acute hospitals in counties Cork, Waterford, South Tipperary and Kilcreene Orthopaedic […]
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most acutely effective treatment for severe, sometimes life-threatening, depression. However despite a robust scientific evidence-base, ECT use remains limited mainly because of cognitive side effects, especially concerns about its effect upon memory function and autobiographical memory in particular. Now new research, led by Professor of Psychiatry Declan McLoughlin from Trinity […]
National smoking legislation reduces the harms of passive smoking and particularly risks from heart disease, according to the latest research review. The Cochrane Review, led by Professor Cecily Kelleher from University College Dublin, examined 77 reports from across 21 countries. It found a general reduction in hospital admissions for heart disease in countries where smoking […]
Trinity College Dublin has been ranked 21st in the world in the just published Times Higher Education top list of 25 leading world universities over the age of 400. Trinity Provost Dr Patrick Prendergast says: “We have always been immensely proud of Trinity’s historical legacy. Our mission in delivering excellence in teaching and scholarship extends over […]
Twelve transition year students from Dublin and its surrounding areas will today commence a three day interactive MiniScience programme, which will run from 8th – 10th February. As part of the course, students will experience life as a scientist while taking part in interactive workshops where they will learn about the ageing of the human […]
New €6 million EU Horizon 2020 research project ‘AUTOSTEM’ at NUI Galway will launch state-of-the-art, robotic stem cell production, offering new therapies for a range of diseases NUI Galway’s Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) has launched a new €6 million research project AUTOSTEM to develop pioneering manufacturing systems for stem cell therapy. Funded by the EU […]
A leading Irish scientific research firm, SRL Research, has partnered with UCC to help the pharmaceutical industry make medications more palatable and easier to swallow. SRL Research has established a dedicated centre of excellence, SRL Pharma, in partnership with UCC’s School of Pharmacy and the Clinical Research Facility Cork (CRF-C) at Mercy University Hospital in Cork […]
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