In Ireland, there are approximately 8,000 individuals living with multiple sclerosis. Yesterday (1 July) Dr Una Fitzgerald, principal investigator of the Multiple Sclerosis Research Lab and director of the Galway Neuroscience Centre at NUI Galway, announced that a project she’s leading has secured €3.9m in EU funding. The funding is part of the EU’s Horizon […]
Facilities to accelerate the development of next generation biomaterials and advanced manufacturing technologies Bio-microsystems development The first of its kind globally, the integrated, advanced manufacturing testbed will accelerate the translation of lab-based research concepts towards pilot production. The facility will manufacture printed electronics and printed biomaterials, which complements the university’s existing expertise and investment in biomaterials […]
NUI Galway has seen a substantial increase in demand for its courses this year, with more than 5,000 students making it their university of choice for the 2019-2020 academic year. This marked a year-on-year increase of five per cent in first preference applications, against a national picture which saw the number of applications received by […]
NUI Galway start-up NUA Surgical has been selected to take part in the inaugural LaunchPad Lift Powered by Techstars programme. LaunchPad Lift identifies top-performing university start-ups from across the LaunchPad global network of 20 universities, and pairs them with resources and opportunities to help their ventures succeed. LaunchPad Lift will help bridge the gap between the […]
NUI Galway Hosts Education Day for Public and Patient Involvement to Inform Healthcare Research NUI Galway will host ‘EMPOWER’, an information and education day for the public, with a series of free workshops introducing ‘Public and Patient Involvement’ and developing the skills required to partner with researchers to guide and influence their work. All members […]
Potential drug identified by NUIG team that reduces cancer and helps improve treatment Kevin O’Sullivan Irish scientists have identified why there is a high relapse rate after chemotherapy in women who have the most aggressive form of breast cancer. The breakthrough has enabled the researchers at NUI Galway to develop a drug with potential for clinical use, […]
A project, aimed at developing the use of hydrogen as a renewable energy source, has been launched by NUI Galway. The €3.5 million three-year project aims to promote and support the shift towards a low-carbon economy by showing how it is feasible to power local transport networks using the hydrogen. In particular the team wants […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NUI Galway has embarked on a new European project, PATHSENSE (Pathogen Sensing) Training Network, which has been funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation MSCA programme. The overall goal of the project is to identify vulnerabilities in pathogenic bacteria (bacteria that can cause infection) that can be targeted with next generation […]
Newly-published research from NUI Galway shows encouraging early signs for a potential treatment for Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disease that causes serious cognitive and movement defects. Sometimes called Huntington’s chorea, it is debilitating, untreatable and relentlessly fatal. Huntington’s disease is particularly cruel because children are sometimes affected more severely than their […]
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