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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 […]

Scientists at NUI Galway Make Breakthrough for Parkinson’s Disease

Posted: 28th November 2017 Author: Vi Doan

The degeneration and death of brain cells that regulate movement is what affects the ability of a person with Parkinson’s to control movement. NEUROSCIENTISTS AT NUI Galway have made a breakthrough in regenerative medicine approaches to Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s is a condition that primarily affects a person’s ability to control movement leading to a progressive […]

NUI Galway to Develop Novel Imaging Platform for Regenerative Medicine

Posted: 17th November 2017 Author: Vi Doan

The European Commission has awarded a €6 million project grant to a consortium led by Professor Martin Leahy of the Tissue Optics and Microcirculation Imaging (TOMI) group at NUI Galway to develop a novel imaging platform for regenerative medicine. This new project, ‘STARSTEM’ will allow researchers and eventually, hospital doctors, to detect and measure the […]

NUI Galway Lead International Research Project to Develop Next Generation Antimicrobials to Prevent Bacterial Infections

Posted: 8th August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

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 […]

New NUI Galway Research Shows Early Promise in Treating Huntington’s Disease

Posted: 24th July 2017 Author: Vi Doan

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 […]

NUI Galway Study Finds BMI May Be a Factor in How a Child’s Academic Ability is Perceived

Posted: 19th May 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A new study by researchers in NUI Galway and Queens University Belfast demonstrates that obesity should not be understood solely as a health issue but rather one that may have much broader economic implications. The findings provide evidence that the body mass index (BMI) of a child’s mother may influence teachers’ perceptions of the academic […]

NUI Galway Research on Converting Biomass to High Value Molecules For Drug Discovery

Posted: 18th May 2017 Author: Vi Doan

International journal features NUI Galway research on producing higher value chemicals that could be used in drug discovery projects for Type-2 Diabetes and Gaucher Disease Researchers from the School of Chemistry at NUI Galway have produced research that has been published this week in the international journal Synthesis, and has been featured on the journal’s […]

NUI Galway – New research will investigate how changing diet affects kidney disease

Posted: 26th January 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Dr Andrew Smyth, NUI Galway, has secured a prestigious Wellcome Post-Doctoral Training Fellowship award through the SFI-HRB-Wellcome Partnership to carry out a clinical trial to determine the effect of dietary modification on kidney disease. The award is worth €486,492 and will be co-funded by Science Foundation Ireland, the Health Research Board and Wellcome. Using […]

Leading expert in cardiology joins NUI Galway to lead €5 million project in medical devices

Posted: 20th December 2016 Author: Vi Doan

Professor William Wijns, an expert in cardiology, has joined NUI Galway as Professor of Medical Devices. He will spearhead a €5 million research project, which will develop wearable sensors to alert patients at high risk of heart attacks to triggers such as stress or high blood pressure. Professor Wijns joins the University through the Science […]

Three-minute presentation on more accessible and affordable cancer screening wins first prize at NUIG’s Threesis

Posted: 8th December 2016 Author: Vi Doan

Bárbara Oliveira took first prize at NUI Galway’s third annual Threesis Competition which took place last week. The winner was judged on how well they conveyed and communicated their research to a general audience. A PhD student at NUI Galway, Bárbara’s presentation was on using microwave breast imaging to enable more accessible and affordable cancer […]

NUI Galway Students Attend First Healthcare Simulation Programme Workshop

Posted: 15th November 2016 Author: Vi Doan

Pictured are the first group of students undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and Masters in Medical and Healthcare Simulation at NUI Galway. The first group of NUI Galway students undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and Masters in Medical and Healthcare Simulation recently attended a two-day workshop as part of their course. The hands-on interactive simulation based learning workshop […]

Three NUI Galway investigators identified as the next generation of research talent

Posted: 28th October 2016 Author: Vi Doan

(from left to right): Director General of Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland, Professor Mark Ferguson, NUI Galway’s Dr Laura Russo and Dr Aideen Ryan, Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation, John Halligan TD. Three NUI Galway researchers have been awarded significant funding in an announcement made […]

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