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UCC develops arsenal of alternatives to antibiotics

Scientists at the APC Microbiome Institute at UCC have identified an arsenal of new antimicrobials which can kill many harmful bacteria. The latest antimicrobial, called formicin, is a bacteriocin which is a small bacterially produced antimicrobial protein. The research on formicin has been picked up by the editor of the journal Microbiology where it is […]

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First research grant in Traffic Medicine awarded to UCC research team

The €40, 000 grant was awarded by the Road Safety Authority (RSA), in association with the National Programme Office for Traffic Medicine (NPOTM) following a competitive process. Dr Carol Sinnott and Dr Colin Bradley, Department of General Practice at University College Cork, will lead a team of five researchers, representing UCC, the ICGP and the […]

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New programme to Advance Clinical Research Capability

A team of Irish clinical academics have secured one of seven major awards that have been made across the UK and Ireland by the Wellcome Trust as part of an initiative to increase clinical research capability.  The scheme, which will be known as the Wellcome – HRB Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme, will support the […]

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Launch of Health Innovation Hub Ireland at UCC

Irish Health Minister Simon Harris has launched Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI), Ireland’s first national hub to directly improve treatment and care for patients. The Minister announced Government funding, through the Department of Health and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland of €5 million for the establishment of Health Innovation […]

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UCC in ‘Top 100’ innovative universities

University College Cork has been included in Reuters’ first-ever ranking of Europe’s  ‘Top 100’ innovative universities. UCC, Trinity College and UCD are part of Europe’s elite academic institutions for “doing the most to advance science, inventing new technologies, and helping drive the global economy,” it reported. “Nearly all of them emphasize practical research and applied […]

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Nine UCC Medical Students awarded HRB Summer Student Scholarships 2016

  The Health Research Board have announced this year’s recipients of the HRB Summer Student Scholarships.  Nine UCC medical students were awarded Summer scholarships. To put this achievement in context, this year the HRB received 141 applications and 42 awards were made, giving a success rate of just under 30%.  UCC received 12 of those […]

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Gates Foundation award for UCD project targeting child pneumonia

‌ Following a $100,000 grant from the Gates Foundation, a multidisciplinary team of researchers based at UCD Conway Institute will begin field testing their BIOTOPE (biomarkers to diagnose pneumonia) research project in Malawi. gHealth Research will use a new testing procedure to improve the speed and accuracy of pneumonia diagnosis. Pneumonia is an infection that […]

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UCC featured in Financial Times magazine

The inaugural issue of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Magazine distributed by the Financial Times worldwide  highlighted Ireland and UCC as a hub for innovation, new ideas, start-ups and creativity. The GEN initiative is a new voice for promoting entrepreneurial growth and support start-ups around the world and  featured a foreword by U.S. President Barack Obama.  With […]

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UCC neuroscientists identify a mechanism that promotes resilience to stress

Why on the rollercoaster of life are some people more resilient to the negative effects of stress than others? Now University College Cork neuroscientists show that certain receptors in the brain play an important role in determining how we respond to different types of stress. Their research is being published today in the prestigious international […]

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UCC students are the bees’ knees

  A project using smart technology to help the plight of the humble honey bee has won a global competition for UCC students against challengers from MIT/Boston University (2nd) and TU Delft (3rd). The UCC students created an energy-neutral smart beehive for the IEEE /IBM Smarter Planet Challenge 2014.  The competition organisers asked students worldwide […]

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Cardiovascular Disease research receives €6 million EU research award

A European consortium of clinicians and scientists has launched a major EU-funded collaboration project focused on the prevention of heart disease and stroke through food.  BACCHUS an acronym for ‘Beneficial effects of bioactive compounds in humans’ will receive €6 million in funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme. BACCHUS aims to generate robust scientific […]

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