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Latest Discoveries & Publications

Trypanosomes-1 Putting Sleeping Sickness to bed A paper published in Nature this week by a consortium of European researchers including Dr Derek Nolan, PI of the molecular parasitology group in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology,TBSI, has now finally revealed how these parasites have overcome this defence. BBC news African trypanosome PDF PubMed

NaCl Could table salt be used to make nano-wires? Scientists have discovered that crystals of sodium chloride could ‘grow’ tiny wires - Prof Thorfinnur (Thorri) Gunnlaugsson, a principal investigator at Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, co-authored a study about the findings in ACS Nano.
ACS Nano PDF (Irish Times)

Kingston Mills

RA Scientists uncover Protective Influence of Vitamin A against Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Kingston Mills has just been published in the leading Medical journal, The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
(PDF 296KB) (Irish Times)

Diacyglycerol New Crystal Structure helps explain 50 Years of Research on a Novel Membrane Enzyme in E. coli - The research was carried out in Professor Martin Caffrey’s Membrane Structural and Functional Biology (MS&FB) group in Trinity’s School of Medicine and School of Biochemistry and Immunology.
(PDF 167KB)

Whooping Cough New Discovery may lead the way to Improved Whooping Cough Vaccine. The research led by Professor of Experimental Immunology, Kingston Mills has just been published in the leading international journal PloS Pathogens.
(PDF 300KB) (Irish Times) (Journal PloS Pathogens)

Discoveries prior to those listed above

News & Events

Discover Research Night, held on 27th September 2013 This event was part of an EU initiative held Concurrently in 300 cities across Europe. TBSI participated in the Dublin part of this EU event. Members of the public were most welcome to visit TBSI and to hear researchers describe their research and the relevance it has for human health. This was a huge success.

The increased incidence of whooping cough will be the focus of the 10th International Symposium on Bordetella, TBSI, 8th-11th September, 2013. (to book) (details) (Programme) (Press Release)

Newstalk: Tune in to Pat Kenny's Science Slot with Luke O'Neill every Wednesday Pat Kenny Show

Scientists discover new routes for immune cells to tackle infections of the gut Press Release (study led by Dr. Saurabh Mehandru (MSSM) and Dr. Ed Lavelle (TBSI),publication - The Journal of Experimental Medicine)

TBSI hosted the 49th Annual meeting of the Irish Neurological Association (INA) about

Dr. James Watson (Double Helix, 1953) visits TBSI continue reading

Researchers in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, TBSI, secured €3.8 million funding for a prestigious Marie Curie PhD training network project, ‘Training in neurodegeneration, therapeutics intervention and neurorepair’ (TINTIN) read more

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Last updated 1 October 2013 by Caroline Levis (Email).