Discoveries (from Home page)
TCD Researchers Reveal that the Immune System is like a Turbo-Charged Hybrid Car. Led by Professor of Biochemistry, Luke O'Neill
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(see 'Nature' journal) (read more)
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Immunology Rachel McLoughlin was amongst a group of researchers to discover How the Bacterium Staphylococcus Aureus that plays a vital role in spread of MRSA Colonises the Human Nose
Dr David Finlay of TBSI: Cellular Metabolism Arms T cells to Battle Viruses and Tumours
Self-Eating Cells May Hold key to New Inflammatory Therapies
Read more here.. (link to online Article in The Journal of Immunology)
TBSI hosted a special symposium entitled ‘Metabolism and Metabolic diseases’ on Monday, April 15th. In this wide-ranging conference, a number of diseases were discussed including parkinson's disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, sepsis and cancer, the particular focus being the role of metabolism in these diseases.
Lydia Lynch: Immune Cells Could Protect Against Obesity
(Immunity Article) (Irish Times) (Communications, TCD) (Harvard Gazette )
New Ways Viruses Affect Human Immune Response Discovered
Read more on this.. Read Irish Times article..
Scientists Solve Structure of Important Protein in Energy Storage of Cells
Researchers Make Breakthrough in the cause of Premature Birth
Trinity Researchers Report Major Eye Disease Breakthrough
Trinity College Dublin Scientists Discover New 'Off Switch' in Immune Response
Trinity College Dublin Researchers Collaborate in discovery of new targets for the Treatment of Asthma
Discovery of New Vaccine Approach for Treatment of Cancer
News & Events (from Home page)
The Annual Symposium of the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute: Metabolism & Metabolic Diseases incorporating the Second National NMR Meeting took place on 15th/16th April 2013
(Symposium group photograph) group of speakers
(Launch of the NMR facility) group photograph
Kingston Mills, Public Lecture 27th February 2013: Vaccines – not just for infection How we can target the immune system to control cancer, Alzheimer’s and autoimmune diseases
Vaccines that prevent life-treating infectious diseases caused by bacteria and viruses have been the most successful medical interventions for enhancing human health. The concept of using a vaccine to mobilize the immune system to prevent infection with microbes is now being translated to the enhancement of immune responses to eliminate the tumour cells that cause cancer or to clear the amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Conversely vaccines that promote immune regulation and thereby turn off damaging immune responses are being developed for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes, arthritis and multiple sclerosis. (TCD, UCD and RCSI Launch Biomedical Engineering Collaboration to Accelerate Innovative Health Care Technologies)
“This is an important step towards the integration of different disciplines that increasingly share common goals,”
20th December 2012
(Gold Award for Luke O'Neill!)
Congratulations to Luke O'Neill who won a Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal 2012 award today
30th November 2012
(Biomedical Frontiers)
Why stem cells?, Public lecture by
Dr Gavin Davey of the School of Biochemistry & Immunology,TBSI, Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday November 21st 2012 at 6:30pm in the Stanley Quek Theatre
21st November 2012
(US Delegation)
See also (Department of State notice)
Watch... In conversation with Jones and Balderston (INTERVIEW)
Visit by representatives of the US State Department and members of a business delegation. Tercentenary Hall event at 17:00 focussed on ‘How Innovation and Science Policy Can Inspire Entrepreneurship to Solve Real World Problems’, followed by a networking event at 18:00.
14th November 2012
(Public Debate)
Public Debate by Staff and Students of Trinity College Dublin, ably adjudicated by Professor Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE, Blackboard Monitor. Please note...first come, first seated
12th November 2012
Appointment of Three Nobel Laureates as Honorary Professors
The new Honorary Professors are Jules Hoffmann, Bruce Beutler and Peter Doherty
18 October 2012
Nobel Laureate Immunologists Address Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Symposium
Professors Peter Doherty and Jules Hoffmann, spoke at a special symposium on Immunology in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute.
10th July 2012
Dublin City of Science 2012
Dublin has been chosen to host Europe's largest science conference, ESOF 2012 (Euroscience Open Forum), from 11-15 July, 2012.
11th - 15th July 2012
TBSI - Mini Symposium
Speakers include Jules Hoffmann, Peter Doherty, Michael Lenardo, Doreen Cantrell, Padraic Fallon.
10th July 2012
Dr. Silvia Giordani awarded ....
Trinity College Dublin scientist and research lecturer in Chemistry, Dr Silvia Giordani has been awarded one of four prestigious 2012 L’Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland For Women in Science Fellowships (FWIS) for her research on a new avenue towards ‘smart’ medicines.
29th June 2012
Read Irish Times article..
Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn
"From Matter to Life: Chemistry? Chemistry!" - Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn - 1987 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
3rd July 2012
