2019 News Archive

Congratulations to our Schools Recent Provost PhD Project Awardees
Provost PhD Project Awards 2019

M.Sc. in Genomic Medicine
Applicants are invited to the New M.Sc. in Genomic Medicine.This M.Sc. offers a state of the art overview of the emerging field of Genomic Medicine. Genomics is increasingly impacting on the conduct of medical practice and life science research, leading to the era of personalised medicine.

Celebratory Inaugural Lecture of Professor Charles Dorman
Congratulation to Professor Charles Dorman on his Celebratory Inaugural Lecture in Microbiology.

Fermentation innovation through complex hybridization of wild and domesticated yeasts
An analysis of yeast hybrids shows complex hybridization in strains used in beer fermentation and genetic changes associated with adaptation to cold temperature and the crisp flavour of lager beer.

2019 Undergraduate Prize in Microbiology
Congratulations to Laura Mahon who achieved the highest overall Junior Sophister mark in Microbiology in 2018-19.

Evolutionary Journey and Characterisation of a Novel Pan-Gene Associated with Beer Strains of S. cerevisiae - Vakirlis - - Yeast - Wiley Online Library
The sequencing of over a thousand Saccharomyces cerevisiae genomes revealed a complex pangenome.

Scientists speed up the evolution of yeast to create tastier and healthier alcohol
Researchers across Europe have started to speed up the evolutionary process of yeast to develop new or better flavours for wine and beer.

Genetic code of WWI soldiers cholera mapped
The bacterium was isolated from a British soldier and stored for over 100 years before being revived and sequenced.

Festival of Research in Microbiology, 2019
Fantastic student posters at the TCD Microbiology Festival of Research 2019.

Congratulations to Mohamed Alhussain, a final year PhD student, Fleming Lab
Awarded a certificate from the Saudi Cultural Bureau in Ireland in recognition for the best postgraduate student presentation and outstanding scientific achievement.