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Trinity researchers team up with ONK Therapeutics to seek improved cancer therapies

The work will be led by Trinity's Dr David Finlay to optimise the metabolism and engineering of NK cells for improved cancer therapies.

8 Jun 2021

Research

Three Ireland launches new STEM scholarship with Trinity to fund diversity and inclusion initiatives

The new partnership will fund the creation of 25 Three Ireland Scholarships for Women in STEM over five years and two Three Ireland Trinity Access Teacher Fellowships for three years.

30 Jul 2021

Provost’s Trinity Excellence in Teaching Awards

The 20th anniversary of the awards was celebrated on June 29 in the Provost’s Garden. Congratulations to all the winners.

30 Jun 2021

Revisiting the Fourth Estate: does the media still serve democracy?

To mark the announcement of the Trinity Long Room Hub’s new Schuler Forum for Democracy, an online event tomorrow (Tuesday 27 April), will convene a panel of journalists and academics to look at the media as the “fourth estate” and ask how the media can effectively support democracy.

26 Apr 2021

Trinity STEM public engagement and education projects backed by Science Foundation Ireland

Three Trinity College Dublin-led STEM public engagement and education initiatives will be supported as part of a new national investment of €5.2 million through the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme.

22 Mar 2021

FloWaste secures $270,000 pre-seed funding to develop food analytics platform

The company, nurtured via Trinitys School of Engineering, and LaunchBox, uses proprietary image recognition technology to empower cafeterias, fast-food and quick-service restaurants to reduce food waste.

3 Mar 2021

Intentional inclusion of people with disabilities in the fight against hunger

The event marked the first year of a research partnership between Trinity and the WFP.

6 Dec 2021

Research

Philanthropists Eric and Barbara Kinsella donate €30m to Trinity College

Donation will kickstart Trinity East, the first new campus proposed by Trinity in its 429-year history, to be modelled on innovation districts such as Cambridge Square in Boston and similar districts in Toronto, Rotterdam and Barcelona.

27 May 2021

HRB investment announced for the Trinity Wellcome-HRB Clinical Research Facility

The Trinity Wellcome - HRB Clinical Research Facility (CRF) at St James’ Hospital welcomes the announcement of renewed funding by the Health Research Board (HRB) for its clinical research infrastructure.

11 Oct 2021

Research

Trinity launches Ireland’s first Postgraduate Certificate in Climate Entrepreneurship

Trinity has launched a brand new Postgraduate Certificate in Climate Entrepreneurship, the first of its kind in Ireland, to address the climate change emergency we all face.

13 Jan 2021

New research offers hope for improved treatment of infants with eczema

Treating skin inflammation reduces the levels of inflammatory signals in the blood, which adds an important new dimension to our understanding of the systemic effects of eczema.

9 Mar 2021

Research

The music of silence: imagining a song triggers similar brain activity to moments of mid-music silence

Researchers have discovered that our brains encode musical predictions even without music. These new insights into sensory prediction also have implications in clinical settings.

3 Aug 2021

Research

Trinity launches consent education tools and website

The new website offers information about consent, positive sexual experiences, supports for survivors of sexual violence, trauma-informed approaches for staff and information and training for students, staff and other institutions.

15 Sep 2021

Astrophysicists bring partial solar eclipse to Irish public

There will be solar telescopes with cameras and you can join leading researchers live on YouTube for the watch party, which will showcase a close-up of the Sun so that we can see the eclipse as it happens.

9 Jun 2021

Research

On your bike! Cycling AT work to reduce adverse health conditions for professional men

Researchers at Trinity’s Institute of Population Health have assessed the acceptability and feasibility of a gender-sensitive multicomponent intervention, to reduce occupational sedentary behaviour.

14 Oct 2021

Research

Geneticists pinpoint how a mutation causes devastating childhood cancer and successfully target tumour cells with tailored drug

This landmark work translates crucial new understanding of the genetics of diffuse midline glioma progression into a highly promising, targeted therapeutic approach, and offers significant hope of improved treatments in the future.

22 Jul 2021

Research

‘Net-Horror’ movies lay bare our dormant fears about the internet

While it is true to say that cinema, in most cases, tells us something of our anxious encounters with the modern, it is in Horror film that such fears are writ large.

30 Oct 2021

Culture|Research

Abdulrazak Gurnah: what you need to know about the Nobel prize-winning author

Melanie Otto, Assistant Professor in English at Trinity, explains the influence the author has had over his career in this informative piece first published by The Conversation.

8 Oct 2021

Culture|Research

Researchers launch world class trials infrastructure to tackle the rapidly increasing impact of dementia

The project aims to triple the number of clinical trials available for people living with dementia in Ireland by 2026.

19 May 2021

Research

Study evaluates quality of life and the burden of care with rare genetic disorder

Researchers from the School of Medicine carried out the study alongside a research team from Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Tallaght University Hospital.

15 Feb 2021

Research