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How bacterial evolution of antibiotic arsenals is providing new blueprints for drug designers
By blueprinting how the antibiotics function against MRSA, the scientists have provided new options for drug designers seeking to hold back the global threat that antimicrobial resistance poses humanity.
9 Jan 2020
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Derek Mahon 1941-2020: A tribute
Derek Mahon, the gifted Belfast-born poet whose poem ‘Everything is Going to Be All Right’ struck a chord with many this year, has died aged 78. Nicholas Grene, Professor of English Literature, has written a personal tribute to a man whose loss is especially sharply felt at Trinity College Dublin.
2 Oct 2020
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AMBER to educate and entertain with new digital experience for kids at home
Through fun educational videos children from the ages of 10 to 12 can learn about science at home during the current lockdown.
7 May 2020
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Coronavirus: how physiotherapists are helping patients recover
Assistant professor in physiotherapy at Trinity, Julie Broderick, with a jointly written piece about the importance of physiotherapy for people who are critically ill with COVID-19.
8 May 2020
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Watch Trinity’s Strategic Plan launch livestream – 10 March at 11.30am
Join us online for Trinity College Dublin’s Strategic Plan 2020-25 which will be launched on Tuesday 9th March, 2020, at 11.30am. Due to the ongoing situation around Covid-19, the physical launch has been cancelled and instead is being livestreamed on www.tcd.ie/strategy from 11.30am tomorrow. You can also view a short highlight video of the Strategic […]
9 Mar 2020
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Trinity research outlines cost of not supporting firms in danger of closure due to Covid-19 crisis
Exits bear significant and lasting economic and social costs and therefore any measure to prevent widespread closures of businesses in the midst of a crisis ought to factor in the enormous cost of not supporting firms in danger of closure.
7 Apr 2020
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Studying the cancer patient’s immune system to predict their response to treatment
The team is researching new ways to improve current treatment strategies for gastrointestinal cancers at the Trinity St James Cancer Institute (TSJCI).
30 Sep 2020
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Studies raise fresh concerns about contact tracing app technology
Prof. Doug Leith and Dr Stephen Farrell at the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin have published new studies raising concerns on the technology of contact tracing apps
19 Jun 2020
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‘Borderless business’ in the spotlight as Trinity Business + Technology Forum 20 addresses coronavirus, digital business and climate change
The unifying theme – borderless business – will be discussed as a force for change with those present set to assess its impact and identify consequences for managers, business, and society. Special focus will centre on the issues of climate change, digital transformation, finance, Brexit and the new Europe, with coronavirus also featured.
4 Mar 2020
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Trinity joins consortium to empower person-centred healthcare
The new research consortium aims to bring innovative digital health information tools to patients and empower person-centred healthcare.
19 Nov 2020
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Hist250 exhibition celebrates the ‘Greatest of all Schools of Oratory’
Chancellor of the University, Professor Mary McAleese is opening the exhibition and is also launching a history of the Society by Trinity’s Professor Patrick Geoghegan.
6 Mar 2020
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End-of-life care needs will nearly double over next 30 years
New research highlights the urgent need for funding and workforce in palliative care.
10 Feb 2020
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Trinity to commission four new sculptures of women for display in Old Library
The scientist Rosalind Franklin, the folklorist, dramatist and theatre-founder Augusta Gregory, the mathematician Ada Lovelace and the writer and pioneering women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft have been chosen from a list of more than 500 suggestions.
26 Nov 2020
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Biodiversity survey reveals Áras an Uachtaráin site is “extremely diverse”
Ecologists from Trinity discovered that the 130-acre Dublin site contains 14 distinct habitats that provide homes to more than 800 different species of plant, animal and fungus.
17 Nov 2020
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Shared Island? There’s hope for British-Irish intergovernmental relations
With the UK's exit from the EU nearing, Trinity's Professor Etain Tannam reflects on whether the Shared Island document marks a new beginning or a false dawn for British-Irish and cross-border relations.
2 Jul 2020
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Researchers ask: how sustainable is your toothbrush?
Researchers have examined the sustainability of different models of the most commonly used oral health product – the toothbrush - to determine which is best for the planet and associated human health.
15 Sep 2020
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TILDA researchers secure $4.5m for latest study, with international partners
TILDA researchers, along with international research partners have secured a highly competitive US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme Award worth $4.5 million to carry out this study.
9 Nov 2020
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Relaunch of new and improved ‘The 1592’ restaurant
The unique dining venue captures the magic and history of Ireland’s oldest university
14 Feb 2020
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Researching the role of exercise in cancer survivorship
The Trinity Exercise Oncology Research Group is making vast improvements to the physical, mental and social well-being of oesophago-gastric cancer survivors.
2 Oct 2020
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Professor Anna Davies wins ERC Public Engagement with Research Award for social media outreach
The success was linked to engagement around the ShareCity project, which assesses the practice and sustainability potential of city-based food sharing economies.
7 Jul 2020
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LaunchBox 2020: Applications are open!
Launchbox is a great opportunity for Trinity students who have an early-stage idea for a business or social enterprise and want to take it to the next level.
5 Feb 2020
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Why it’s difficult to be a woman in research right now
Professor Clodagh Brook discusses how women in research have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and what can be done to ensure that female researchers continue to be heard. This article was published on siliconrepublic.com on June 2nd, 2020
16 Jun 2020
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Fresh insights into how Ireland’s system of caring affects older adults
New TILDA research highlights the social, financial, physical and emotional demands family caring places on those caring.
7 Dec 2020
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Ultra-fast magnetic switching with potential to transform fibre optical communications
"Toggle switching" could increase the capacity of the global fibre optic cable network by an order of magnitude.
15 Sep 2020
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How blocking iron drives the lung immune system to control infection
Researchers have discovered how the iron chelator, DFX, which functions by attaching to iron, drives the immune system to deal with tuberculosis.
13 May 2020
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Bioengineers take step towards being able to mend a broken heart
Their patch withstands the mechanical demands and mimics the electrical signalling properties that allow our hearts to pump blood rhythmically round our bodies, essentially taking us one step closer to being able to mend a broken heart.
13 Feb 2020
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Brain health research is leaving the lab and coming to your smartphone
The new 'neureka' app from scientists at GBHI presents a seismic shift in the direction of research in the field of brain health.
2 Jun 2020
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Treating COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquinine: can you teach an old drug new tricks?
Assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at Trinity, Niamh O'Boyle, with an important piece underlining why nobody should self-medicate when fighting COVID-19.
1 May 2020
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Pioneering research project explains “Natural Capital Accounting”
The project has launched a video explaining a standardised method to assess nature’s stocks and the flows of services that these assets contribute to humanity.
18 Jun 2020
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Countries with female leaders suffer six times fewer COVID-19 deaths
Additionally, the research shows that female-led governments were more effective and rapid at flattening the epidemic’s curve, and these countries are expected to endure less signifcant recessions.
29 May 2020
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