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Brain Awareness Week 2021: Tackling Motor Neurone Disease through research

Professor Orla Hardiman and her team’s world class MND research strengths are in clinical evaluation, epidemiology, neuropsychology, genetics, brain imaging and neural engineering.

17 Mar 2021

Research

What Star Wars can teach us about the decline of democracy

In this piece, co-authored for The Conversation, David Kenny, Associate Professor of Law, argues that several useful constitutional law lessons can be drawn from the Star Wars films.

7 Dec 2021

Culture|Research|Society

Latest Behind the Headlines Examines Perils of Political Speech

In the Trinity Long Room Hub’s latest Behind the Headlines, a panel of five distinguished speakers, including Ambassador to the US, Daniel Mulhall, discussed political language and speech and how oratory can persuade, for both good and bad.

4 Mar 2021

An tOllamh Linda Doyle ar tí a bheith ar an gcéad Phropast baineann i gColáiste na Tríonóide

Tá an tOllamh Linda Doyle ar tí a bheith ina Propast ar Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath, an chéad bhean a bheidh sa ról sin i stair 429 bliain na hOllscoile. Beidh sí ar an 45ú Propast de chuid na hOllscoile agus tiocfaidh sí i gcomharbacht ar an bPropast reatha, an Dr Patrick Prendergast, ar an 1 Lúnasa i mbliana.

10 Apr 2021

Business School graduates connect students with firms impacted by COVID-19 through innovative platform

Trinity Business School graduates, Paddy Ryder and Rob Muldowney, have been connecting students struggling to find internships with small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic through their platform, Covid Interns.

4 Feb 2021

Ancient DNA rewrites early Japanese history – modern day populations have tripartite genetic origin

Trinity's eye-opening research is published in leading international journal Science Advances and refines previously accepted views of a dual-genomic ancestry.

17 Sep 2021

Research

Drug use at music festivals: reducing harm and protecting health and well-being

Trinity research gives valuable insight into the attitudes and behaviours of a high-risk and under-consulted population.

11 Oct 2021

Research

Science Gallery adds TU Berlin to its international network

Science Gallery Internationalnhas today announced TU Berlin as the latest signing to its international roster of leading higher education institutions.

11 May 2021

OncoMark acquired by US molecular diagnostic company, Cepheid Inc.

Trinity's Professor Adrian Bracken spearheaded the research that initially led to the identification of a panel of genetic drivers of breast cancer, and which gave rise to a novel cancer test developed by the company.

16 Dec 2021

Research

Ireland’s great recession had detrimental effect on junior certificate results

New research has shown that the economic strain experience by families during Ireland’s great recession between 2009 and 2014 had a detrimental impact on young people’s performance in state exams at the age of 15.

16 Nov 2021

Research

Trinity and DPD team up in new air quality monitoring project

The project uses smart sensors on buildings and delivery vans to track Dublin’s air quality in real-time. In Trinity, a sensor has been installed in New Square, to capture Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 levels.

20 Sep 2021

Research

Vitamin B12 deficiency increases risk of depression: TILDA study

New research from ageing experts at Trinity College finds longitudinal associations between B12 deficiency and risk of depression, over four years.

14 Dec 2021

Research

New gene therapy to treat children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy approved in Ireland

Development welcomed by Trinity College, St James's Hospital and Children’s Health Ireland following first successful clinical trials on four Irish babies and children.

8 Oct 2021

Research

Professor Yvonne Buckley named Vice President for Biodiversity and Climate Action

Trinity College Dublin underlines its commitment to biodiversity and climate action by becoming the first Irish university to champion this new role, which will place sustainability at the centre of Trinity’s governance and operations by making it a key focus at the highest levels within the university.

7 Oct 2021

Dr. Éilish Burke wins international award for engaged research with people with intellectual disabilities

Dr Burke’s research enables and empowers people with intellectual disability to be involved in research which informs the research picture in a more meaningful and inclusive way.

17 Nov 2021

Research

Pandemic experiences of older people brought to life through Poemathon

The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity collaborated with Poetry Ireland and Neuroscience Ireland to create a poem of 355 contributors which captures the mood of our older population.

24 Mar 2021

Research

Trinity secures three more Athena SWAN awards for commitment to gender equality

Trinity's Schools of Histories and Humanities, Computer Science and Statistics, and Engineering have secured Athena SWAN Bronze awards in the latest round of awards to recognise commitment to gender equality.

31 Mar 2021

Derek Mahon: Conference and online exhibition to celebrate poet’s life and work

The two-day conference and online exhibition are being held in advance of what would have been the poet’s 80th birthday and bring together distinguished poets and critics from Ireland and beyond to highlight the many aspects of Mahon’s work.

18 Nov 2021

Trinity researchers join international experts in pioneering digital mental health treatments

Scientists from the E-mental Health Group at Trinity's School of Psychology were among 23 international partners exploring mental health care and psychological/ psychiatric services innovation.

27 Jan 2021

Research

Three ways to move more while working from home

Julie Broderick, Assistant Professor in Physiotherapy at Trinity, has some easy tips for anyone working from home. The article was originally published by The Conversation.

8 Jan 2021