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Dr Tian Carey secures Royal Society-Research Ireland University Research Fellowship

Dr Carey, from Trinity’s School of Physics and the AMBER Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research, will now build an independent research group in Trinity.

5 Dec 2025

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Nanoscience breakthrough puts low-cost, printable electronics on the horizon

The breakthrough has a huge potential impact – one that brings us much closer to quickly and cheaply producing printable electronics such as wearable health sensors or flexible displays.

5 Dec 2025

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity researcher awarded €4.6 million Wellcome Career Development Award

Trinity is proud to announce that Dr. Irina Kinchin, Research Assistant Professor in Health Economics at the School of Medicine, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Career Development Award worth €4.6 million over eight years. This is a largest individual research fellowship in Ireland to date.

5 Dec 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Trinity College Dublin helps shape international ‘Limerick Framework for Action’ to advance health-promoting campuses

The Limerick Framework for Action, a new international roadmap to embed health and wellbeing across the higher education sector, was formally launched in Dublin this week. The Framework sets out a bold and coordinated vision for creating healthier, more inclusive and supportive learning environments across Ireland’s universities and colleges.

3 Dec 2025

Community|Health|Students|Sustainability

New €31.6 million ARC Hub for Therapeutics to turn breakthrough Irish research into therapies and companies

The ARC Hub for Therapeutics, a new national research initiative dedicated to fast-tracking biomedical innovation into real-world therapies and companies, was officially launched today at Trinity.

3 Dec 2025

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30 distinct genes that influence vitamin D status found

Trinity researchers have led a new collaborative study, combining large genetic datasets with satellite weather data and uncovering over 30 distinct genes that influence vitamin D status, many of which were not previously known.

2 Dec 2025

Health|Research

Scientists uncover how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function

The scientists have discovered that a single inherited mutation causes whole-body issues in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial disorders after the immune response is sparked into action.

26 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Science

Trinity’s addiction expert joins Europe’s frontline in drug science

Jo Hanna Ivers, Associate Professor in Addiction and Associate Dean of Civic Engagement at Trinity College, has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA).

25 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Society

Study demonstrates proof of concept for preventing oesophageal cancer

Trinity St James's Cancer Institute (TSJCI) researchers demonstrated the power of a structured, quality-assured Barrett’s Oesophagus Registry to prevent and detect early oesophageal cancer.

22 Nov 2025

Health|Innovation|Research

First national study on LGBTQI+ inclusivity in football published

Trinity College joined with Bohemian Football Club, to examine the experiences of LGBTQI+ people in relation to participation, openness, discrimination and harassment, barriers and positive/protective factors in football settings in the Republic of Ireland.

20 Nov 2025

Culture|Health|Research

Male vulnerability still ridiculed in contemporary societies, making it difficult for abused men to seek support

A new study, called the MENCALLHELP2 project, has explored the content, nature and characteristics of call data received by the Men’s Aid Ireland national helpline service over one calendar year (2022)

19 Nov 2025

Health|Research

Trinity places 29th in world in 2026 QS sustainability ranking

Trinity’s Vice-President for Biodiversity and Climate Action Jane Stout said: “There are now a huge number of people across the whole university working towards a shared vision for a better future, including our student body, colleagues in Estates and Facilities, Academic Practice, the Library, Catering, the Health Service, as well as the academic schools. We can be proud of what we have achieved so far."

18 Nov 2025

Environment|Health|Society|Students|Sustainability

Study identifies powerful opportunity to act on dementia prevention

New research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) highlights a widespread prevalence of treatable risk factors for dementia among older adults in Ireland, many of which remain under-treated.

17 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Society

Transforming Care: collective research leads the way in tackling multimorbidity

A comprehensive programme of new research from the Health Research Board (HRB) Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) in Multimorbidity has provided crucial insights and evidence-based solutions to improve healthcare and outcomes for people living with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity).

14 Nov 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Professor John Kelleher delivers inaugural lecture as Chair of Computer Science at Trinity

Prof. Kelleher delivered his lecture “Aging, Artificial Intelligence, and Outcomes: Modeling Age in Stroke Risk and Patient Prognosis” to a full house in the Trinity Business School last week.

14 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Science

Trinity researchers secure Frontiers for the Future funding to pursue cutting-edge projects

Researchers from Trinity are leading seven newly announced research projects funded via Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme.

14 Nov 2025

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Link between gut microbiome and autism not backed by science, researchers say

There’s no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper publishing today in international Cell Press journal Neuron.

13 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Science

Trinity researchers feature in Highly Cited Researchers List of 2025

Three researchers from Trinity -- Profs. Valeria Nicolosi, Alan Irvine MD DSc, and Jonathan Coleman -- featured today in the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 List.

12 Nov 2025

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Study suggests speaking more languages might keep you younger

An international study led by Dr. Agustín Ibáñez and co-authors reveals that speaking multiple languages may slow the biological processes of aging and protect against age-related decline.

11 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Society

ARC Hub for Therapeutics supports new nasal vaccine with potential to transform respiratory disease prevention

A research team from Trinity has unveiled a groundbreaking new approach to vaccination that could redefine how we protect against respiratory infections.

10 Nov 2025

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

First, simple memory tool for early recognition of rare types of lymphoma

Trinity researchers, along with UK collaborators, have created a simple but powerful diagnostic tool, which they believe will change a patient’s life in the diagnosis of a type of blood cancer that shows up on the skin.

5 Nov 2025

Health|Research

Redefining pneumonia and sepsis care

Two landmark international studies led by Professor Ignacio Martin-Loeches have been recently published in The Lancet and Nature Medicine — placing Irish critical care research firmly on the global stage.

31 Oct 2025

Health|Research

Study reveals how a stubborn lung infection evolves inside patients over years

Researchers wanted to know what allows the infection to hang on or come back, and whether it develops new tricks or resistances while living inside the lungs.

23 Oct 2025

Health|Research

No benefit of ketamine for patients hospitalised with depression, clinical trial reports

Researchers from Trinity College, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland, investigate use of twice-weekly ketamine infusions as an add-on treatment for inpatients with serious depression

22 Oct 2025

Health|Research

Two Trinity inventions feature in TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025 list

Two Trinity-nurtured inventions with their roots in the School of Engineering – an AI sensor and data centre cooling tech – have made TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025 list.

22 Oct 2025

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Trinity researcher contributes to landmark European Cancer Prevention Code

Professor Quentin Crowley, from the Discipline of Geology in Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, has contributed to the fifth edition of the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC5), which officially launched this weekend at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Berlin.

20 Oct 2025

Environment|Health|Research|Science

TILDA Connecting Generations Student Awards 2025

The awards event brought together students, staff, and guests from across Trinity’s schools and disciplines to explore the theme of ageing and connection through writing, film, and art.

16 Oct 2025

Ireland’s strengths as a European leader in AI spotlighted at Artificial Intelligence conference

Taking place at the European Commission and Parliament’s headquarters in Dublin, ADVANCE 2025, hosted by ADAPT, the Research Ireland Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, spotlights Ireland’s role in European innovation, digital security, and an Open Source future.

16 Oct 2025

Business|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Could targeted steroid use offer a universal complimentary treatment to fight TB?

Researchers wanted to understand how steroids selectively affect human macrophages, which are a key cellular player in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb); the bacteria which causes TB.

9 Oct 2025

Health|Research|Science

International study shows creative experiences delay brain aging

Engaging in creative experiences such as music, dance, visual arts, and even specific video games can slow brain aging and promote healthier brain function, according to a trailblazing international study published today in Nature Communications

3 Oct 2025

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