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Trinity researchers secure prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant awards

Drs Sarah Doyle and Marius de Leeuw have been successful in the latest round of results, which have been released today. They will explore how we can harness our immune system to fight blindness and seek models that could help us understand and explore uncharted sub-fields of physics.

31 Jan 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Novel gene therapy shows promise for treating multiple eye diseases

The gene therapeutic approach, which shows promise for treating age related macular degeneration (AMD), may also be effective in treating other eye conditions such as glaucoma. It provided benefit in three additional models of mitochondrial dysfunction, including cells taken from patients living with an optic neuropathy.

30 Jan 2023

Health|Research|Science

ChatGPT: our study shows AI can produce academic papers good enough for journals

Publishers and researchers should not necessarily see ChatGPT as a threat but rather as a potentially important aide for research argue Dr Brian Lucey, School of Business and Michael Dowling, Dublin City University, in this piece that was originally published in The Conversation.

30 Jan 2023

Business|Research|Society

Brigit of Ireland: Saint or goddess?

Ireland's new public holiday to celebrate the icon Brigit has been greeted with widespread enthusiasm. In this comment piece, Dr Mary Condren, Trinity’s Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, asks “who is Brigit, goddess or saint?”

30 Jan 2023

Culture|Research

How the EU got Brexit done: in conversation with Stefaan De Rynck

Trinity Long Room Hub will host a panel discussion with Stefaan De Rynck, Senior Advisor to the EU's Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier.

26 Jan 2023

Research|Society