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Four Trinity researchers win highly competitive ERC Consolidator Awards

These awards, announced annually and valued at €2 million each, go to emerging research leaders who are at the stage of growing their own independent research teams or programmes on the global stage.

9 Dec 2020

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Trinity COVID-19 Law Report Recommends Key Policy Changes

A report, ‘Law and Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Ireland: Supporting Individuals, Communities, Businesses, and the Economy (Response Report)', by the COVID-19 Legal Observatory at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, has identified a number of recommendations for policy makers and private parties with respect to socio-economic issues arising in the wake of COVID-19.

9 Dec 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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Trinity partners with World Food Programme to address disability inclusion in food assistance programming

The research collaboration seeks to develop an evidence base for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in WFP food and nutrition assistance programmes.

3 Dec 2020

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Research details impact of COVID-19 on persons ageing with an intellectual disability

The report was launched to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and calls for further COVID-19 restrictions for people with ID to be data-driven.

3 Dec 2020

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Trinity’s technology transfer team wins Industry Engagement Impact Award

The team was succesful for their efforts with Intel, with whom a new research collaboration has recently been agreed to enable world-class research to continue between the global company, Trinity, and AMBER.

1 Dec 2020

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Vitamin D deficiency highly prevalent in the Irish Asian community

The study, published in the journal Nutrients, is the first in Ireland to investigate vitamin D in an ethnic minority community.

1 Dec 2020

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Introducing Palaeontology – new book underlines importance of the fossil record for informing today’s conservation decisions

The book, by Patrick Wyse Jackson, from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, provides a timely reminder of how the fossil record can inform critical conservation decisions of the future.

1 Dec 2020

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Exciting field of Neurohumanities featured in latest issue of Neuron

Trinity researchers have authored a series of articles in the “hybrid” field of Neurohumanities, marking an exciting new chapter to expand connections across the neurosciences and humanities.

30 Nov 2020

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Scientists develop new gene therapy for eye disease

The new approach offers promise for one day treating an eye disease that leads to a progressive loss of vision and affects thousands of people across the globe.

26 Nov 2020

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Health expert consortium calls for vitamin D policy in battle against COVID-19

Experts outline compelling evidence for health professionals and policymakers to revise guidance on vitamin D supplementation amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

26 Nov 2020

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Increased access to mental health services vital for survivors of sexual violence

The research from Trinity and Maynooth University is the first to study the incidence and effects of sexual violence in Ireland, since the SAVI Report of 2002.

25 Nov 2020

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International Sustainable Campus Network grant will help Trinity shine a light on Irish biodiversity

Researchers will create a new series of documentaries on the biodiversity of Trinity’s campus, bringing the public closer to the newly established wildflower meadows.

20 Nov 2020

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Máirtín Ó Cadhain 2020 | Comhdháil lae ar líne

Tá leathchéad bliain imithe ó cuireadh an mórscríbhneoir Máirtín Ó Cadhain i gcré na cille.

20 Nov 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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Rural men’s mental health through the Covid-19 pandemic: a snap-shot

The TV programme for on-line broadcast, highlighting rural men's experiences through the pandemic, was aired to mark International Mens' Day 2020.

19 Nov 2020

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Let’s START talking about research! Trinity to host European Researchers’ Night

The annual Europe-wide event that showcases research and aims to bring researchers and the public closer together takes place on November 27th 2020.

18 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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GALLERY: Trinity ecologists reveal biodiversity of Áras an Uachtaráin

The biodiversity audit of the famous 130-acre Dublin site shows that it 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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Trinity researchers discover how the brain ‘re-wires’ after disease

Trinity researchers are studying how the brain re-wires itself in neurological disease. The team is building treatments for today’s more common global conditions like Motor Neurone Disease (MND/ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy and their findings could impact rehabilitation for patients, the discovery of effective drugs and quantifying the potential efficacy of new therapies. The paper […]

17 Nov 2020

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Ecologists assess biodiversity via acoustic surveys in sub-tropical Japan

The work underlines the great potential that acoustic surveys have for characterising the biodiversity of habitats while also highlighting some major potential pitfalls.

16 Nov 2020

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Ecologists battle deafening insects while assessing biodiversity via acoustic surveys in sub-tropical Japan

The work underlines the great potential that acoustic surveys have for characterising the biodiversity of habitats while also highlighting some major potential pitfalls.

16 Nov 2020

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Scientists pinpoint two new potential therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis

A collaborative team of scientists has pinpointed two new potential therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis – a painful inflammatory disease that affects an estimated 350 million people worldwide. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common form of Inflammatory arthritis, affecting 1-2% of the world’s population. It is characterised by progressive joint inflammation, damage and disability, […]

12 Nov 2020

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Unlocking the therapeutic and commercial potential of Ireland’s historic boglands

The project will explore the ancient treasure trove that are Ireland's ancient boglands; yielding possible future scientific riches.

10 Nov 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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Research shows that home working is associated with a higher risk of voice problems

In June of this year, during the ‘first’ lockdown in Ireland, Dr Ciarán Kenny, Assistant Professor in Clinical Speech and Language Studies at Trinity conducted a research study to ascertain how our voices were affected by the switch to working from home for employees. Research shows that people such as call-centre workers are very prone […]

9 Nov 2020

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Multidisciplinary team to lead €10.4 million project, 4-OCEANS

The project will assess the importance of marine life for human societies during the last two millennia, and consider how selected major socio-economic, cultural, and environmental forces variously constrained and enabled marine exploitation.

5 Nov 2020

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Trinity researchers win 2020 Science Foundation Ireland Awards

Professor Kingston Mills, Dr Matthew Campbell and Professor Luke O’Neill won Researcher of the Year, Early Career Researcher of the Year, and Outstanding Contribution to STEM Communcation awards respectively.

5 Nov 2020

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Strong recognition of Trinity research in SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme awards

21 investigator-led projects have been awarded almost 30% of total funding granted in the programme.

2 Nov 2020

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Professor Luke O’Neill delivers Feinstein Institutes’ Marsh Lecture

The Feinstein Institutes’ Marsh Lecture was established as a forum for renowned scientists to share their expertise with Feinstein Institutes investigators.

28 Oct 2020

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