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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar launches Irish-led €10 million project to deliver ‘precision medicine’ for Motor Neuron Disease

The programme will result in advanced data-driven prediction models for progression of the disease in patients and next-generation data analysis that facilitates clinical insights and treatment. This unique programme brings together clinicians, computer scientists, information engineers, technologists, and data scientists.

1 Mar 2022

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New research underlines environmental impact of hand-sanitising practices during the COVID-19 pandemic

The use of hand sanitising gels and increased hand-washing practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the environment and—by extension—public health.

25 Feb 2022

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Partygate Revisited: why Boris Johnson’s Downing Street is starting to sound like an Evelyn Waugh novel

If Partygate has taught us anything, it is that the British public has had enough of Johnson’s Waugh-esque ramblings, says Orlaith Darling, Early Career Researcher in Contemporary English Literature.

24 Feb 2022

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New therapeutic options for childhood inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers from Trinity’s School of Medicine, working closely with paediatric gastroenterologists at CHI-Crumlin, hope their work will advance efforts to support IBD patients with a new therapeutic option.

23 Feb 2022

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Leading researchers and inventors celebrated at Trinity Innovation Awards

Trinity’s leading researchers and inventors were recognised for their innovative research and entrepreneurship at the 2021 Trinity Innovation Awards, which were deferred from last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. John O’Leary, Professor of Pathology, received the Provost Innovation Award.

22 Feb 2022

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Scientists pinpoint genetic target with promise for treating many forms of blindness

The scientists have highlighted that a specific gene (SARM1) is a key driver in the damage that ultimately leads to impaired vision (and sometimes blindness), and—in a disease model—showed that deleting this gene protects vision.

17 Feb 2022

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Pollution and teenage mental health, researchers call for further investigation

A systematic review has been conducted by researchers from the Trinity Centre for Global Health on how pollution exposure impacts teenage mental health.

17 Feb 2022

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Substantial inequalities in children’s engagement with remote schooling during first lockdown

A new study has shown that Irish primary school children were more engaged with remote schooling during the first Covid-19 lockdown if they had access to adequate digital technologies and had help from parents and teachers.

16 Feb 2022

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Climate change and extreme weather will have complex effects on disease transmission

New research shows temperature variation affects pathogens and their hosts in distinct ways, and these organisms are influenced by the type of variation and the average background temperature it is applied to.

15 Feb 2022

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Brain tumour related epilepsy: merging basic science with clinical practice

Professor Mark Cunningham, the Ellen Mayston Bates Professor of the Neurophysiology of Epilepsy in the School of Medicine, talks about his research to coincide with International Epilepsy Day.

14 Feb 2022

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Behind the Headlines panel asks if we are ‘Falling out of Love with Dublin?’

A discussion held on the planning and civic issues threatening Dublin and its historic landscape took place online Wednesday, 9 February 2022, at the Trinity Long Room Hub as part of its latest ‘Behind the Headlines” discussion.

14 Feb 2022

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Stress caused by poverty directly impacts both children and parents

A new study led by a sociologist at Trinity College Dublin has found that economic pressure and psychological distress caused by economic hardship leads to arguments about money between parents and children and between mothers and fathers in two-parent families.

10 Feb 2022

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‘Behind the Headlines’ panel discussion asks are we falling out of love with Dublin?

Entitled ‘Falling out of Love with Dublin?’ Trinity Loon Room Hub's latest ‘Behind the Headlines’ discussion asks: where next for the capital’s civic future?

9 Feb 2022

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Five Trinity researchers win European Research Council Proof of Concept grants

Professors Valeria Nicolosi, Tríona Lally, Anna Davies, John Goold and Dr Matthew Campbell will each use funding of €150,000 to take their ground-breaking research ideas towards exciting, impactful innovations.

7 Feb 2022

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Trinity scientists hopeful for new lung cancer treatments

To coincide with World Cancer Day we spoke to Dr Martin Barr, from the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute, about his research into drug resistance and the development of new drug candidates for this disease.

4 Feb 2022

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Virtual recreation of 1922 art exhibition that launched the Irish Free State onto world stage

100 years on from the opening of the Exposition D’Art Irlandais in Paris, the 'Seeing Ireland: 1922' project recovers this foundational moment in Irish art history.

28 Jan 2022

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Taighde nua ar éin iomráiteacha in Oirdheisceart na hÁise, na “sárthrampanna”, a chabhraíonn linn éabhlóid ainmhithe forleathana a thuiscint

Déanann an taighde seo tástáil ar theoiricí a bunaíodh ar na héin seo thar beagnach caoga bliain, agus léiríonn sé go mbíonn tionchar láidir ag iargúltacht na n-oileán ar an éabhlóid, fiú i gcás speiceas a bheadh lán-ábalta eitilt idir eatarthu.

27 Jan 2022

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New research on famous “supertramp” birds offers fresh evolutionary insights

The beautiful birds, which live in Southeast Asia, are providing unique information on how evolution is linked to flight ability and competition. These birds settle down more readily than would be expected—once they have colonised an island they tend to stay there rather than searching for others.

27 Jan 2022

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Careful assessment of patient needs can reduce costs in end-of-life care

A new policy brief, authored by Trinity researchers and collaborators, recommends supporting patients and families in making difficult decisions to improve their experiences and reduce costs of care in an ageing population.

24 Jan 2022

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Deep learning and weather simulations discussed at applied mathematics meeting

Leading researchers in the field came together recently as Trinity played co-host to a prestigious annual meeting, in which a number of important applications were in the spotlight.

21 Jan 2022

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