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Scientists develop novel gene therapy for glaucoma

The scientists announce a significant development towards a new therapeutic treatment of glaucoma, with approximately 80 million people globally affected by the condition.

19 Apr 2023

Health|Research|Science

The heavy toll of the Troubles on brain health in Northern Ireland

Professor Brian Lawlor writes on the toll of the Troubles, reflected by the high numbers of people that developed anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder and one of the highest uses of antidepressants in Europe.

19 Apr 2023

Health|Research|Society

Get it over and done with! The secret to managing tasks we don’t like

New research from Trinity Business School and colleagues in Germany suggests that working on the tasks you really dislike and getting them over and done with is the best way to manage your workload.

17 Apr 2023

Business|Research|Society

400 bliain tar éis a fhoilsithe, cuirtear an t-aon chóip in Éirinn de ‘First Folio’ Shakespeare ar taispeáint

Lorg lapaí, loscadh agus cód diamhair … tá gach cuma ar an aon chóip amháin na hÉireann de First Folio le Shakespeare gur baineadh cuid mhór úsáide as agus cuid mhór taitnimh.

13 Apr 2023

Culture|Research

New Dean elected at Trinity Business School

Laurent Muzellec steps into the role after many years at the Business School. He has made a significant contribution to the development of the school, setting up the Centre for Digital Business and Analytics, and establishing the Masters in Digital Marketing Strategy.

13 Apr 2023

Business|Research

400 years after publication, Ireland’s only copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio goes on display

Trinity’s copy of the first edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays is the centrepiece of a new exhibition in the Library of Trinity College Dublin entitled “Shakespeare the Irishman” marking 400 years since the Bard’s complete works were first published.

13 Apr 2023

Culture|Research

Trinity researchers sweep Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Engineering Society awards

Three Biomedical Engineering School of Engineering members have received prestigious awards at the TERMIS-EU 2023 meeting dedicated to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

11 Apr 2023

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research

A cellular identity discovery with the potential to impact cancer treatments

A team of scientists led by those in Trinity has discovered new mechanisms involved in establishing cellular identity, a process that ensures the billions of different cells in our bodies do the correct job.

7 Apr 2023

Health|Research|Science

Pesticides detected in pollen and nectar may pose a long-term hazard for pollinators

Pesticides have been detected in flowers not targeted with the chemicals that could be an additional, underestimated threat to pollinators according to new findings by Trinity and DCU, published in the Science of the Total Environment.

6 Apr 2023

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

International lessons from the Good Friday Agreement, 25 years on

Decades of peace efforts have created a remarkable wealth of human peacemaking experience in Ireland at all levels of society, from diplomats to community workers, says Dr David Mitchell, in this piece originally published in The Irish Independent.

6 Apr 2023

Research|Society