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Brain Awareness Week 2021: The lesser known Lewy Body Disorder
Researchers at the Global Brain Health Institute and St James Hospital are attempting to raise awareness of the disorder in Ireland and provide an education forum for the public and health professionals in Ireland,
19 Mar 2021
Research
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Trinity researchers tackle the spiders from Mars
Researchers at Trinity have been shedding light on the enigmatic “spiders from Mars”, providing the first physical evidence that these features on the planet’s surface can be formed by the sublimation of CO2 ice.
19 Mar 2021
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Scientists find that binding iron improves the effect of the anti-TB drug Bedaquiline
Scientists at Trinity and St James's Hospital have recently applied the 'trick' of binding iron to support the immune system to the treatment of TB,
18 Mar 2021
Research
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Brain Awareness Week 2021: Understanding rare genetic changes in brain biology
Professor Louise Gallagher and her research group are looking at rare genetic changes to understand the biology of psychiatric and neurological conditions.
18 Mar 2021
Research
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Brain Awareness Week 2021: Tackling Motor Neurone Disease through research
Professor Orla Hardiman and her team’s world class MND research strengths are in clinical evaluation, epidemiology, neuropsychology, genetics, brain imaging and neural engineering.
17 Mar 2021
Research
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National Brain Awareness Week: Arresting brain tumour related seizure activity
Professor Mark Cunningham's research aims to develop better ways to arrest seizure activity in patients with tumour related seizures which are more difficult to control with conventional anti-seizure drugs.
16 Mar 2021
Research
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Nobel Prize winner Professor William C Campbell awarded SFI St Patrick’s Day Science Medal
Nobel Prize-winner and Trinity alumnus, Professor William C Campbell, was today awarded the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) St Patrick’s Day Science Medal for Academia
16 Mar 2021
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Prof Catherine Comiskey appointed to Research Data Governance Board
The Board, established by Government, will review applications from registered researchers to access data for valid COVID-19 related research purposes.
15 Mar 2021
Research
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National Brain Awareness Week: Let’s get moving on Parkinson’s disease
Professor Andrew Harkin discusses transforming research and discovering promising directions for new treatments for Parkinson's disease, as part of our week-long series showcasing Trinity's brain research.
15 Mar 2021
Research
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Science Gallery launches IN THESE STRANGE TIMES: a response to the global pandemic
IN THESE STRANGE TIMES features a new series of podcasts, hosted by RTE DJ Tara Stewart and with appearances by researchers and artists working at the cutting edge of biomedical, environmental, behavioural and robotics science.
12 Mar 2021