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Epigenetics: What impact does it have on our psychology?
Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity, Kevin Mitchell asks whether we can overwrite the genes that dictate our innate traits and predispositions, in this opinion piece written for The Conversation.
28 Jan 2019
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Trinity and MSF collaborate in hackathon to solve complex real-life humanitarian challenges
Trinity is teaming up with international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to host a 12-week hackathon where students will work on providing innovative solutions to some of the problems MSF faces in delivering healthcare to patients around the world.
23 Jan 2019
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Trinity joins newly launched European University
Together with other prestigious universities, including the University of Barcelona, Utrecht University, the University of Montpellier and Eötvös Loránd University, Trinity has signed a foundational agreement for the Charm European University (Charm-EU) which will focus on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) providing an interdisciplinary, challenge-based education.
15 Jan 2019
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Molecular diagnostics and the future of oncology
Professor of Molecular Diagnostics, Orla Sheils and Director of the Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) at the School of Medicine delivered her inaugural Trinity lecture recently.
14 Jan 2019
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Researchers develop new tuberculosis treatment
The newly developed medicine could be used to treat hundreds of thousands of patients with tuberculosis.
8 Jan 2019
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Variable venom – why are some snakes deadlier than others?
Comparing records of venom potency and quantity for over 100 venomous snake species shows that potency depends on what a species eats.
8 Jan 2019
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Ten ‘1916 Learners and Leaders’ to study at Trinity
Ten ‘Leaders and Learners’ were awarded 1916 Bursaries to study at Trinity in a special ceremony recently which also saw the launch of a new initiative to establish Dublin as a Learning City, as defined by UNESCO.
7 Jan 2019
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Professor Aoife McLysaght asks ‘Who am I?’ in 2018 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
The 2018 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, airing on BBC Four, will use biology as a powerful way of answering the most fundamental of questions.
20 Dec 2018
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Trinity research sheds light on the workings of the unconscious brain
Research led by neuroscientists at Trinity College Dublin has found for the first time that regions of the brain responsible for complex thought do not shut off in the unconscious state.
18 Dec 2018
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In the age of GDPR, how can social computing data be legally used?
A new book addresses how social computing data can be used in emergency management and explores more broadly how the GDPR affects big data interpretation.
18 Dec 2018
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