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Ukrainian exhibition launches at Pearse Station
Inner Light, an exhibition documenting the stories of Ukrainian women living in Ireland, has opened in Pearse Station.
24 Aug 2023
Community|Society
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Trinity welcomes Executive Director of UN World Food Programme
Researchers from the Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies welcomed the new Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Cindy McCain, to Trinity.
24 Aug 2023
Health|Society
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Clinicians publish first guidelines for treating patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia
A collaborative group led by Trinity researchers has published the first guidelines for treating patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) – a high-mortality condition that describes people admitted to ICU.
21 Aug 2023
Health|Research
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Neuroscientists successfully test theory that forgetting is actually a form of learning
The team designed tests to explore the idea that “forgetting” might not be a bad thing, and that it may represent a form of learning – and outline results that support their core idea.
17 Aug 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity-IBM team simulates super diffusion on a quantum computer
Trinity’s quantum physicists in collaboration with IBM Dublin have successfully simulated super diffusion in a system of interacting quantum particles on a quantum computer.
17 Aug 2023
Innovation|Research|Science
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Can a special immune protein in the body be harnessed to stop ovarian cancer?
A major new study, published in Nature, has discovered the anti-tumour activities of the immune protein interferon epsilon, which in pre-clinical models blocks the metastasis of ovarian cancer cells by instructing immune cells to kill the cancer cells.
16 Aug 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Student accommodation: Without decent housing it’s hard to get a decent education
The issues students face in securing accommodation are closely linked to the broader housing crisis, writes Dr Sarah Hamill
15 Aug 2023
Society|Students
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Trinity research looks to Latin America for clues on healthy ageing
Researchers study the factors influencing healthy brain ageing in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries and find the lessons learned there, can also be applied to home.
10 Aug 2023
Health|Research
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New prostate cancer biomarkers provide hope to millions of men
Trinity researchers - as part of an international team of scientists - have identified three new biomarkers for prostate cancer to help identify and differentiate potentially aggressive cases of the disease.
10 Aug 2023
Health|Research
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How secondary cities can compete with superstar cities
Local universities, global connectivity and entrepreneurship can help secondary cities combat the geographic polarisation of innovation in superstar cities, according to new research conducted in Trinity Business School and Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
3 Aug 2023
Business|Community|Research
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Professor Rose Anne Kenny appointed first ever female Regius Professor of Physic (1637) at Trinity
An event to mark Professor Kenny’s appointment also celebrated the School of Medicine’s female ‘full professors’
31 Jul 2023
Awards and Funding|Health|Research
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Eoin McNamee takes up inaugural Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Chair
As holder of the inaugural Maxeke-Robinson Chair, Professor McNamee will give a keynote lecture entitled ‘Sequins, Pearls and Amobarbital: the Border in Ireland as Unconcluded Space’, at the CHR’s celebrated international Winter School in August 2023.
31 Jul 2023
Arts|Research
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Academy of the Near Future and Cellnex Foundation partner to upskill students on smart technologies and digital connectivity
The partnership, which will run for three years, will develop young people’s understanding of smart technologies and digital connectivity in primary schools across Dublin and nationwide.
27 Jul 2023
Awards and Funding|Society|Students
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“Live” human brain biosamples to revolutionise translational neuroscience research
Researchers from Trinity are collaborating with those from the University of Oxford on a new project that will provide access to high quality, “live” human brain biosamples. They believe this approach has the potential to revolutionise research for the benefit of patients.
26 Jul 2023
Health|Research|Science
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New study identifies association between lower levels of vitamin d and inflammation in older adults
Ageing experts at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick have shown associations of vitamin D status with C-reactive protein (CRP, a measure of inflammation) in older adults.
21 Jul 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Professor Jane Ohlmeyer elected Fellow of the British Academy
Professor Ohlmeyer, from Trinity’s School of Histories and Humanities, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy, which today welcomed a new group of leading international humanities and social sciences researchers to its Fellowship for 2023.
21 Jul 2023
Awards and Funding|Culture
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Shark shock – scientists discover filter-feeding basking sharks are warm-bodied like great whites
Approximately 99.9% of fish and shark species are “cold-blooded”, meaning their body tissues generally match the temperature of the water they swim in – but researchers have just discovered the mighty basking shark is a one-in-a-thousand exception.
20 Jul 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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Trinity team installs world's first user adjustable pole-piece electron microscope lens at Sandia National Laboratories
A team of researchers from the Ultramicroscopy Research Group at Trinity has recently completed the installation of a world-first UAP transmission electron microscope lens.
19 Jul 2023
Innovation|Research|Science
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Hubs offering electric cars, e-bikes and e-cargo bikes to test potential of shared e-mobility to decarbonise transport
Researchers from Trinity, together with collaborators from the Atlantic Technological University (ATU), ESB and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, will lead a €1.35 million shared electric mobility project.
19 Jul 2023
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research
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Dr Tamara Boto wins Wellcome Career Development Award 2023
Assistant Professor in Physiology, Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience, Dr Tamara Boto studies how features of importance, or salience, are processed in the brain, and how they affect memories, in health and disease.
19 Jul 2023
Awards and Funding|Research