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Medical device and digital health startups pitch for their places on Medtech Innovator’s Showcase and Accelerator programme
The programme supports the development of the most promising innovations in the field. Partners, Trinity College Dublin and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, play host to the event.
24 Apr 2023
Awards and Funding|Business|Health|Innovation
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360-million-year-old Irish fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defence in wood
An international team of scientists, co-led by Dr Carla J. Harper, Assistant Professor in Botany in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity, has discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defence in wood in a 360-million-year-old fossil from south-eastern Ireland.
21 Apr 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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Political bravery required to reconcile cybersecurity and rights to privacy
An overhaul of our approach to making technology law is required to achieve cybersecurity while safeguarding privacy and data protection, according to Dr Maria Grazia Porcedda, School of Law, in a new publication launched this week.
20 Apr 2023
Research|Society
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Machines – not humans – to drive future wireless demands, expert predicts
Professor Holger Claussen shares his assessment of the future of wireless networks as he becomes Joint Professor of Wireless Communications at UCC, Trinity, and Tyndall in an Irish first.
20 Apr 2023
Research|Science
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Trinity honorary degrees mark Good Friday Agreement anniversary
Senior political adviser Martin Mansergh, former Downing Street Chief of Staff Jonathan Powell, activist Monica McWilliams, and American foreign policy strategist Nancy Soderberg received Trinity’s highest honour from Trinity’s Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre
6 Apr 2023
Awards and Funding|Community|Society
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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
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Translation of Trinity research leads to FDA approval of Rett syndrome treatment
Dr Daniela Tropea’s story is an exciting example of success in translational research where findings in basic science translate into clinical applications, providing hope for patients and their families.
6 Apr 2023
Health|Research
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How commercial actors influence and impact health and society
Trinity’s Dr Mélissa Mialon is co-author on two publications within the new Lancet Series that explores how companies shape our physical and social environments and highlights the need for clear frameworks to examine and differentiate among commercial entities, to understand how they help or hinder public health.
6 Apr 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Rare 14-ft smalltooth sand tiger shark washes up on Wexford shore
A huge 14ft smalltooth sand tiger shark washed up at Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, this weekend. Scientists believe it to be the first official record of the species being found in Ireland’s waters.
4 Apr 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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Books written and illustrated by Dublin schoolchildren join Book of Kells Exhibition
An exhibition of 61 handmade books written and illustrated by Dublin primary school students was unveiled in the Long Room. The exhibition marks the culmination of the Trinity Access Programmes' Bookmarks initiative.
30 Mar 2023
Arts|Community|Society
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Jane Ohlmeyer wins prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant
Professor Ohlmeyer's €2.5 million VOICES project will recover the lived experiences of women in early modern Ireland
30 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Culture|Research|Society
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Researchers tackle parasitic worms that infect millions worldwide
A new study published in the journal Immunity, by researchers at Trinity College and the University of Manchester has cast new light on how our immune system deals with parasitic worm infection.
29 Mar 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Jo-Hanna Ivers to advise Citizen’s Assembly on Drugs Use
Jo-Hanna Ivers, Associate Professor in Addiction and Associate Dean of Civic Engagement & Social Innovation at Trinity College has been appointed a member of the Advisory Support Group to the Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use.
28 Mar 2023
Health|Society
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Prison oversight project wins ERC Proof of Concept grant
Dr Rogan, School of Law, has won a highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant to continue her work on human rights and prison oversight.
27 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Society