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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Growing Up in Ireland report documents mental health outcomes for 13-year olds
16% of 13-year-olds rated themselves as having symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of ‘depression’, according to the new Growing Up in Ireland report written by Trinity's Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology
11 Mar 2021
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New research offers hope for improved treatment of infants with eczema
Treating skin inflammation reduces the levels of inflammatory signals in the blood, which adds an important new dimension to our understanding of the systemic effects of eczema.
9 Mar 2021
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CAO applications to Trinity reach record highs
Data from the Central Applications Office issued today shows that first preference applications to Trinity programmes for 2021 have jumped by 38% for a record high of 10,253.
9 Mar 2021
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I want to ride my bicycle! People set to change mobility choices post-lockdown
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 16% of those surveyed walked and 10.4% cycled to Trinity. Once the campus re-opens fully, 27.3% intend to walk and 27.8% intend to cycle.
5 Mar 2021
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FloWaste secures $270,000 pre-seed funding to develop food analytics platform
The company, nurtured via Trinitys School of Engineering, and LaunchBox, uses proprietary image recognition technology to empower cafeterias, fast-food and quick-service restaurants to reduce food waste.
3 Mar 2021
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Art, music, and brain health intersect in new drama ‘UnRavelled’
Research on brain health from GBHI contributes to drama which explores the relationship between art, music and brain health.
3 Mar 2021
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Virtual Trinity Library – A Major Digitisation Initiative of the Library of Trinity College is Launched
It will conserve, catalogue, curate, digitise and research unique collections of national importance, making them accessible to a global audience, from schoolchildren to scholars. Using the most advanced technology the Library’s new Digital Collections platform will showcase the breadth of these collections, ranging from precious manuscripts to scientific papers.
2 Mar 2021
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Researchers publish first ever detailed description of Sierra Negra eruption
A volcanic eruption in the Galápagos Islands has given scientists a fresh insight into how volcanoes behave and provided vital information that will help to predict future hazards on the islands.
2 Mar 2021
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Trinity joins elite top 0.6% of business schools globally
Trinity’s status as an internationally-recognised heavyweight will make its graduates some of the most sought after job applicants, and will ensure that Irish-based multinational corporations, as well as small- and medium-sized businesses, invest in domestic talent.
2 Mar 2021
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A laser to generate randomness for next-gen information security and encryption
Our ever-increasing reliance on e-commerce, internet based financial services and virtual social contacts, depends on how well and how fast random processes and interactions can be protected.
2 Mar 2021
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