Trinity Highlights for 2023
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Trinity scientist aims to demystify debilitating inherited conditions and pinpoint new treatment options
Dr Dylan Ryan will pursue the research after securing a highly competitive Wellcome Career Development Award valued at around €2.5 million.
05 May 2026
Health|Research|Science
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We found a lost copy of the earliest surviving English poem in a medieval manuscript in Rome
Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner, School of English, write in The Conversation about their discovery of a new copy of earliest poem in English in a library in Rome
30 April 2026
Culture|Research
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Researchers publish ‘playbook’ for understanding pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers
Researchers have published a major new review that brings fresh clarity to one of the deadliest forms of cancer - pancreatic cancer - by mapping how the disease operates at every level. The review is published in the journal Cancer Letters.
30 April 2026
Health|Research
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New copy of earliest poem in English language discovered by Trinity researchers in Rome
Old fashioned sleuthing and the help of modern technology leads to discovery of manuscript with poem composed by a farm labourer 1,300 years ago.
30 April 2026
Culture|Research
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Trinity experts call for public health interventions for head injuries in sport
Professor Colin Doherty, Head of the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin, Professor Matthew Campbell of Trinity’s Smurfit Institute of Genetics, and Andrew Dunne, a former professional rugby union player, all addressed the Joint Committee today.
29 April 2026
Community|Health|Research|Society
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Sticks and stones may break my bones but “hybrid” macrophages could heal me
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have created new “hybrid” immune cells with the potential to help new bone form after a break by simultaneously promoting blood vessel and bone growth.
28 April 2026
Health|Research|Science
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Karen Downs-Barton wins 2026 Pollard International Poetry Prize
Valued at €10,000, the prize is administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English and sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation.
27 April 2026
Awards and Funding|Culture