Category Archives: News

More than 540 New Students Welcomed as Orientation Week 2017 Begins at RCSI

Posted: 15th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

RCSI welcomed its new cohort of students to the College. 540 students began their courses in Medicine, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy and will get to know their way around the College, while also being introduced to the academic and administrative staff. This year’s undergraduate intake of 441 Medicine students, 67 Pharmacy students and 32 Physiotherapy students […]

Oatmeal, Healthy Bugs And A Happy Heart

Posted: 14th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

PC Microbiome Institute scientists have confirmed that gut microbes play a role in heart health. We also demonstrated that we should consume porridge regularly to get the benefits of oat beta glucan for heart and gut health! Our study, published in Microbiome, found that consumption of oat beta glucan not only lowered blood cholesterol in […]

New Confirm research centre at UL is a ‘game changer’

Posted: 11th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

The launch of a new World-class research centre at the University of Limerick is a game-changer for Irish manufacturing competitiveness according to its director. The €47 million Confirm centre will be led by UL and Professor Conor McCarthy, with Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Cork Institute of Technology, NUI Galway, Athlone Institute of Technology, Maynooth […]

Founder of Wikipedia to headline event at Trinity College Dublin

Posted: 7th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is set to take part in a talk at Trinity College Dublin next October. The Alabama native, who previously ranked as one of TIME Magazine’s most influential people is set to discuss the fight against fake news, the launch of his recent news website WikiTRIBUNE, and how threats to online knowledge-sharing […]

New Study at UCC Shows How Your Gut Bacteria Could Influence Anxiety

Posted: 4th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

As it turns out, a healthy gut microbiome could affect the development of conditions relate to anxiety or anxiety-like behavior. The new study by researchers from the APC Microbiome Institute showed the connection in tests involving mice. IN BRIEF As it turns out, a healthy gut microbiome could affect the development of conditions relate […]

University of Limerick president to introduce ‘no smoking zones’

Posted: 30th August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

The University of Limerick is moving towards having a ‘No-Smoking’ campus, its president Dr Des Fitzgerald has announced. Dr Fitzgerald said there will be designated smoke-free areas all around the campus in the coming months, with some being introduced next month. The full details of the number and the locations of the smoke free zones […]

UCD spin-out company wins top prize at US start-up competition

Posted: 22nd August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Company’s products help to prevent falls among older people In 2016, firm secured €590,000 from investors and Enterprise Ireland University College Dublin spin-out company, Kinesis Health Technologies, has won the Tech Day start-up pitching competition in the United States. At the Tech Day event, entitled ‘Technology and Ageing – Innovation for Independence and Innovation’, Kinesis […]

Trinity College Dublin Scientists Make Significant Breakthrough For Allergic Conditions

Posted: 16th August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of allergic conditions, such as asthma and eczema. The team, led by Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Professor of Translational Immunology, Padraic Fallon, of the School of Medicine in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, demonstrated that a molecule, referred to as PD-L1, functions […]

RCSI Bahrain Celebrates Eighth Conferring Ceremony

Posted: 15th August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) celebrated the graduation of more than 200 future healthcare professionals during the annual Conferring Ceremony, held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The morning’s School of Medicine ceremony […]

World’s biggest climate innovation summer school comes to Trinity

Posted: 14th August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

ourney, the world’s biggest climate innovation summer school, comes to Trinity College Dublin this week. The EU-funded climate innovation summer school is run by Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest climate innovation agency. The 2017 Journey programme enables over 320 students and professionals from all over the world to travel to some of the best universities in Europe. For the first […]

NUI Galway Lead International Research Project to Develop Next Generation Antimicrobials to Prevent Bacterial Infections

Posted: 8th August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

NUI Galway has embarked on a new European project, PATHSENSE (Pathogen Sensing) Training Network, which has been funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation MSCA programme. The overall goal of the project is to identify vulnerabilities in pathogenic bacteria (bacteria that can cause infection) that can be targeted with next generation […]

Trinity Scientists unearth cell ‘checkpoint’ that stops allergic diseases

Posted: 1st August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the regulation of immune cells that play a pivotal role in allergic diseases such as asthma and eczema. They have identified a ‘checkpoint’ manned by these immune cells that, if barred, can halt the development of the lung inflammation associated with allergies. The […]

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