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RCSI Research Reveals that one in Four Suicide Attempts are Associated with Perceptual Difficulties such as ‘Hearing Voices’

Posted: 12th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) have revealed that one quarter of suicide attempts are associated with dysfunction in how the brain interprets basic perceptual information, such as what we see, hear and think. The research shows that this dysfunction can predict suicidal behaviour, and offers new prospects for treatment and suicide […]

Investors Set to Build 145 Student Beds in Cork

Posted: 11th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Round Hill and NBKC have joined forces to deliver more than 1,200 student beds across Cork, Dublin and Galway By Fiona Reddan for the Irish Times Round Hill Capital and NBK Capital are set to build 145 student beds on a one acre site they have acquired at Farranlea Road, Cork, as part of broader […]

New Research Documentary from IDS-TILDA Focuses on Positive Ageing

Posted: 7th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Based on 10 years of findings from the Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA), a new research documentary: ‘Ageing with PrIDe’ was launched at a gala screening in the the Samuel Beckett Theatre on Monday,December 3rd. The documentary captures a day in the life of Mei Lin Yap, a woman with Trinity, […]

New Medical Valve Will Make Treatment of Bladder Problems Safe and Prevent Painful Injuries

Posted: 6th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Medical device company – Class Medical – a University of Limerick spinout company have secured seed funding of €550,000 from investors including iHPSU match funding from Enterprise Ireland. Class Medical’s initial product offering is a patent protected device that eliminates the risk and complications associated with the treatment of painful urinary problems. Transurethral catheterisation (TUC) […]

UCD Professors Ranked Among World’s Most Influential Researchers

Posted: 5th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Four UCD researchers are among the top 1% of the most cited researchers in the world, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2018, compiled by Clarivate Analytics. Working in the areas of food engineering, bionanotechnology and food chemistry, the researchers included in the listing are: Professor Colm O’Donnell, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering. Professor Da-Wen Sun, […]

Study Reveals High Levels of Stress Across Tallaght Community

Posted: 4th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

A new report, co-authored by Trinity academics, highlights increased levels of public satisfaction with the services at Tallaght University Hospital but that a lack of mental health services is leading to increasing levels of stress and psychological ill health—particularly in deprived areas. Commissioned by the Meath Foundation and presented at the annual Meath Research Symposium […]

Irish Team to Investigate Metatastic Breast Cancer

Posted: 3rd December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Dublin-based scientists have been awarded funding to investigate how breast cancer tumours spread to the brain. Almost 2,800 women are newly diagnosed with breast cancer every year in Ireland, and while survival rates have increased, if the breast tumours begin to spread to other parts of the body, which is known as secondary or metastatic […]

Trinity College Dublin Reveals €230m Blueprint for the Campus of the Future

Posted: 28th November 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Trinity College Dublin’s first Estates Strategy is revealed. Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has revealed its €230m capital programme to build the campus of the future as part of the university’s first Estates Strategy. In July, Siliconrepublic.com reported how the university has major ambitions for Dublin, including a plan to build a 5.5-acre campus in the Grand Canal […]

New Therapy to Treat Rare Cancer Developed by Scientists at Trinity

Posted: 26th November 2018 Author: Vi Doan

A new therapy that may hold potential for treating a rare soft-tissue cancer that most commonly affects young people has been developed by scientists at Trinity College Dublin. Synovial sarcoma, a difficult to treat cancer caused by a genetic mutation, starts most commonly in the legs or arms, but it can appear in any part of the […]

British Nutrition Foundation Award for UCD Dietitian

Posted: 14th November 2018 Author: Vi Doan

A UCD researcher has been named as the latest recipient of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Drummond Early Career Scientist Award. Dr Caoileann Murphy, a postdoctoral research dietitian at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Dr Caoileann Murphy, a postdoctoral research dietitian at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, will be honoured at […]

Three RCSI Researchers Awarded Funding from the Health Research Board and Medical Research Charities Group

Posted: 9th November 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Three researchers from RCSI have been awarded funding through the Health Research Board (HRB) and Medical Research Charities Group (MRCG) Joint Funding Scheme. The three RCSI projects were among 14 studies that were funded by the €3.2m scheme. With this funding, RCSI researchers will study diabetic foot infections, autoimmune epilepsy and Alpha-1, a genetic condition […]

Researchers Awarded Funding for Motor Neuron Disease, Cancer and Blindness Projects

Posted: 8th November 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Five researchers from the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin have been awarded funding from the Health Research Board (HRB) and Medical Research Charities Group (MRCG) for projects that will improve the lives of patients living with motor neuron disease, cancer and blindness. The five researchers were the successful awardees out of a total […]

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