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Profs Jane Ohlmeyer and Jonathan N. Coleman receive RIA Gold Medals
The Trinity Professors were presented with Royal Irish Academy Gold Medals by Senator Malcolm Byrne at a ceremony in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.
8 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Research
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Fresh understanding of ageing in the brain offers hope for treating neurological diseases
Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have shed new light on ageing processes in the brain. By linking the increased presence of specialised immune cells to conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury for the first time, they have unearthed a possible new target for therapies aimed at treating age-related neurological diseases.
8 Mar 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity and Cambridge scientists unearth potential new therapeutic target for inflammatory diseases
Scientists working in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute at Trinity have made an important breakthrough in understanding what goes wrong in our bodies during the progression of inflammatory diseases and – in doing so – unearthed a potential new therapeutic target.
8 Mar 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity supports Harvard University in global tuberculosis research consortium
Trinity researchers provide unique human model to help unpick the mechanism of human lung immune corruption by the tuberculosis bacterium.
8 Mar 2023
Health|Research
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Trinity College Dublin named EU Gender Equality Champion
Trinity Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: “I am very proud that Trinity has won this award. Gender equality is a cornerstone of the deep-rooted fairness that we want Trinity to always embody. We have more to do and this wonderful award reminds us that we are on the right track."
8 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Community|Culture|Society
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Minister Malcolm Noonan announces €1.5 million in funding to transform Trinity’s herbarium
The funding will enable Trinity to transform, digitise and safeguard its herbarium by providing physical infrastructure and enable the digitisation of 400,000 specimens, some of which are centuries old – making them easily accessible to the international research community as well as the public.
8 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science
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Creativity and brain science collide at Creative Brain Week 2023
The exciting week-long event puts Ireland on the world stage, hosting global experts to discuss creativity's impact on our health and well-being through the themes of conflict, joy and imagination.
6 Mar 2023
Arts|Health|Innovation|Research|Science|Society
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Three Trinity graduates feature in An Post stamps celebrating outstanding women
The stamps mark the outstanding contribution of Women in Public Life and feature Mary Robinson, Susan Denham, Jennie Wyse Power and Thekla Beere.
6 Mar 2023
Culture|Society
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Deep roots of rebellion tracked from the Great Irish Famine to the Irish Revolutionary period
Irish rebels who revolted against British rule were more likely to come from families and locations most affected by the Great Irish Famine, according to new research from economic historians.
2 Mar 2023
Culture|Research|Society
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Bees’ pesticide risk is species and landscape-dependent
In a new study, ecologists have shown that bees' pesticide exposure depends upon their interaction with the environment, meaning different species face different risks in any given environment.
2 Mar 2023
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability