Articles
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Exercise and the brain: 3 ways physical activity affects its structure Physiology Professor Áine Kelly writes about the impact exercise has on the structure of the brain in an article first published in The Conversation.
Physiology Professor Áine Kelly writes about the impact exercise has on the structure of the brain in an article first published in The Conversation.
17 Nov 2020
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Why UN can win back support on human rights
An opinion piece by Donna Lyons, Assistant Professor at the Trinity School of Law, on how the United Nations could win back support for its human rights framework, as first published in the Business Post
8 May 2020
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New discovery has important implications for treating common eye disease
Scientists from Trinity have discovered that the molecule TLR2, which recognises chemical patterns associated with infection in the body, also seems to play an important role in the development of retinal degeneration.
20 Feb 2020
Research
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Third Year of Provost’s Innovation Challenge @ Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace
Trinity is once calling students to action; encouraging them to be independent thinkers who will make a real world impact through the ‘Provost’s Innovation Challenge @ Tangent’.
22 Oct 2020
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International Sustainable Campus Network grant will help Trinity shine a light on Irish biodiversity
Researchers will create a new series of documentaries on the biodiversity of Trinity’s campus, bringing the public closer to the newly established wildflower meadows.
20 Nov 2020
Research
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Large variations in vitamin D levels depending on Dublin postcode
In one of the largest studies ever carried out in Europe, researchers at MISA have found that vitamin D deficiency is widespread across Dublin and surrounding areas. The research is published in the journal 'Nutrients'.
9 Sep 2020
Research
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Interim report released: Unification Referendums on island of Ireland
Referendums on the future of the island of Ireland should only be held with a clear plan for what follows, the interim report from the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland has found. There were three Trinity members of the Working Group: Oran Doyle, Dr Etain Tannam and Dr David Kenny
26 Nov 2020
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Funding for pilot study in Huntington’s disease and Motor Neurone Disease
Final year PhD student Roisin McMackin from the Academic Unit of Neurology will investigate how motor and cognitive symptoms in Huntington’s and Motor Neurone Disease relate to underlying brain dysfunction.
1 Oct 2020
Research
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Astrophysicists invite young stargazers to explore the universe from their own homes
Stargazers will travel all around Ireland with virtual tours of historical and modern observatories and astrophysics research sites and chat to astrophysics researchers about exploring the universe for a career.
8 Jul 2020
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Shortlist for 2020 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize announced
The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding debut poetry book collection in the English language. It is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation, and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English.
7 Feb 2020