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School of Medicine podcast cuts through the noise on health science

The Off-Script’ podcast is an intersection of medicine, science and society and explores deep questions about the health and well-being of Ireland and the world through conversations with a host of Trinity College experts.

22 Aug 2024

Health|Research|Science|Society

Bioengineers develop hybrid grafts to combat cardiovascular disease

Researchers from AMBER and Trinity, led by Dr David Hoey, have successfully replicated the behaviour of a blood vessel and its guiding structure to regenerate damaged tissue.

20 Aug 2024

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity welcomes Professor Karen Wiltshire as first CRH Chair of Climate Science

An expert in coastal research and a Trinity alumna, Professor Wiltshire returns to the university from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, where she served as Vice-Director in combination with a professorship in Shelf Sea Ecology at the University of Kiel.

19 Aug 2024

Environment|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability

Kamala Harris is walking a tightrope on the conflict in Gaza. She can’t afford to lose votes

Daniel Geary, School of Histories and Humanities, writes in the Irish Times about how what happens at next week’s Democratic convention in Chicago may determine whether or not Harris wins the US presidential election in November.

16 Aug 2024

Research|Society

Scientists revolutionise microscopy by reimagining the logic of imaging

Their new method significantly reduces the time and damaging radiation used to image fragile specimens.

2 Aug 2024

Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity researchers to receive Grow Phase funding under the National Challenge Fund

Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, announced the first nine teams to receive Grow Phase funding under the €65 million fund to work on solutions to major environmental and societal issues.

31 Jul 2024

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability

ADAPT Centre and University of Pittsburgh sign MOU on AI Safety

The partnership will focus on advancing research, AI safety assessments, and best practices for the development of AI technologies.

31 Jul 2024

Innovation|Research

ELPIS study brings hope to patients of rare genetic condition, CDD

Trinity College spin-out company (2019), Ulysses Neuroscience is bringing hope to patients of a rare genetic condition: CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD), through an award funded project, ELPIS,

30 Jul 2024

Health|Innovation|Research

Ancient DNA analyses imply brucellosis evolved with development of farming

Scientists analysed ancient DNA extracted from an 8,000-year-old sheep bone and detected the Brucella melitensis pathogen. Brucellosis affects millions of people every year and causes significant harm to the welfare of livestock.

26 Jul 2024

Research|Science

Electrical currents may make body’s cancer-killing cells even better killers

The scientists behind the discovery hope their promising findings may open the door to new combined therapies for people living with certain brain tumours, such as glioblastoma.

25 Jul 2024

Health|Research|Science