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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

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

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

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

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

Windsor Framework is as good as it gets for unionism. Will it be enough?

The DUP’s response to the Windsor Agreement will determine whether we will celebrate the Good Friday Agreement’s 25th next month, its very future and that of these islands, says Etain Tannam, Associate Professor in international Peace Studies, in a piece originally published by The Irish Times.

6 Mar 2023

Research|Society

‘Team Phoenix' soars as Trinity researchers win Air Quality Data Hack 2023 Event

Six researchers from Trinity’s Schools of Engineering and Computer Science and Statistics scooped the top prize of €1500 as winners of the recent Air Quality Data Hack 2023 Event.

6 Mar 2023

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research

Rianú déanta ar fhréamhacha doimhne an éirí amach ón nGorta Mór go dtí tréimhse Réabhlóideach na hÉireann

De réir taighde nua ó staraithe eacnamaíocha, bhí sé níos dóchúla gurbh as na teaghlaigh agus na ceantair ba mó a raibh tionchar ag an nGorta Mór orthu do reibiliúnaigh na hÉireann a d’éirigh amach in aghaidh riail na Breataine.

2 Mar 2023

Culture|Research|Society

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

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