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A magical day for PhD graduate and Harry Potter researcher Mary Pyle

Mary Pyle, at the record age of 84, graduated with a PhD for her thesis focused on JK Rowling’s famous Harry Potter book series.

4 Nov 2022

Arts|Research

Trinity team unearths potential secret to viral resistance

Researchers worked with women infected by hepatitis C following exposure to contaminated anti-D medication in the 1970s. Some of these women exposed to the virus never showed symptoms and now – over 40 years on – the researchers believe they know why.

4 Nov 2022

Health|Research|Science

Rishi Sunak and Star Wars: what the UK prime minister can learn about governing from his favourite films

David Kenny, Associate Professor of Law at Trinity, with a piece about the new British PM first published by The Conversation.

4 Nov 2022

Business|Culture|Research|Society

Promising results from psilocybin therapy trial for treatment-resistant depression

Trinity researchers have participated in the largest and most rigorous clinical trial to date of psilocybin. Their findings are published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

3 Nov 2022

Health|Research|Science

Ten-year dataset yields vital clues for supporting Ireland’s precious pollinators

Ecologists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed vital clues for how we can best support Ireland’s precious pollinators after interrogating a ten-year dataset containing information from 119 sites across the country.

2 Nov 2022

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Marine biologists team up with tiger sharks to help discover the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem

Today one of the biggest marine discoveries of the last decade is being announced: the largest seagrass ecosystem in the world, an area in The Bahamas estimated to be up to 92,000 km2. Published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, the study details a unique partnership with tiger sharks that played a key role in mapping and ultimately validating the main findings.

1 Nov 2022

Environment|Research|Science

Trinity physicist to lead €2.9 million Quantum Technologies Flagship project

Professor Mark Mitchison has won an EU Quantum Technologies Flagship research grant worth €2.9 million. He will lead a team of researchers seeking to understand nature’s timekeeping limitations and querying whether precision measurements can be more energy efficient.

1 Nov 2022

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Support & Befriending service reduces health decline in older people

New research funded by the Health Research Board and ALONE, and hosted by the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), shows that support and befriending services for older people can reduce health decline.

28 Oct 2022

Health|Research

Concerning 20-year knowledge gap on young adult brain health

Researchers at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity College have highlighted a stark knowledge gap on brain health spanning 20 years in young adults, in an editorial recently published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

27 Oct 2022

Health|Research

Social prescribing needs more evidence to support its benefits before widespread rollout

Around one in five GP visits are for non-medical problems, such as loneliness or financial difficulty. However, these non-medical problems are known to have a big impact on patients’ health and wellbeing. GPs are aware of this and want to take a more holistic approach to care, but often are not sure how to do it. This has led to the development of “social prescribing”, where GPs “prescribe” social activities or support for people with the help of a link worker.

26 Oct 2022

Health|Research