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Christmas music: is there a magic formula behind festive chart-toppers?

Dr Jonathan Hodgers, Adjunct Research Fellow of Music, asks 'what makes for good Christmas music' in this piece for The Conversation.

23 Dec 2021

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Cycle Maintenance at Christmas: minding your mental health

Professor Ian Robertson, Co-Director of the Global Brain Health Institute encourages us to re-engage with a slower rhythm to take care of our mental well-being this Christmas.

22 Dec 2021

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Trinity Academic Cancer Trials Group awarded over €2million from the HRB

The Trinity Academic Cancer Trials Group, a Health Research Board (HRB) partnership supporting cancer clinical trials to improve health and care. The funding will improve survival and quality of life for patients with cancer.

21 Dec 2021

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Overcoming the challenge of digital inclusion for adults with intellectual disability

The Digi-ID project, in the Trinity Centre for Ageing with an Intellectual Disability (TCAID) aims to address the challenge of digital inclusion and low usage of digital technologies amongst people with intellectual disability (ID).

21 Dec 2021

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First patient in Ireland receives ground-breaking cell therapy for blood cancer

The patient in Ireland received the treatment at Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute. Patient is infused with own genetically modified cells using innovative CAR-T therapy.

20 Dec 2021

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OncoMark acquired by US molecular diagnostic company, Cepheid Inc.

Trinity's Professor Adrian Bracken spearheaded the research that initially led to the identification of a panel of genetic drivers of breast cancer, and which gave rise to a novel cancer test developed by the company.

16 Dec 2021

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Severe-COVID patients risk an increase in mortality rate when cared for outside of an ICU

Study points to Ireland having one of the lowest numbers of ICU beds in Europe and prompts calls from critical care consultants for urgent investment in critical care beds

15 Dec 2021

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Two Trinity-AMBER research projects secure European Innovation Council funding in major Horizon Europe success

The two awards represent Trinity’s first successes in Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. They have a total recommended funding value of over €6 million, with around €2 million expected to go to the Trinity teams.

14 Dec 2021

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Vitamin B12 deficiency increases risk of depression: TILDA study

New research from ageing experts at Trinity College finds longitudinal associations between B12 deficiency and risk of depression, over four years.

14 Dec 2021

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From flashing fireflies to cheering crowds – physicists unlock secret to synchronisation

This new discovery has a suite of potential applications, including developing new types of computer technology that uses light signals to process information.

13 Dec 2021

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