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“Intimate” connection between climate change and pandemics
In an online discussion, organised by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, an international and multi-disciplinary panel discussed climate, culture, biodiversity and farming –and how they relate to the current Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc across the globe.
9 Apr 2020
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Vital research reports published to aid health officials’ response to pandemic
Findings from three reports highlight common risk factors in our older population
8 Apr 2020
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Trinity moves to ease pressure on students in assessments
Trinity College Dublin’s Academic Council has today approved a series of measures to alleviate the stresses facing students as they approach their Semester 2 assessments.
8 Apr 2020
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Trinity research outlines cost of not supporting firms in danger of closure due to Covid-19 crisis
Exits bear significant and lasting economic and social costs and therefore any measure to prevent widespread closures of businesses in the midst of a crisis ought to factor in the enormous cost of not supporting firms in danger of closure.
7 Apr 2020
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Global climate change will affect fish sizes and ocean food webs
This research has obvious implications for fisheries and their management, but the crucial message is that warming seas may have significant, unanticipated impacts on entire food webs.
7 Apr 2020
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Vitamin D could help fight off Covid-19 – new TILDA research
New TILDA research highlights the key role of Vitamin D in the body’s immune response to fight infection and emphasises the importance of increasing intake while staying at home/’cocooning’.
3 Apr 2020
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Vitamin D may help build resistance to respiratory infections, including COVID-19
The authors recommend that adults living in Ireland take 20-50 micrograms of vitamin D per day.
3 Apr 2020
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David Norris, Ivana Bacik and Lynn Ruane re-elected to the Seanad
Three incumbent Senators in the University of Dublin constituency (David Norris, Ivana Bacik and Lynn Ruane) have been re-elected to the Seanad. A total of eight counts were completed on the Trinity College campus.
2 Apr 2020
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Sitryx announces major licensing and research collaboration with Lilly
the collaboration holds huge promise for the development of wholly new anti-inflammatory medicines that have the potential to bring tremendous benefits to patients with inflammatory diseases.
1 Apr 2020
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Professor Dan Bradley wins second prestigious ERC Advanced Grant
He will use the grant to pursue ground-breaking inter-disciplinary research in the field of ancient epigenetics that will help write new chapters of ancient human history.
31 Mar 2020
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