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Novel gene therapy shows promise for treating multiple eye diseases

The gene therapeutic approach, which shows promise for treating age related macular degeneration (AMD), may also be effective in treating other eye conditions such as glaucoma. It provided benefit in three additional models of mitochondrial dysfunction, including cells taken from patients living with an optic neuropathy.

30 Jan 2023

Health|Research|Science

St Brigid at home and on tour with Cuala

To celebrate St Brigid's Day, Dr Billy Shortall, research fellow at the Cuala Press Research Project, shows us how St Brigid was celebrated in the visual art of Cuala Industries, a female run arts and crafts cooperative in the early 20th century.

1 Feb 2024

Arts|Culture|Research

Trinity researchers secure prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant awards

Drs Sarah Doyle and Marius de Leeuw have been successful in the latest round of results, which have been released today. They will explore how we can harness our immune system to fight blindness and seek models that could help us understand and explore uncharted sub-fields of physics.

31 Jan 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Professor Cliona O’Farrelly named 2022 AAAS Fellow

Cliona has been honoured for her outstanding achievements as a researcher in the field of comparative immunology.

31 Jan 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Public lecture series on history and culture of Ukraine

As we approach the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia (Feb 24th) Trinity is launching a free public lecture series which aims to give an overview of Ukraine's complex history and rich cultural heritage.

2 Feb 2023

Culture|Research|Society

First sculptures of women installed in Trinity's Old Library

The new sculptures, the first to be commissioned in more than a century, will be displayed among the 40 marble sculptures that line Trinity’s historic Long Room, which were hitherto all of men.

1 Feb 2023

Culture|Society

World premiere of new opera by Trinity's Evangelia Rigaki and playwright Marina Carr

A new chamber opera, entitled 'Old Ghosts', will premier this week in MoLI - Museum of Literature Ireland. The production features music by Evangelia Rigaki, Head of Trinity's Dept of Music, and text by playwright Marina Carr.

1 Feb 2023

Arts|Culture

Na chéad dealbha de mhná curtha i Sean-Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide

Cuirfear na dealbha nua, arb iad na chéad dealbha a coimisiúnaíodh le breis agus céad bliain, ar taispeáint i measc na 40 dealbh bhrád mharmair ar an dá thaobh de Sheomra Fada stairiúil Choláiste na Tríonóide, ar dhealbha d’fhir iad ar fad go dtí seo.

1 Feb 2023

Culture|Research|Society

Trinity named 16th most international university in the world

Trinity College Dublin is the 16th most international university in the world in 2023, based on staff, students, research collaboration and international reputation, according to a new list from Times Higher Education (THE).

2 Feb 2023

Innovation|Research|Students

Google and Apple dominate as a 'duopoly' with their health app stores

Google and Apple are walking a tightrope between enforcement and oversight as distributors and developers for health apps, according to researchers in a new scientific article published in the prestigious journal NPJ Digital Medicine.

2 Feb 2023

Health|Research