Articles
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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
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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
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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
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16% of students give CAO first preference to Trinity in 2023
Trinity Vice-Provost Orla Sheils said: “We are delighted to see so many students selecting Trinity as first preference for their college experience. We have worked hard to ensure our students’ experience of college life is both challenging and fulfilling, notwithstanding the disturbances of recent years."
9 Mar 2023
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Hacking the brain’s accelerator: novel therapies for epilepsy?
On Thursday 23rd March, Professor Mark Cunningham, Ellen Mayston Bates Professor of Neurophysiology of Epilepsy and the Head of the Discipline of Physiology at Trinity College Dublin, will deliver his inaugural lecture entitled “Hacking the brain’s accelerator: novel therapies for epilepsy?”. The lecture will take place in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute at 6pm, and you can register for it here. The lecture is free and open to the public.
9 Mar 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity partners with World Food Programme on food insecurity and situations of risk
People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by acute food insecurity, according to a new study by researchers from Trinity’s Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies.
9 Mar 2023
Community|Research|Society
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Trinity and UCD go Head-to-Head in Colours Boat Race
Taking place on Saturday, 25th March from 12:30pm, the colours boat race sees Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin go head-to-head again on the River Liffey.
9 Mar 2023
Students
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Trinity researchers compete in Sustainable Development Goals Challenge
The researchers, who aim to recycle heat from meat production in Zambia, have secured funding as one of six teams that will compete to chase a first prize of €1 million in the Sustainable Development Goals Challenge (SDG).
10 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Environment|Innovation|Research|Sustainability
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Earthquake in Türkiye & Syria
An email from Professor Emma K. Stokes, Vice President for Global Engagement, to the College community regarding supports available to anybody affected by the recent earthquake in Türkiye & Syria.
10 Mar 2023
Community
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Are interest rates really going to keep rising sharply?
Until core inflation is definitely under control, borrowing costs are going to rise more sharply than everyone was hoping, says Dr Supriya Kapoor, Trinity Business School, in this piece published in The Conversation.
13 Mar 2023
Business|Research|Society