Research Boost Programme 2024

Faculty

Project

Amy Connery

AHSS

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy: Enhancing Communication Experiences for Adults who Stutter.

Andrew Bowie

STEM

Future proofing containment level 3 biological research for TCD

Andrew Harkin

HS

Upgrading microscopes in TCIN

Biswajit Basu

STEM

Biofluidics measurement equipment

Breiffni Fitzgerald

STEM

High-Performance Computing to Support Wind Energy Research

Clair Gardiner

STEM

Purchase of a Gel Documentation system

Conor Hayden

STEM

3D Desktop Metal Printer

Conor M. Finlay

HS

Cell counting solution to support TCD Omics

David Chew

STEM

Replacement of thin section polisher

Douglas Leith

STEM

GPUs For Studying Memorization in LLMs

Dr Ciarán Kenny

AHSS

Ultrasound imaging for diagnosis and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders

Dr Daniel Johnston

HS

AnatEquip: the establishment of a standalone Anatomy Research Lab through procurement of basic research equipment

Dr Deirdre Murray

HS

Digital Markers of Disease Progression for People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Dr Laetitia Chauve

STEM

An epifluorescence stereomicroscope with a brightfield illuminated stage to image live C. elegans nematodes and plants.

Dr. Gráinne Jameson

HS

Centrifuge to increase capacity to process multiple patient samples concomitantly.

Dr. Heike Hawerkamp

HS

Request for critical equipment (microplate reader and automated cell counter)

Eamon Breen

HS

Replacement of Cellstream Flow Cytometer with new Nothern Lights Flow Cytometer

Ed Lavelle

STEM

Floor standing centrifuge and rotors to support biomedical research in TCD

Eduardo Ruiz Hernandez

HS

Zetasizer for molecular size and particle size, charge and concentration

Evan Keane

STEM

Securing the Future for TCD's Rosse Observatory

Francis Ludlow

AHSS

ECO-SHELL: Enhanced coastal observation for archaeological shell middens using drone technologies and historical mapping

G Jane Farrar

STEM

Histology Suite Upgrade

Gavin Davey

STEM

A Spectramax M5 plate reader for aging, cancer, immunology and neuroscience research in TBSI and TCIN

Graeme Watson

STEM

Enabling Breakthroughs in Computational Sciences: A High-Performance Computing Initiative for Advancing Trinity’s Research Excellence

Group application: Mikel Egana, Aine Kelly, Fiona Wilson,

Wilby Williamson, Norita Gildea & Max Weston

HS

Medical gas blending system (RespirAct®)

Hilde Koch

STEM

Crucial milling equipment for geomaterials

Igor Shvets

STEM

Electron beam evaporator for materials science

Jeffrey O'Callaghan

STEM

Deep learning functionality for research and commercial activities

John Hickey

STEM

Update of the RTHT System at TCD

John J. Boland

STEM

Acquisition of an ARC3 controller for a heavily used and highly valued Asylum Atomic Force Microscope

John Kennedy

STEM

Atmospheric wind tunnel for aerodynamic research

John O'Brien

STEM

HR-MAS probe for 400 Mhz NMR

Jonathan N. Coleman

STEM

Advanced nanomaterial networks for printed electronics and energy generation.

Kerstin Drost

STEM

Superior spatially-resolved geochemical microanalysis facilitated by desolvation nebulisation

Margaret Lucitt

HS

VenaFlux Pro – A microfluidic platform which replicates the hemodynamic environment of blood vessels to study platelet

thrombotic events and cellular migration processes.

Mark Kavanagh

STEM

Ultrapure Water System Replacement

Martin Worthington and Frank Simons

AHSS

Housing Ireland's first Assyriology Library

Michael-John Dolan

STEM

Establishing a Single-Cell Functional Genomics Facility at Trinity College Dublin.

Michelle Leech

HS

Periprostatic fat and advanced prostate cancer: a prospective analysis

Mohammad Reza Ghaani

STEM

Advancing Sustainable Energy Solutions: Integrating FTIR Spectroscopy in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction and SAF Production

Muhammad Ali

STEM

Field Micro-Profiling System (One solution for field and laboratory use)

Naomi Chadderton

STEM

Replacement Beckman ultracentrifuge for Genetics

Nathan Hill

AHSS

Fieldwork equipment for the documentation of endangered languages

Navaj Bapuso Mullani

STEM

Advancing the Functions of Non-volatile Multibit Optoelectronic Memory System

Paula Colavita

STEM

Proposal for the procurement of an infrared spectrometer for characterization of coatings, thin-films and catalyst surfaces

Pepijn Luijckx

STEM

Autoclave fundamental  for the research requirements of the discipline.

Peter Moonlight

STEM

BIOCARB: Biodiversity Integration & Observation for Carbon Assessment

Prof Andrew Davies

HS

Continuous remote vital sign monitoring to facilitate the management of end-of-life care hospice inpatients: a research programme

Prof Kingston Mills

STEM

Infrastructure for sterility in biomedical research

Rebecca Rolfe and Paula Murphy (group application)

STEM

Essential Fluorescent Microscope purchase for discipline research needs

Rhodri Cusack

HS

Fast Markerless Tracker For Patient Head Motion During MRI

Sakis Mantalaris and Martina Hennessy

HS

BOOST Application

Sara Pavia (group application)

STEM

Replacement Universal Testing Machine for Sustainable Construction Materials Research

Sharon O'Toole

HS

Single Cell Manipulation and Analysis Through Advanced Optical Tweezers Technology

Shuo Yin

STEM

Membrane-Free Electrolytic System with Novel 3D-Printed Electrodes for Wastewater Treatment and Simultaneous Recovery of

Electricity and Ammonia: Towards Establishing a Circular Economy in Ireland (EcoIreland)

Steven Gray

HS

"Resipher: a novel system for enabling the characterisation of the oxygen environment in cell & tissue models"

Suzanne Bracken

HS

National Irish COVID-19 Biobank

Sylvia Draper

STEM

Monomode microwave (MW) reactor for optimised ‘green’ synthetic chemistry

Thorfinnur (Thorri) Gunnlaugsson

STEM

Replacement of automatic flash chromatography system for purification of a range of synthetic materials

Valentina Colasanti

AHSS

Gestural Grammar Lab: new lab equipment

Valeria Nicolosi

STEM

Enabling synthesis of novel MXenes materials

Wolfgang Schmitt

STEM

AI-Assisted High-Throughput Laboratory in a Single Fume-Cupboard

Faculty

Project

Aisling Heeran

HS

 Investigating the mechanisms underlying the association between increased FKBPL expression and a

radioresistant phenotype in oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Alexander Held

AHSS

Registration Rules, Eligibility Uncertainty, and Minority Youth Voter Mobilization

Amit Khare

STEM

Growth and in-situ photoemission investigations on Cu and N co-doped Ga2O3 epitaxial thin films

Andreea Petrasca

STEM

Pilot study to gather preliminary data for starting investigator grant applications: the role of γδ T cells in skin inflammation

Andrew Loxley

AHSS

What does it really cost? Exploring the the financial implications of undertaking doctoral level study in Irish higher

education settings from the student perspective

Angela O'Neill

HS

A comparison of PPAT volume in prostate cancer patients versus cancer free men

Anna McSweeney

AHSS

Islamic Art in Ireland: connecting collections, specialists and communities

Aoife Lynam

AHSS

“Insights into the Lived Experiences for Blind and Visually Impaired School-Aged Children in Ireland”

Balazs Apor

AHSS

The Children of 1989: Youth, Childhood and Regime Change in Hungary (1982-1994)

Brendan Twamley

STEM

Software License for the PDF2 release 2024 (5 years)

Catherine Barbour

AHSS

Peripheral Feminist Visual Cultures: A Comparative Study of Galicia and Chile

Catherine Elliott O'Dare

AHSS

Understanding intergenerational workplace relationships in Ireland

Catherine Leen

AHSS

Research trip to archive in Mexico City to complete book with SUNY Press/Meeting with Radio UNAM

Daniel Geary

AHSS

The Global Radical Right

David Kenny

AHSS

Research assistance for the output Kelly: the Irish Constitution (sixth edition)

Declan O'Loughlin

STEM

EMBody: Microwave Virtual Body Simulator

Deirdre Ahern

AHSS

Determining The Future of Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI and Regulation: A Comparative Transnational Context

Derek Nolan

STEM

Is a trypanosome metabolite  potentially a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent?

Edurne Garcia Iriarte

AHSS

Decision making support: An inclusive study on the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland

Eleanor Molloy

HS

(CANARY) Childhood Allergy: Neutrophil Activation in Response to Nuts

Elizabeth Nixon

AHSS

Studying the Impact of Fathers on Child/Adolescent Outcomes using International Longitudinal Cohort Studies

Evangelia Rigaki

AHSS

'The Other Husband' OPERA

Florian Naef

STEM

International collaboration on the connection of surgery theory and manifold calculus

Frank Barry

AHSS

Firm-level database on Irish industrial history

Gloria Vegliante

STEM

Single cell spatial proteomics to investigate the role of microglia in the seeding and spreading of pathological tau in a

murine model of traumatic brain injury.

James Hanrahan

AHSS

Representations of Origins in the Enlightenment - Publication

Jan Manschot

STEM

Maths and Physics projects

Jean Quigley

AHSS

Maternal depression and child language development

Jessie Elliott

HS

Open label international multicentre randomised controlled trial of intensive surveillance vs. standard postoperative

follow-up in patients undergoing surgical resection for oesophageal and gastric cancer

Joe Whelan

AHSS

The flats are coming down: Yup the flats! A sociological and photographic study of Dolphin House.

John Travers

HS

Reversing frailty and building resilience in people experiencing homelessness

Group application: Joseph Roche, Erika Piazzoli, Joanne Banks,

Jake Byrne, Andrew Gibson, Louise Heeran Flynn, Keith Johnston,

Andrew Loxley, Conor McGuckin, Gavin Murphy, Noel Ó Murchadha,

Carmel O'Sullivan, Susan Pike

AHSS

Reviewing and Redeveloping the Master in Education Programme

Karen Slattery

HS

Exploring the Diversity of Alveolar Macrophages for the Development of Novel Immunotherapies for Lung Disease.

Kristin Hadfield

AHSS

How do extreme weather events impact child and adolescent mental health in Pakistan?

Mairéad Hurley

AHSS

Cuisle an Chomhshaoil

Margaret Lawler

HS

The effects of social connection and physical activity on perceived stress, coping, and wellbeing of university students.

A latent profile analysis

Mark Faulkner

AHSS

Ansund: Using Machine Learning to Develop a New, Exhaustive, Open Access Corpus of Old English

Michelle Share

AHSS

Social supermarkets in higher education: A feasibility study

Nicholas Johnson

AHSS

Emergent Creative Technologies and the Creative Arts

Noel Ó Murchadha

AHSS

Language and Education Policy in Ireland Edited Volume

Pádraic Whyte

AHSS

The LA-TRAC Project

Patrick Geoghegan 

AHSS

Liberation: Commemorating the Bicentenary of the Winning of Civil Rights in Ireland

Paul Dockree

AHSS

Respiratory-attentional Coupling

Paula Quigley

AHSS

Reframing Women, Film, and Feminism: Ava DuVernay, Emerald Fennell, Greta Gerwig, Chloé Zhao

Philippa Byrne

AHSS

Research Network: Medieval Lawyers as Problem Solvers

Rebecca Rolfe

STEM

Structural stability of the spine: Studying mechanotransduction in ligament development

Seamus O’Shaughnessy

STEM

Sustainable Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer for Improved Energy Efficiency

Siobhan O'Brien

STEM

Pinpointing genomic drivers of pesticide-antibiotic cross resistance in rapidly evolving soil microbial populations

Susan Flynn

AHSS

Safeguarding Disabled Children: A Policy Content Analysis of Children First National Guidance

Tomás Ryan

STEM

Reciprocal translation for human and mouse memory: looking for a Rosetta stone for engram expression

Zohar Hadromi-Allouche

AHSS

The Dawn of a New Eve: Hawwa’ in the Islamic Tradition