Infectious Disease Research Projects
Why are meat plants hotspots for Covid-19?
A new project led by University College Dublin and funded by Science Foundation Ireland will bring together a range of scientists from a number of disciplines to better understand exactly why meat plants are vulnerable to the transmission of Covid-19, andSARS-CoV-2 in sewage and bodies of water
Science Foundation Ireland is funding a new project at UCD to measure levels of SARS-CoV-2 at wastewater treatment plants.Acclimatize: Technology to keep our coastal waters clean
Acclimatize, co-ordinated by UCD One Health researcher Professor Wim Meijer, is sniffing out sources of pollution in Dublin’s coastal waters in order to improve human and animal health.Improved Tools for Human and Bovine Tuberculosis
UCD researchers are applying powerful new genomic technologies tounderstand the bacteria that cause TB in cattle and humans in a bid to
reduce the burden of disease.