Children’s Health Ireland Cancer Trials Group and Ireland East Hospital Cancer Trials Group awarded almost €5 million, under UCD School of Medicine management.
Cancer diagnostic spin-out OncoMark acquired by Cepheid Inc, to launch early-stage breast cancer test on GeneXpert Platform in global markets.
IRC and Government’s Shared Island unit announce awards to explore north-south research including benefits of All-Island Cancer Research Institute
Universities sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a new International Innovator Fellowship programme at the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health (IIFH).
The Public Patient Involvement (PPI) Ignite Network spans seven universities and 10 national partners across the island of Ireland
Veterinary parasitology and immunology, virology, forestry, sustainable food systems and all-island food integrity were among funded projects.
Led by Professor Fiona Doohan, Mycotox-I will ensure the safety and quality of grain produce by monitoring and controlling mycotoxin contamination of grain and milled product.
Protein-I project will focus on plant production through to human health, while paying particular attention to the development of Ireland’s rural bio-economy.
A study published in the journal Neurology has shown that carotid plaque inflammation, identified by PET imaging, is associated with late recurrent stroke.
Prof Michelle Norris wins Impact award, Dr Marco Timpanella and Dr Sara Delmedico awarded Thomas Mitchell Medal of Excellence and Maurice J Bric Medal of Excellence, Prof Alistair Nichol Highly Commended for ‘exceptional contribution’
UCD School of Education longitudinal study of primary schools launches third report giving unique insight into infant classrooms in Irish schools.
UCD academics from SFI Research Centres feature in three episodes of BBC Storyworks ‘Unlocking Science’ digital series.
UCD is research partner in new industry-led robotic seabed drilling and micropile technology consortium, funded by Irish Government's Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund.
UCD’s Dr Dara Stanley is Early Career Researcher of the Year, Prof Helen Roche wins SFI Mentorship Award and Dr Aileen Doran (iCRAG) wins SFI Science Image of the Year
UCD receives seven IRC COALESCE awards across Social Sciences and Humanities for multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral projects.
€23 million funding from EU Horizon 2020 Green Deal Programme for 'Water-based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness.'
Professor Malcolm Macdonald joins UCD C-Space for talks on Nanosat Systems projects and space policy.
New funding will enable UCD CRC to expand its clinical trials infrastructure, grow clinical research and increase access to clinical trials.
Dr Shane Bergin and Dr Declan Fahie created curious spaniel Peigí and friends to teach primary school children about equality, inclusiveness and science.
UCD’s EIRSAT-1 team on five-week test campaign for the first Irish spacecraft at European Space Agency Education centre in Belgium
Breakthrough #Housing2030 report by Housing Europe, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and UN-Habitat shows effective policies for affordable housing in the UNECE region.
State-of-the-art long-term observation platform covering major soil types, land uses and climatic regimes across Ireland, jointly led by UCD, Teagasc and Met Éireann.
Minister Simon Harris announced the €28m in Irish Research Council funding to support the next generation of top researchers
Researchers from UCD and Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Centre recruiting horses and ponies to shed light on Equine 'Cushing’s Disease.'
President called for prioritisation of sustainable practices, equality and diversity while recognising the contribution of engineering in Irish success.
Minister Simon Harris announced €7.9 million investment in 80 research projects, co-funded by approx 70 partners under Enterprise Partnerships and Employment-Based Post Graduate Programmes.
New UCD Royal Society SFI Fellow wins prestigious early career award to examine gravitational turbulence and model its consequences on black hole collisions.
UCD wins two awards from €6.5 million fund for interdisciplinary research partnerships, supported by the Irish Research Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, to bring together world-leading expertise in the digital humanities.
Researchers at UCD, Ulster University and University of Colorado have launched a new research programme to reduce residential building energy consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions.
AI_PREMie preeclampsia platform named runner-up in SFI's Future Innovator Prize, Artificial Intelligence for Societal Good Challenge, led by UCD's Professor Patricia Maguire.
€2 million investment in the National Irish COVID-19 Biobank (NICB) will advance high impact research into COVID-19 and inform future biobanking initiatives in other important health areas.
GUIDE project jointly coordinated by UCD and Manchester Metropolitan University included in the 2021 European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap, marking it among the highest value research infrastructures in Europe.
Soapbox Science Dublin returns in 2021 to bring science to the public and profile women and non-binary scientists in 14 countries.
International team of researchers, pharmaceutical companies, SMEs and patient organisations join forces to develop innovative personalised treatment options.
Professor Kevin O’Connor and his Farm Zero C team win the Science Foundation Ireland Future Innovator Prize, and UCD-led LiCoRICE circular economy project wins special prize of €500k.
UCD Chair of Critical Care Medicine Prof Alistair Nichol is co-author on Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) 2 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Igniting the national innovation ecosystem for the emerging area of digital surgery at the annual UCD-IBM Research in Ireland research colloquium
Professor Orla Feely, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact and a Professor of Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin, has been inaugurated as the 129th President of Engineers Ireland.
Use of digital visualisation technology to determine malignant tissue in real-time, breakthrough discovery by UCD Centre for Precision Surgery and Mater Hospital surgeons.
The Irish Laboratory Awards recognise the extraordinary contribution of the NVRL at UCD in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
UCD Perinatal Research Centre study shows socioeconomic and educational background of patients must be considered in app development to promote uptake.
Key to maximising survival lies in access to age-appropriate treatment environments and clinical trials while Irish Cancer Society wants action to prevent young people being ‘left behind’
The first application of novel sensors in engineering that also provide self-powered, non-toxic biological sensors for leakage detection
With the publication of 16 high-quality reference genomes from across vertebrates, the project establishes standards for biodiversity genomics and reports discoveries in comparative biology, conservation, and health research.
UCD leads ground-breaking international collaboration on home and community-based covid coping strategies driven by kids' creativity
Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty awarded ERC Advanced Grant to examine women and race in the spread of modern architecture
Partnering on the COORDINATE project, UCD will develop a European network of transnational visits promoting research on child wellbeing
€13.5 million joint investment across Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and USA announced on St Patrick’s Day
UCD's Professor Stephen Gordon says ‘One Health’ approach sheds new light on disease
Prof Fiona Doohan in UCD to lead research with Aberystwyth and Swansea Universities and Teagasc, to develop oats that are most healthy and most climate-resistant.
Study from UCD Gynaecological Oncology Group shows surgical teams at Mater and St Vincent’s Hospitals have increased complete resection rates from 49–77% over last 4 years.
Renewed funding for iCRAG as focus remains on developing Ireland’s wind energy capacity off the East Coast
Professor Breandán Kennedy leads the consortium five academic and five industry partners in seven countries, funded under EU Horizon 2020
