Researchers from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity are calling for a change in Irish food production policy after their research showed that one in eight adults over 50 are low to deficient in vitamin B12, while …
Danielle Olavario is a former SciTech Editor of Trinity News. She is a Microbiology graduate.
Trinity-led research finds that psychiatric disorders share genetic similarities
Widespread genetic overlap was found between a number of psychiatric disorders
An international study led by Trinity researchers, along side the Broad Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, has determined that psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share many genetic variants, according to a study …
Ten new start-ups participate in Trinity’s newly launched European digital health incubator programme
EIT Health is the first of its kind in Ireland
Trinity’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hub in partnership with the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT Health) launched the EIT Health Validator today.
The first of its kind in Ireland, the EIT Health Validator programme aims to provide support for …
Research consortium involving Trinity has received world’s largest autism grant
AIMS-2-Trials will create the first European clinical trials network for autism
A €115 million grant has been awarded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) to an international consortium consisting of Trinity and 47 other universities and research organisations. The grant, Autism Innovative Medicine Studies-2-Trials (AIMS-2-Trials), is led by …
Trinity research reveals tumour-killing drugs does not hinder cancer-targeting cells
A team lead by Dr David Finlay uncovered the findings
A team led by Dr David Finlay, Ussher assistant professor in Immunometabolism in Trinity, gained new insights in the metabolism of Natural Killer (NK) cells, which target cancer. The study showed that drugs designed to kill tumours do not inhibit …
Trinity researchers develop device expected to revolutionise cardiac therapy
Trinity partnered with NUIG, MIT, RCSI, AMBER and Harvard University to develop the Therapi tool
Trinity researchers has partnered with researchers from National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), AMBER and Harvard University to develop a breakthrough tool that allows cardiac therapy to be …
Breaking the story
Pursuing the truth is a daunting task, but journalists through the ages have shown results for their grit and persistence
The first damning article appeared on the New York Times on June 13, 1971. The headline read, “Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces Three Decades of Growing US Involvement.” It revealed that The New York Times is in possession of pages …
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, the world’s most famous macaques
Chinese scientists make a breakthrough in the same research field that birthed Dolly the Sheep in 1996
More than 20 years after the famous Dolly the Sheep was born in the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience have successfully cloned primates for the first time. The long-tailed macaques, named Zhong …
Wise enough to play the fool
Far removed from the clowns of our childhood, Danielle Olavario uncovers the ancient history of The Fool
True to form, Raymond Keane arrives at the interview wearing glasses with frames thick and black, at first glance making it seem like he was a performer wearing Groucho glasses. He does not seem to recognise how apt this coincidence …
Trinity celebrates International Women’s Week with a variety of events celebrating the plight of women worldwide
The exhibition features the first female students who graduated from Trinity
College has hosted a public discussion in celebration of 100 years of women’s suffrage as part of International Women’s Week. The event was organised in partnership with the Institute of Irish Studies in Liverpool University.
An online exhibition has also …