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Exploring role of understudied dysfunctional immune cells in severe COVID-19

Study focuses on understanding how ‘notoriously understudied’ immune cells behave abnormally in patients with severe COVID-19 and provides insights into mechanism behind COVID-19 disease progression.

18 Dec 2024

Health|Research|Science

Prestigious Wellcome Trust Award for Cathal Walsh and Matthew Chersich

The award valued at €3.3m over three years will enable the team to track the impacts of climate change on maternal and child health

2 Dec 2024

Environment|Health|Research|Science

Trinity project Climate Smart showcased at Climate Education Day 2024

Professor Anna Davies has been working for the past three years developing resources with and for Transition Year students in Ireland to help them get to grips with the wicked problem of climate change adaptation.

28 Nov 2024

Environment|Science|Students|Sustainability

Trinity establishes AI Accountability Lab

The AI Accountability Lab, led by Dr Abeba Birhane, will be housed in the ADAPT Research Ireland Centre in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics.

28 Nov 2024

Research|Science|Society

80-year experiment put in the hands of Ireland’s young scientists

The National Pitch Tar Drop Event, run by Trinity's School of Physics in collaboration with the AMBER Research Ireland Centre and the Institute of Physics. will see a School in every county participate in Citizen Science.

27 Nov 2024

Research|Science|Students

Their DNA survives in diverse populations across the world – but who were the Denisovans?

Dr Linda Ongaro, from Trinity's School of Genetics and Microbiology, explains what we know of the hominin species that interbred with humans in our early history, and whose genetic legacy remains in our DNA.

26 Nov 2024

Culture|Research|Science

Herodotus' theory on Armenian origins debunked by first whole-genome study

Researchers also shed light on the population structure and genetic variation of different Armenian groups, finding that populations from the eastern, western, and central parts of the Armenian highlands show a relatively high level of similarity.

25 Nov 2024

Culture|Research|Science

Professor Seamus Martin awarded 2025 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal

Prof. Martin MRIA, Smurfit Professor of Medical Genetics within Trinity’s School of Genetics and Microbiology, won the Medal in Life and Medical Sciences. He was recognised for making a demonstrable and internationally recognised outstanding scholarly contribution in his field.

22 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Six Trinity researchers recognised as future research leaders in HRB awards

Trinity researchers have received awards for 6 projects out of a total 13 projects in the most recent call, and €5.3 million out of a €12.5 million investment from the Health Research Board (HRB)

22 Nov 2024

Arts|Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Researchers discover new cognitive blueprint for making and breaking habits

Cognitive neuroscientists in the School of Psychology have published new research describing a brand new approach to making habit change achievable and lasting.

19 Nov 2024

Research|Science|Society