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Government Invested €761 Million in Research & Development in 2016

  Government Invested €761 Million in Research & Development in 2016

The latest report on Government investment in research and development (R&D),  published by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on

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Heart Pumping Robotic Sleeve Developed by Galway Researcher

  Heart Pumping Robotic Sleeve Developed by Galway Researcher

An innovative soft robotic sleeve that helps hearts to beat has been developed by researchers including Dr. Ellen Roche of

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€34.5 Million in Funding Announced for the Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative

  €34.5 Million in Funding Announced for the Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative

Enterprise Ireland reported on Tuesday that the third phase of its Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative (TTSI), which serves to bolster

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AbbVie and GMI Announce Landmark Population Genomics Alliance

  AbbVie and GMI Announce Landmark Population Genomics Alliance

Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, life-sciences startup Genomics Medicine Ireland Limited (GMI), and WuXi NextCODE, the global contract genomics organisation, launched a

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UCC Awarded Gold Medal for Potential Tropical Disease Vaccine

UCC’s Limited Lactis team was awarded a gold medal recently at the iGEM (international Genetically Engineered Machine) competition in Boston.

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Government to Grant More Than €28m in Awards for Agri-Food, Marine and Forest Research

  Government to Grant More Than €28m in Awards for Agri-Food, Marine and Forest Research

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, announced on Thursday awards of over €28 million for collaborative

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SEAI Doubles Sustainable Energy Research Fund to €2 Million in 2017

  SEAI Doubles Sustainable Energy Research Fund to €2 Million in 2017

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) announced on Thursday a doubling of its Energy Research, Development and Demonstration fund

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Origin and UCD Form €17.6 Million Crop Science Research Partnership

  Origin and UCD Form €17.6 Million Crop Science Research Partnership

Origin Enterprises plc and University College Dublin established a €17.6 million, five-year agriculture and crop science research programme, UCD announced

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BD to Build R&D Centre in Limerick

  BD to Build R&D Centre in Limerick

Medical Technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) announced on Friday that it plans to open a research and development

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Medicine Research Network Launched at UCC

  Medicine Research Network Launched at UCC

The UCC School of Pharmacy-led PEARRL (Pharmaceutical Education and Research with Regulatory Links) Network officially launched this week. The network,

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UCD to Lead €4 million European Research Network Developing Mental Health Services Technologies

  UCD to Lead €4 million European Research Network Developing Mental Health Services Technologies

Technology Enabled Mental Health for Young People (TEAM), a new €4 million research and training network focused on developing new

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EpiCor Therapeutics wins UCD Start-up of the Year Award

  EpiCor Therapeutics wins UCD Start-up of the Year Award

Biotech start-up EpiCor Therapeutics won the UCD Start-Up of the Year Award 2016 on Thursday, November 17. It received a

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‘Hum Your Way to Better Health’ Wins SciFest 2016

  ‘Hum Your Way to Better Health’ Wins SciFest 2016

Caolann Brady , a student from Celbridge, Kildare, won the grand award in the SciFest 2016 final, held at the

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Record Number of Collaborative Agreements Signed Between Industry and Researchers in 2015

  Record Number of Collaborative Agreements Signed Between Industry and Researchers in 2015

Research by Knowledge Transfer Ireland found that 748 collaborative new research agreements between research performing organisations and industry were signed

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New drug for treatment of aggressive breast cancer found by Irish researchers

As recently published in the International Journal of Cancer, researchers from Breast-Predict, may have found a new drug for the

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Irish wind energy industry expected to create numerous jobs by 2020

A recently published survey of the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA), released at the autumn conference in Killarney, showed enormous

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Irish research at Trinity College supported through 2.3 million Euro investment by Nokia & SFI

The materials science institute AMBER, headquartered at Trinity College in Dublin, will continue its cooperation with Nokia Bell Labs and

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Galway-based research centre gets €68 million backing

  Galway-based research centre gets €68 million backing

Ireland’s presence in the medtech research industry has just received a massive boost as Cúram, the Centre for Research in

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Irish startup gets €500k investment to research medical benefits of cannabis

  Irish startup gets €500k investment to research medical benefits of cannabis

GreenLight Medicines has secured €500,000 from a consortium of Irish investors to fund research into the potential medicinal benefits of

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NUIG researchers find potent new possibilities in anti-cancer gene

  NUIG researchers find potent new possibilities in anti-cancer gene

New research published in the Open Biology journal by researchers at NUI Galway has shown that the anti-cancer gene TP53

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