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EU Experts on Sustainable Engaged Research Gather in Cork
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Transnational nutrition and immunity research project receives funding
23 Mar 2023- APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) researchers together with Spanish and United Kingdom institutions will explore links between nutrition, immunity and infectious disease.
- Research aims to support the development of new strategies to address the global burden of disease.
- Improved understanding of nutrition will enable society to be better prepared for future pandemics.
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Women entrepreneurs take top awards at UCC’s SPRINT Awards
23 Mar 2023- Women researchers won all accolades at the 2023 GatewayUCC’s SPRINT Awards.
- The awards celebrate the commercialisation of research to address key health, social and environmental issues.
- GatewayUCC supports researcher-led start-up and spin-out companies.
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UCC subjects ranked in world’s top 100
22 Mar 2023- QS subject rankings are published today.
- Nursing, Law, Agriculture and Forestry, Anatomy and Physiology all ranked first in Ireland.
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Future-proofing European cities: UNIC alliance launches international master’s programme, ‘Redesigning the Post-Industrial City’
15 Mar 2023- ‘Redesigning the Post-Industrial City’ (RePIC) is a joint master’s programme for those interested in reconceptualising the civic, cultural, and social fabric of post-industrial cities.
- The programme will deliver cross-disciplinary research and teaching with insights from leading European academics and cultural partners as part of the UNIC European University Alliance.
- UCC will collaborate with Cork City Council and local civic, arts, and cultural organisations to bring contemporary urban challenges and solutions to life.
- RePIC students will live and study in up to three universities over two years.
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Stalking victims count cost in new first of its kind UCC study
21 Mar 2023The first Irish study of those who have been stalked and/or harassed is published today (Tuesday 21 March) and reveals the social, financial and psychological impact upon those who experienced it, while urging a number of recommendations.
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US-Ireland Research Programme celebrates 17 years with landmark €21 million investment
20 Mar 2023A joint investment of approx. €21 million has been announced through a tripartite research and development (R&D) partnership between the United States of America (USA), Republic of Ireland (RoI) and Northern Ireland (NI), marking the highest number of annual awards ever made through the programme, which came about as a result of the Good Friday Agreement.
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UCC graduate honoured with SFI St Patrick’s Day Science Medal
15 Mar 2023- Dr Paul K. Whelton was recognised for outstanding achievements in his research studies on blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases.
- Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD presented the award at event in Washington DC.
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Four trailblazing start-up prospects secure €3.27m Enterprise Ireland funding
13 Mar 2023- Four women founders awarded €3.27m from Enterprise Ireland.
- The MedTech start-ups are shaping the future of healthcare.
- Women-led start-ups are pushing the bar higher each year according to new report.
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UCC scientist presented with prestigious international prize at US ceremony
09 Mar 2023- UCC Professor of Quantum Physics awarded prestigious Buckley Prize in US ceremony last night.
- Prof. Seamus Davis’ award recognises ground-breaking work on quantum telescope.
- Quantum science is the next great step in computing, Davis predicts.
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Ireland’s woodlands to become ‘living classrooms’ following successful pilot project
06 Mar 2023- Tree Explorer project at UCC arboretum to go nationwide in partnership with Coillte, OPW, and Tree Council of Ireland.
- Four UCC projects awarded a combined €451,000 in the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme.
- Research projects will focus on improving diversity and inclusion in STEM education for less-represented voices and groups.
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UCC awarded €3.5m to deliver energy modelling for Ireland
20 Feb 2023- The Department of Environment, Climate and Communications provides UCC with €3.5m to develop energy and climate analysis over five years
- Government Departments will have direct access UCC’s expertise to increase the evidence base underpinning energy and climate mitigation policies.
- Research team is based at MaREI, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Centre for Climate, Energy and Marine and the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in UCC.
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UCC awarded research funding to help address societal challenges
14 Feb 2023- Research tackling homelessness, care for older women, and volunteerism among UCC projects granted funding.
- Eight UCC projects awarded a combined €115,000 in Irish Research Council New Foundation awards.
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UCC maps research to the UN SDGs
30 Nov 2022University College Cork (UCC) has launched a report and website highlighting the action researchers are taking to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges.
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Food for thought: Psychobiotics to revolutionise treatment of depression and anxiety
14 May 2018A new book investigating the connection between our brain health and gut bacteria is being hailed as 'groundbreaking'.
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€9.3m research investment for UCC
04 Aug 2016Investigating the impact of escaped farmed salmon on wild Irish Atlantic salmon populations is one of five UCC projects which has been awarded €8.5m in Government funding today. A co-led project brings the UCC figure to €9.3m.
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Leading scientist appointed to spearhead research and innovation at UCC
10 Mar 2021One of the world's leading scientists has been appointed to spearhead research and innovation at University College Cork.
Professor John F. Cryan, a neuroscientist who is recognised as a global leader in the study of gut-brain interactions, will assume the position of Vice President for Research & Innovation at UCC, having been selected after a competitive process.
Prof. Cryan’s ground-breaking discoveries on microbiome-brain interactions have led to fundamental changes in understandings in both the neuroscience and psychiatry fields. Through his research in the APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre at UCC, Prof. Cryan was recently listed as among the world’s top one percent of most-cited researchers, for the fifth time.
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UCC worth €2.3 million daily to Ireland’s economy
14 May 2018University College Cork (UCC) generates €2.3 million per day for the Irish economy, according to a new report to be launched today (May 14).
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From Arsenic to Zinc: UCC reveals chemistry of Gaelic manuscripts
15 Jan 2018Hidden away among the letters and words that cover the Gaelic manuscripts of the late middle ages is a world of minerals and chemical compounds.
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Fibre, not fast cars, the answer to middle age
16 May 2019Research from scientists at the APC Microbiome Ireland in University College Cork, has shown that your diet, in particular fibre, may have a positive influence on the brain ageing and function for middle aged men.
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Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span
15 Apr 2019New study in Nature Communications finds increasingly narrow peaks of collective attention over time, supporting a ‘social acceleration’ occurring across different domains.
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€11.9 million SFI research collaboration targets precision oncology
26 Nov 2019Irish Charity, Industry and University sector combine forces to improve cancer patient outcomes
Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, today announced an €11.9 million research collaboration in the field of precision oncology, which is supported by the Science Foundation Ireland Strategic Partnership Programme.
Precision Oncology Ireland is a consortium of five Irish universities, six Irish cancer research charities, and ten companies aiming to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics for the personalised treatment of cancer.
Precision (or ‘personalised’) medicine uses data about a person’s genes (genomics), along with additional information on their cancer, to understand the unique pathways of a disease or treatment response in that person. With this new science, doctors can prescribe the right treatment in a timely fashion, saving the wasted resources and time our current ‘trial and error’ method incurs, while greatly improving response rates.
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APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre Boasts 9 Highly Cited Researchers According to 2019 Web of Science List
19 Nov 2019The APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre is proud to announce that 9 investigators have been named Highly Cited Researchers, according to the Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list from the Web of Science Group, released today. This list recognises researchers whose citation records position them in the very highest strata of research influence and impact and includes 23 Nobel laureates.
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UCC hosting 7 USA Fulbright students
01 Nov 201931 U.S. Fulbright Awardees will visit Ireland to undertake study, research, and lecturing during 2019-2020. Specialists and students taking part in the programme are from a variety of disciplines, focusing on diverse areas such as refugee integration, culture and identity, sustainable practices, gender-based violence, language technology and health care.
University College Cork will host seven U.S. Fulbrighters this academic year - the highest number in an Irish institution.
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UCC Research Awards 2019
10 Oct 2019UCC’s Research Awards programme for 2019, sponsored by Gilead Sciences Ireland UC, recognised researchers at University College Cork who have made exceptional and influential research contributions.
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MaREI to lead €9m project to build floating offshore platform
16 Jul 2019MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine hosted by University College Cork has been awarded €9 million for the H2020 project MUSICA to build a pilot multi-use platform which will be a decarbonising one-stop-shop for small islands, including their marine initiatives (Blue Growth) and ecosystems. The MUSICA project will last 5 years and has 15 partners from 7 EU Member States.
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Double success for Professor Helen Whelton
12 Jul 2019Professor Helen Whelton awarded two prestigious prizes.
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Irish Research Council awards €1.6m to 10 projects to tackle global challenges
05 Jul 2019Minister of State for Skills, Training, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan, TD, has announced that funding of €1.6m will be invested in 10 fellowships over the next two years.
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Magnetic monopoles make acoustic debut in UCC and Oxford study
04 Jul 2019University College Cork (UCC) & University of Oxford Professor of Physics, Séamus Davis, has led a team of experimental physicists in the discovery of the magnetic noise generated by a fluid of magnetic monopoles.
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A new website for Nature Masterclasses
20 Jun 2019Nature Masterclasses has a new website and a new design for its online courses.
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UCC Fulbright Scholar
18 Jun 2019Professor Jonathan Hourihane: Fulbright-HRB HealthImpact Scholar from UCC to University of Colorado, Denver
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Feathers came first, then birds
04 Jun 2019Feathers arose 100 million years before birds, new research suggests, which changes how we look at dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs, the flying reptiles.
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UCC and Tyndall teams set to compete for €1m research prize
04 Jun 2019Two teams from UCC and Tyndall National Institute have been selected as finalists for the SFI Future Innovator Prize, with each of the teams vying for €1 million in research funding.
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Royal Irish Academy honours Catherine Stanton and Ivan Perry
24 May 2019UCC Professors Catherine Stanton and Ivan Perry have today been admitted as members of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), in recognition of their achievements in science.
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Dr Seán McCarthy appointed as Adjunct Professor
23 May 2019The Office for the Vice President for Research & Innovation (OVPRI) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Seán McCarthy as an Adjunct Professor who will work closely with the UCC Research Support Services (RSS) team.
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Dr Christopher Broderick awarded Charlemont Grant
15 Apr 2019Dr Christopher Broderick, a National University of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow in the Photonics Theory Group at the Tyndall National Institute, UCC, has been awarded a Charlemont Grant by the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).
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€3 Million FEXCO-UCC Research Collaboration Launched
12 Apr 2019Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD was in Killorglin Co. Kerry this morning to launch FINTECHNEXT - a financial technology (fintech) research collaboration between technology company Fexco, University College Cork (UCC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).
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Professor Riza Named Edwin H. Land Medal Recipient
03 Apr 2019Professor Nabeel Riza, Chair Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at UCC, has been named as the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Edwin H. Land Medal.
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Majority of Irish small businesses keen to remain at current scale, study finds
03 Apr 2019Irish small businesses are content to keep their business to their current scale, with only 1 in 4 looking to grow into a national or international business, a University College Cork (UCC) study, finds.
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Professor Anita Maguire elected to Royal Irish Academy
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UCC awardees for gender research
15 Mar 2019UCC's Dr Claire Edwards and Professor Denis O'Mahony were recently awarded funding for research into gender issues, as part of the European Union GENDER-NET Plus programme.
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Success for UCC at the Irish Laboratory Awards
13 Mar 2019UCC-based research groups win three awards at the Irish Laboratory Awards 2019.
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UCC spinout expands into the US
15 Mar 2019Atlantia Food Clinical Trials has announced plans to open new offices in Chicago and create up to 20 jobs within two years.
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UCC alum awarded St Patrick’s Day Science Medal
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15th-century manuscript reveals links between Gaelic and Islamic worlds
05 Mar 2019A previously undiscovered 15th-century Irish vellum manuscript, reveals an enchanting connection between Gaelic Ireland and the Islamic world, and illustrates how medieval Ireland was once at the centre of medical scholarship in the world.
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Pat Casey appointed Council Member of the European Biosafety Association
01 Mar 2019Pat Casey has been elected Council Member of the European Biosafety Association.
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SFI Future Innovator Prize contenders announced
25 Feb 2019Teams from UCC are in the running to win the €1 million SFI Future Innovator Prize, a new challenge-based programme which calls on researchers to develop innovative approaches to societal challenges facing Ireland.
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UCC’s Professor Michel Schellekens to revisit Stanford University on a Fulbright Scholarship
18 Dec 2018Professor Michel Schellekens from UCC’s Department of Computer Science completed a sabbatical stay at the Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, hosted by eminent computer scientist and mathematician, Professor Don Knuth.
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Shortlist announced for 2018 Invention of the Year Awards by Bridge Network
31 Aug 2018Innovations and inventions in agtech, anticounterfeiting technology, audio engineering, biotherapeutics, biotech, nutraceuticals, 3D printing technology and sensor camera technology, have been recognised as finalists for the 2018 Invention of the Year Awards 2018 by the Bridge Network.
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Brazil-Ireland Partners in Excellence - Rio 2018
24 Jul 2018In 2010, the Irish Government published its first international education strategy entitled “Investing in Global Relationships” with the aim to make Ireland a world class location for international higher education.
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David Burns to attend 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
13 Jun 2018David Burns, a PhD trainee at the Department of Physiology, has been competitively selected to attend the 68th Lindau Noble Laureate Meeting on the Island of Lindau, Germany. The Meeting is dedicated to Physiology and Medicine and 600 young scientists from 84 countries will have the opportunity to network with 41 Nobel Laureates.
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9 Fulbright Awardees from UCC to conduct research and teach in the USA
12 Jun 2018UCC Staff and Students receive 9 Fulbright awards for Irish citizens to study, research or teach in the US, out of a total of 37 for whole of Ireland.
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Mother's diet can improve gut of baby
01 Jun 2018Mothers who eat healthy fats from oily fish may help their children form healthy guts and maintain healthy weights throughout their lives.
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UCC Researchers in Tyndall and APC awarded Science Foundation Ireland Career Development Awards
30 May 2018Science Foundation Ireland's Career Development Award Programme recently funded four early career researchers in University College Cork.
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Dino-bird dandruff research head and shoulders above rest
25 May 2018UCC palaeontologists have discovered 125 million-year-old dandruff preserved amongst the plumage of feathered dinosaurs and early birds, revealing the first evidence of how dinosaurs shed their skin.
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INFANT secures €800k for infants' and childrens' clinical trials
22 May 2018A new network, In4Kids, was launched to facilitate the development of new drugs for children in Ireland and across Europe.
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MaREI’s Dr Anne Marie O’Hagan receives Ocean Law and Marine Governance grant
18 May 2018MaREI (Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland) Senior Research Fellow, Anne Marie O’ Hagan has begun work on the Navigate project which was awarded €800,000 under the Ocean Law and Marine Governance Research Fellowship grant.
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Professor Geoff Roberts, School of History, honoured by colleagues
15 May 2018On Thursday May 3rd and Friday May 4th UCC hosted delegates from the Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies (IARCEES) who participated in a seminar to mark the retirement of Professor Geoff Roberts from UCC’s School of History.
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Avoiding the ‘Antibiotic Apocalypse’
14 May 2018Research being conducted by a team of scientists in UCC could arm us with a crucial weapon against what has been deemed the ‘Antibiotic Apocalypse’.
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UCC Reach 100 H2020 Funded Research Projects
08 May 2018Strengthening its position as an internationally competitive, research-led University, University College Cork has now surpassed 100 funded projects under H2020 – the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014-2020).
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MaREI Centre Research shows UN Green Climate Fund needs grow from billions to trillions by 2020
30 Apr 2018The MaREI research results indicate that the Green Climate Fund needs to be more than $1.2 trillion per annum by 2020, i.e. more than 10 times greater than the $100 billion per annum agreed during the Paris Climate Agreement (2015).
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Launch of Centre for Children's Rights and Family Law
27 Apr 2018As part of the launch of the new Centre for Children’s Rights and Family Law, the School of Law at UCC recently played host to a group of distinguished international scholars in these fields, including visiting Fulbright scholar and international children’s rights expert Professor Jonathan Todres.
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UCC researcher named Royal Irish Academy Engineering and Computer Science Speaker
13 Apr 2018Dr Paul Deane, research fellow at the MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy and the Environmental Research Institute, has been awarded the title of Engineering and Computer Science Speaker 2018 by the Royal Irish Academy.
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UCC scientists discover ancient butterfly wing colours
12 Apr 2018New research by scientists at University College Cork has revealed the wing colours of some of the oldest ancestors of modern butterflies and moths.
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Three researchers from the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science have been awarded the title of Charlemont Scholars by the Royal Irish Academy.
11 Apr 2018Three researchers from the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science have been awarded the title of Charlemont Scholars by the Royal Irish Academy, Ireland’s leading body of expertise in the Sciences and Humanities.
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Professor Claire Connolly appointed Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies
26 Mar 2018Claire Connolly, Professor of Modern English in UCC’s School of English has been appointed Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies for the academic year 2018-2019.
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UCC graduate honoured with SFI Science Medal
23 Mar 2018Leading physicist and UCC alum Professor Margaret Murnane has today been named one of the two recipients of this year's St Patrick's Day science medals at an event in Washington, D.C.
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Fulbright Scholar, Dr Beth Sundstrom, to join Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century (ISS21), College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences.
21 Mar 2018The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC and the Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century (ISS21) are delighted to announce that Dr Beth Sundstrom will be joining the University as a Fulbright Scholar from September to December 2018.
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New book on Richard Boyle by UCC researchers
09 Mar 2018A new book re-examines the career and reputation of one of the most famous - and infamous - figures in Irish history, and his role in transforming Munster during the early 17th century.
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Turning wastewater into animal feed – €230k investment in UCC project set to boost Ireland’s fish farms
21 Feb 2018The search for nature-based solutions to our environmental problems is leading scientists to turn to plants and algae to clean up our polluted waters. An innovative new project led by University College Cork will use duckweed and algae to treat wastewater from fish farms. The project ‘AQUASUS’ has just received €230,000 in funding under the European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF), administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
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Tyndall to progress major expansion under the Government’s National Development Plan
19 Feb 2018Tyndall National Institute, UCC, is to progress a major expansion of its research infrastructure under the Government’s National Development Plan (NDP). The investment will see Tyndall significantly upgrade and expand, enhancing its central role as a driver of economic impact from technology research and innovation.
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Unravelling the secrets of Bifidobacteria across three generations
16 Feb 2018New Genome Study of a Bifidobacterium subspecies by Morinaga Milk and APC Microbiome Ireland May Explain its Wide Distribution Across All Ages
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IPIC’s Stefan Andersson-Engels elected SPIE Fellow for his outstanding achievements in Biophotonics Research
16 Feb 2018SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics has elected IPIC’s Professor Stefan Andersson-Engels as a Fellow of the Society for his outstanding contribution to the field of biophotonics.
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Humans put the brakes on animal movement
14 Feb 2018New research has shown that mammals such as the fox, red deer and hare are becoming increasingly hemmed in by human-dominated landscapes.
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SFI INFANT RESEARCH CENTRE SECURES FUNDING OF €570,000 TO DEVELOP SMART, NEWBORN BRAIN MONITORING SYSTEM
08 Feb 2018INFANT Centre Receives Innovator Award from the Wellcome Trust to Develop Neonatal Brain Health Monitoring System
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Research View Newsletter Winter 2017/18
07 Feb 2018The fifth edition of Research View, a publication that focuses on showcasing the quality, breadth, and significance of research undertaken in University College Cork is now available.
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International researchers can reach their APEX in Cork
05 Feb 2018APC Microbiome Ireland, an SFI research centre, based in University College Cork, has secured €1,416,000 in competitive funding from the European Union's Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme, to bring 20 senior international researchers to Ireland, through a new post-doctoral fellowship programme, APEX.
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Tuning into Success - Tyndall and Sanmina Partner to Develop Sub-GHz Wearable Health Monitoring Platform
23 Jan 2018Tyndall and Sanmina Corporation have announced a research collaboration, which will focus on the development of a novel wireless technology for a commercial wrist-worn health-monitoring platform.
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UCC 'Atlas' wins national award
03 Jan 2018The Atlas of the Irish Revolution, a book which tells the full story of Ireland’s revolutionary history from 1913 to 1923, was voted the ‘Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year’ for 2017.
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Professional Skills for Research Leaders Graduation Ceremony 2017
18 Dec 2017At a ceremony on 15th December, twenty University College Cork researchers graduated with a certificate in Professional Skills for Research Leaders.
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MAREI AWARDED FUNDING TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO A THRIVING BLUE ECONOMY
12 Dec 2017MaREI Research Fellow Dr. Anne Marie O’Hagan has been awarded Marine Institute funding to lead an expert team on Ocean Law and Marine Governance.
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UCC's Environmental Research Institute launches new Strategic Plan 2018-2022
06 Dec 2017UCC President Pat O’Shea officially launched the ERI’s new Strategic Plan for 2018-2022 today in the Aula Maxima.
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Tyndall Smart Glove Team wins Technology Ireland Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year
05 Dec 2017The team of researchers behind the Smart Glove – Haptic Human Computer Interface System for VR/AR and robotics - won the ‘Outstanding Academic Achievement in the field of Digital Technology’ category of the Technology Ireland Software Awards at a ceremony in the Mansion House, Dublin.
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Four APC Microbiome Institute Principal Investigators feature in the latest “Highly Cited Researchers” list
29 Nov 2017This annual list identifies scientists whose research publications, and the extent to which they have been cited by other scientists globally, place them among the top 1% most cited in their subject field.
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UCC wins 2 Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact awards
24 Jun 2016UCC wins 2 Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact awards
UCCs Office of Technology Transfer had a very good night at the annual Knowledge Transfer Impact Awards (23rd June) at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin winning two of the seven national awards on the night.
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Professional Skills for Research Leaders
19 Jan 2016The very successful programme for Researcher Leaders, Professional Skills for Research Leaders (PSRL) will commence in the coming months
This is a development programme in Research Leadership. The PSRL suite is made up of six on-line programmes targeted to assist Research Leaders with the everyday operation of their research group whilst managing its research strategy and positioning
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Researchers Towards Industry Initiative
31 May 2016Following on from the launch of the Researchers Towards Industry initiative on May 20th (see events), a few points to note:
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QS top 50 for UCC’s Nursing and Midwifery
22 Mar 2016UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has been ranked in the top 50 nursing schools worldwide in the international QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 published today (22/3/16).
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Durham University - Structure Fellowship opportunity
10 Jun 2016Launched in October 2006 to mark the 175th anniversary of the foundation of the University and now celebrating its decennial year, the IAS is the University’s flagship research institute. It seeks to catalyse new ideas by bringing together internationally recognised academics as well as writers, artists and practitioners
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Paris week of international scientitifc young talents
23 Sep 2016The French Embassy is launching a call for applications for the “Week of International Scientific Young Talents” organised in Paris from January 29 to February 3, 2017.
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Vision2020 and Crowdhelix
25 May 2016A key element of being successful in Horizon 2020, and allied EU research funding programmes, is putting together the best possible consortia with an optimum combination of universities, research organisations and, in particular, SMEs.
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UCC 'helps the medicine go down'
19 Jan 2016A leading Irish scientific research firm, SRL Research, has partnered with UCC to help the pharmaceutical industry make medications more palatable and easier to swallow.
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Barry O’Sullivan elected as EurAI Deputy President
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UCC: Fostering an Ethos of Innovation, Research & Industry Collaboration
21 Jan 20162016 has dawned brightly for University College Cork (UCC), being named The Sunday Times University of the Year for a record-breaking fourth time. Following its triumphs in 2003, 2005 and 2011, the guide noted UCC’s growing international reputation based on its high performance in research, and exceptional track record in innovation
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Ministers Bruton and English Announce €28 Million Science Foundation Ireland Investment in Research Equipment and Facilities
12 Jan 2016The Minister for Jobs, Richard Burton, TD together with the Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills, Damien English, TD today announced details of a €28 million investment in research equipment and facilities through Science Foundation Ireland.
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Research Institutes, Centres and Units (RICUs) — Annual Call (2016)
06 May 2016Over the last 10-15 years, the UCC research community has been very successful in developing interdisciplinary research centres funded from a variety of external sources, and a significant proportion of UCC research activity is now hosted by Research Institutes, Centres and Units (RICUs)
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Spin-out Tucana Health Ltd to create jobs in Cork
18 Feb 2016Tucana Health Ltd (Tucana), a spin-out from the APC Microbiome Institute in University College Cork, is to build a new research team in Cork.
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UCC advances stem cell research
09 Feb 2016More than a decade ago the discovery of stem cells was thought to revolutionise medicine with the hope that tissues and indeed organs might be replaced in humans.
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Gold Medal Award for Disability Research
09 Sep 2016The National Disability Authority (NDA) has instituted an annual Gold Medal for quantitative disability research
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UCC PhD student recipient of the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
15 Jun 2016Fiona Edwards Murphy has been awarded a 2016 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, which aims to promote young women who excel in the fields of computer science and technology
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Major award for UCC research
20 Apr 2016UCC Pharmacology lecturer, Dr Anne Moore, is one of three researchers in Ireland given a major award for her work in enhancing the body's immune system
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Lister Institute Research Prizes 2017
03 Aug 2016The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, which is a registered charity established to support biomedical and related research, now invites applications from outstanding young researchers for its 2017 Research Prizes.
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Gateway UCC Launches Spring Accelerator Programme
29 Feb 2016A new accelerator programme, called SPRINT, was launched today (Thursday) at Gateway UCC by Julie Sinnamon, CEO Enterprise Ireland and UCC VP for Research & Innovation Anita Maguire. Designed to support early stage start-ups, entrepreneurs and UCC-based researchers, the SPRINT Accelerator will focus on commercialisation of UCC generated technologies and routes to market.
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Institute for Social Sciences Symposium on Ageing
16 Jun 2016The Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century hosted a day long symposium in University College Cork entitled: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ageing, Consumption and Service and Participating in Horizon2020 Ageing Research Calls
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Tyndall Researcher honoured by the Optical Society of America
03 Nov 2016Stefan Andersson-Engels has been elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.
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Minister Harris announces a new programme to advance clinical research capability among doctors
14 Sep 2016A team of Irish clinical academics have secured one of seven major awards that have been made across the UK and Ireland by Wellcome*.
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Fossilised snake shows its true colours
01 Apr 2016The colours of the skin of a 10 million year old Spanish snake have been discovered from its colourless fossil remains by scientists at University College Cork (UCC).
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World’s first SynBio accelerator returns to UCC
27 Jul 2016IndieBio EU, the world’s first and only synthetic biology accelerator, has attracted some of the best startups from across the globe to UCC’s School of Microbiology for its 2016 programme.
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UCC awards its first Commercialization Impact Award to the team behind Oculus Ireland technology
05 Dec 2016UCC awards its first Commercialization Impact Award to the team behind Oculus Ireland technology.
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UCC hailed for ‘world-class research’ in EU ranking
05 Apr 2016University College Cork (UCC) scored top marks across the five core areas ranked in the world’s most comprehensive ranking system.
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Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
01 Apr 2016This Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and we need to encourage our best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of research.
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UCC Acknowledges the Appointment of Four Research Professors
26 Sep 2016In an event held on 26th October, UCC celebrated the appointment of four leading researchers to the position of Research Professor. Appointment to this position recognises acknowledged leadership in their research disciplines, as well as performing to the highest level internationally with regard to the delivery of research outputs.
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UCC Academics honoured with Royal Irish Academy membership
30 May 2016Three University College Cork academics were among 22 newly elected members of the Royal Irish Academy who signed the members book on Friday 26th May in recognition of their world-class contribution to science and the humanities.
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5 Questions on Climate Change
25 Aug 2016Professor John Sodeau discusses climate change and what Ireland can do to play its part in the fight against the phenomenon termed global warming.
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UCC Hosts Vision2020 RTO Meeting
06 Jun 2017University College Cork, a founding member of Vision2020, recently hosted the network's RTO meeting.
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New Fulbright-HRB HealthImpact Professional Award Launched!
02 Sep 2016The Fulbright Commission has now launched the 2017-2018 Fulbright Irish Awards competition. These globally-recognised Awards support Irish and E.U. citizens to undertake postgraduate study, research or teaching in the USA for a 3-12 month period.
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Research Assistant Programme with Attached Masters for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority
27 Jul 2016The Authority intends to establish an agreement with one Third Level Educational Institution (TLI) for the provision of a number of Research Assistants to assist in the completion of a range of specialised projects across a number of different Authority business units and/or locations
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Are you publishing your APC-free OA journal on a shoestring?
30 Jun 2016If you're publishing an APC-free Open Access journal with very little resources, you might be able to receive funding for it from OpenAIRE!
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Rankings success for UCC
08 Mar 2017UCC’s Schools of Nursing & Midwifery and Pharmacy & Pharmacology have been ranked in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 published today (8/3/17).
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UCC ranked in the top 100 of Europe's most 'Innovative' Universities
15 Jun 2016University College Cork has been included in Reuters’ first-ever ranking of Europe’s ‘Top 100’ innovative universities.
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UCC Researchers selected to represent Ireland at Nobel Laureate Meetings
29 Jun 2017UCC researchers, Dr David McNulty and Jun Gao, have been selected to represent Ireland at Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings
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MaRINET2 awards €1.3m to develop the next-generation of offshore renewables
26 Jul 2017The MaRINET2 project has awarded €1.3m to 34 technology development teams through a competitive call for proposals.
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Launch of €3.1 million Yeastdoc Research Programme
22 Sep 2017A new programme was launched in University College Cork yesterday which aims to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers. The project, YEASTDOC, has received approximately €3.1 million in funding from the European Union under the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie ITN call, which is part of the Horizon 2020 framework. The pioneering research conducted in the YEASTDOC programme will result in new flavours and characteristics for beer and wine, and in high-value chemicals being produced in yeast using clean high-tech processes.
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Geological Survey Ireland, SFI and the Marine Institute announce €2m for marine geoscience research
27 Sep 2017Last week saw the launch of new research projects funded under Science Foundation Ireland’s Investigators Programme awards. This year, the awards include two projects co-funded by SFI, Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI) including one led by Prof. Andy Wheeler.
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UCC Researchers awarded Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Investigator Programme grants
29 Sep 2017Science Foundation Ireland has awarded three University College Cork researchers grants under the SFI Investigators Programme.
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UCC Research Awards 2017
11 Oct 2017University College Cork honours the outstanding contribution of staff to advancing the research mission of the institution.
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EU Prize for UCC Innovation
13 Nov 2017A UCC team has won the ‘Excellent Science’ category of the EU Innovation Radar Prize 2017. Dr Mark Tangney’s group pitched their innovation to a judging panel of international entrepreneurship experts in Budapest at the final on November 9.
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Dr Mark Jessopp, UCC, wins SFI Research Image of the Year
15 Nov 2017
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UCC researcher Dr Mark Jessopp from MaREI has won the SFI Research Image of the Year.
The winners of the prestigious 2017 Science Foundation Ireland Awards were revealed at the annual SFI Science Summit on 13th November. -
Ones to watch: HRB recognises UCC researchers ‘demonstrating real promise’
21 Aug 2017UCC’s Dr Jane English and Dr Cathal McCarthy have been named by the Health Research Board (HRB) as “researchers demonstrating real promise” in its new Emerging Investigator Awards.
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UCC neuroscientist awarded distinguished scientist prize
28 Aug 2017Professor John Cryan, Head of the Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience and Principal Investigator in the APC Microbiome Institute, will become the first UCC scientist to be awarded the Tom Connor Distinguished Investigator Award from Neuroscience Ireland later today (August 28).
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UCC PI’s 3D-printed battery powers into Bell Labs final
16 Aug 2017Dr Colm O’Dwyer, School of Chemistry and Principal Investigator, Applied Nanoscience Group, UCC, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2017 Nokia Bell Labs Prize.
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UCC spinout InfiniLED in the limelight with KTI award
12 May 2017University College Cork and InfiniLED Ltd have been honoured with Knowledge Transfer Ireland's Impact Award for Mature Spin-out Company.
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UCC research breakthrough could improve breathing in neuromuscular disease
05 Oct 2017Research from the Department of Physiology, UCC, has revealed a compensatory phenomenon supporting breathing in a pre-clinical model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a fatal genetic disease affecting approximately 1 in every 3500 men.
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UCC unveils most ambitious strategic plan in its history
29 Sep 2017University College Cork (UCC) has unveiled its €350 million investment plan which will create more than 500 new construction jobs in Cork over the next five years.
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Ireland’s biggest tech transfer consortium launched at UCC
18 May 2017A new UCC-led technology transfer consortium with a combined research revenue of almost €150 million was launched this week at the University.
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