Science Foundation Ireland - RSS Feed http://www.sfi.ie/feed.rss/ en Science Foundation Ireland 2006 120 Obesity and heart disease – does the health of your fat dictate your cardiovascular risk? http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/obesity-and-heart-disease-does-the-health-of-your-fat-dictate-your-cardiovascular-risk/ Dr Fiona McGillicuddy from the Conway Institute at University College Dublin wins the first successful award under the SFI-HRB Wellcome Trust Biomedical Partnership.

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/obesity-and-heart-disease-does-the-health-of-your-fat-dictate-your-cardiovascular-risk/ Niamh Bradley Lero: a superb example of an Irish-based research centre delivering impacts regionally, nationally and globally - Sherlock http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/lero-a-superb-example-of-an-irish-based-research-centre/ - Minister Sherlock announces €22.4 million for Lero over the next 5 years

http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/lero-a-superb-example-of-an-irish-based-research-centre/ Niamh Bradley Enterprise Development Chiefs Welcome Plan to Develop Ireland’s ICT Skills http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/enterprise-development-chiefs-welcome-plan-to-develop-irelands-ict-skills/ The heads of Enterprise Ireland, Forfás, IDA Ireland and SFI today welcomed the actions in the Government’s plan to address the high-level ICT skills needs of business in Ireland.

Commenting on the employment opportunities available for high level ICT graduates and professionals in the ICT sector and in o

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/enterprise-development-chiefs-welcome-plan-to-develop-irelands-ict-skills/ Niamh Bradley Sherlock announces Government approval for drafting of Bill to extend remit of Science Foundation Ireland http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sherlock-announces-government-approval-for-drafting-of-bill-to-extend-remit-of-science-foundation-ireland/ Sean Sherlock TD, Minister for Research and Innovation, today [Wednesday] announced that the Government has approved the drafting of a bill to extend the remit of Science Foundation Ireland to include funding of applied research in order to support the development of research findings into commercial opportunities.

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sherlock-announces-government-approval-for-drafting-of-bill-to-extend-remit-of-science-foundation-ireland/ Niamh Bradley Scientists trace origin of 'speed gene' in modern racehorses to British mare of 300 years ago http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/scientists-trace-origin-of-speed-gene-in-modern-racehorses-to-british-mare-of-300-years-ago/ UCD News

  • All modern variants traced back to the legendary Nearctic
  • Wide increase in variants of original ‘speed gene’ traced to Northern Dancer.

Scientists have traced the origin of the 'speed gene' in Thoroughbred racehorses back to a single British mare

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/scientists-trace-origin-of-speed-gene-in-modern-racehorses-to-british-mare-of-300-years-ago/ Niamh Bradley “Ireland is recognised as a leader in the localisation and global services sector but we need to do more” – Sherlock http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/ireland-is-recognised-as-a-leader-in-the-localisation-andglobal-services-sector-but-we-need-to-do-more-sherlock/ Graduates in high demand in Ireland’s 16,000-job localisation sector

Minister Sherlock supports call for more skilled graduates in language and technology
to maintain Ireland’s world leadership

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/ireland-is-recognised-as-a-leader-in-the-localisation-andglobal-services-sector-but-we-need-to-do-more-sherlock/ Niamh Bradley Probiotics - sugar-coating promotes survival and reduces infection http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/probiotics-sugar-coating-promotes-survival-and-reduces-infection/ New insights into how probiotic bacteria provide positive health benefits are published today in the prestigious international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

The research, carried out by Saranna Fanning and Lindsay Hall and led by Professor Douwe van Sinderen and his colleagues at the Ali

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/probiotics-sugar-coating-promotes-survival-and-reduces-infection/ Niamh Bradley Tyndall top of the world in Energy Management http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/tyndall-top-of-the-world-in-energy-management/ Cork, Ireland – 23 January 2012: Tyndall National Institute at UCC has recently received certification under the ISO 50001 (Energy Management System) standard, and is one of the first research institutes of its kind in the world to receive this award.

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/tyndall-top-of-the-world-in-energy-management/ Niamh Bradley Major US Research Award for Professor Frank Barry http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/major-us-research-award-for-professor-frank-barry/ Thursday, 5 January, 2012: One of Ireland’s leading scientists working in the field of stem cell therapy is to receive the 2012 Marshall R.

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/major-us-research-award-for-professor-frank-barry/ Niamh Bradley Science Foundation Ireland appoints New Director General http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/science-foundation-ireland-appoints-new-director-general/  Monday January 9th 2012: The Board of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has appointed Professor Mark Ferguson as Director General of the organisation. Professor Ferguson, a native of Northern Ireland, will take up the position on January 16th 2012.

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/science-foundation-ireland-appoints-new-director-general/ Niamh Bradley Discovery of New Vaccine Approach for Treatment of Cancer http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/discovery-of-new-vaccine-approach-for-treatment-of-cancer/ Dec 21, 2011 - Scientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level.

]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/discovery-of-new-vaccine-approach-for-treatment-of-cancer/ Niamh Bradley SFI Review of 2011 and Looking Ahead to 2012 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sfi-review-of-2011-and-looking-ahead-to-2012/ Podcast with Dr Graham Love, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) reviewing SFI achievements and activities in 2011 and looking ahead to 2012. Click here

]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sfi-review-of-2011-and-looking-ahead-to-2012/ Niamh Bradley Physicists focus in on Higgs boson – the so called ‘God particle’ http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/physicists-focus-in-on-higgs-boson-the-so-called-god-particle/ The news from the ATLAS and CMS experiments was received with great interest in the UCD School of Physics, University College Dublin, where a group of physicists is looking for the Higgs at the LHCb experiment, a third detector on the LHC collider ring.

Funded by a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) RFP grant, Ph.D.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/physicists-focus-in-on-higgs-boson-the-so-called-god-particle/ Niamh Bradley Irish-Based Researchers Create World's First 3D Surface Anatomy Guide http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/irish-based-researchers-create-worlds-first-3d-surface-anatomy-guide/ 3D guide will revolutionise medical education

Thursday, 8th December 2011 The world’s first 3D surface anatomy guide for medical and physiotherapy students, surgical trainees and artists has been develop

]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/irish-based-researchers-create-worlds-first-3d-surface-anatomy-guide/ Niamh Bradley Sensors & Sports: Leading Irish sensor web technology researchers showcase new innovations in sports applications http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sensors-sports-leading-irish-sensor-web-technology-researchers-showcase-new-innovations-in-sports-applications/ Thursday, November 24th 2011: CLARITY, the Centre for Sensor Web Technologies has today hosted an open exhibition of its work on applying sensor web technologies to sports and fitness applications at Croke Park (Hogan Suite), Dublin.

]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sensors-sports-leading-irish-sensor-web-technology-researchers-showcase-new-innovations-in-sports-applications/ Niamh Bradley “Ireland’s University Rankings – we’re ranked 6th globally but it’s not the whole story” - Sherlock http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/irelands-university-rankings-were-ranked-6th-globally-but-its-not-the-whole-story-sherlock/ The Minister for Research and Innovation, Séan Sherlock TD has responded to the recently announced Times Higher Education and QS World University rankings, and the positions of Ireland’s universities. Ireland has 5 universities ranked in the top 300 globally.

]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/irelands-university-rankings-were-ranked-6th-globally-but-its-not-the-whole-story-sherlock/ Niamh Bradley Government-supported research to build on 15,000-job, €680million-a-year localisation sector – Bruton http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/government-supported-research-to-build-on-15000-job-€680million-a-year-localisation-sector-bruton/ SFI research centre created technology used at 2010 FIFA World Cup to automatically translate tweets into global languages

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD today attended a showcase of work by the Science Foundation Ireland-funded Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) at C

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/government-supported-research-to-build-on-15000-job-€680million-a-year-localisation-sector-bruton/ Niamh Bradley SFI Image Competition 2011 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sfi-image-competition-2011/ ‘The Hive’, an image taken by Dr David McGovern in Trinity College Dublin's nanoscience institute, CRANN, of a porous surface of the polymer polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) was named by Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, as the SFI Research Image of the Year for 2011 at the S

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:23:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sfi-image-competition-2011/ Niamh Bradley SFI Image Competition 2011 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sfi-image-competition-2011/ ‘The Hive’, an image taken by Dr David McGovern in Trinity College Dublin's nanoscience institute, CRANN, of a porous surface of the polymer polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) was named by Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, as the SFI Research Image of the Year for 2011 at the S

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:23:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sfi-image-competition-2011/ Niamh Bradley Minister Sherlock announces SFI Researcher of the Year http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/minister-sherlock-announces-sfi-researcher-of-the-year/ Minister addresses Science Summit and applauds researcher’s “extraordinary” achievements

Monday, 14th November 2011: Professor Jonathan Coleman, a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)-funded researcher from Trinity College who has achieved international success in the area of nanostructures, was today

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/minister-sherlock-announces-sfi-researcher-of-the-year/ Niamh Bradley