Research Showcase

Monitoring tiny eye movements Monitoring tiny eye movements In many medical situations, such as coma or stroke, it is vital to assess a patient’s level of consciousness. This can be done by measuring tiny eye movements, called ocular ... click here to read
Solid State Pharmaceuticals Cluster Solid State Pharmaceuticals Cluster Discovering a new drug can mark the end of a long quest by researchers, but for the pharmaceutical industry, this is just one part of the equation. Before anything can be produced, click here to read
NUIG Investigator awarded new SFI Prize in Regenerative Medicine NUIG Investigator awarded new SFI Prize in Regenerative Medicine Several of the world’s top biomedical scientists descended on Galway earlier this month to participate in the Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine International Society (... click here to read
Applying science to Ireland's thoroughbred horse industry Equinome a new Irish biotech company Applying science to Ireland's thoroughbred horse industry Equinome a new Irish biotech company Consider this: The Men’s 1,500 metres world record fell by some 31 seconds in the 86 years from 1913 to 1999 when the current world record was set by Hicham El Guerrouj of Mo... click here to read
‘Worming a way out of Joubert Syndrome’ ‘Worming a way out of Joubert Syndrome’ Joubert Syndrome (JS) is a rare inherited disorder associated with serious debilitating symptoms, including blindness, kidney cysts, developmental delays and mental retardation. Th click here to read
Tyndall researchers on a road with no junctions Tyndall researchers on a road with no junctions Transistors are an integral building block of all modern electronic devices. Their function is to either amplify or switch electronic signals, and since their invention in the 1940... click here to read
Ireland – not ‘immune’ to scientific excellence Ireland – not ‘immune’ to scientific excellence Ireland’s performance in immunology research on the world-stage is ‘outstanding’, according to a recent report from Thomson Reuters. Their ‘Essential Scienc... click here to read
Schools without teachers? Workplaces without managers? Computers without users? Schools without teachers? Workplaces without managers? Computers without users? Imagine the chaos that would ensue if we sent children to school, with no teachers to supervise them. Or the wasted working hours if there were no managers to monitor and direct th... click here to read
Helping the Helpless - UCC research helps to provide an early diagnosis of seizures in babies Helping the Helpless - UCC research helps to provide an early diagnosis of seizures in babies Parents of newborn babies do all they can to ensure that their new arrival is cared for in the best possible way. click here to read
Energy-Efficient Vehicle Project given the “Green” Light Energy-Efficient Vehicle Project given the “Green” Light Progress in the design of environmentally friendly automobiles has been hampered by a variety of issues, not least the fact that the technologies to date have not produced electric... click here to read
Fighting cancer with precious metals Fighting cancer with precious metals Platinum is more precious than gold, and not just in money terms. The metal is a killer of cancer cells, but as Dr Celine Marmion at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland observ... click here to read
Nano – the future for materials development (CRANN) Nano – the future for materials development (CRANN)   New materials have been quietly revolutionising daily life for over two generations. Some of the earliest new materials were plastics, which became commonplace about 50 y... click here to read
Getting a bird’s eye view of cell death Getting a bird’s eye view of cell death  Cells die in your body every day. It’s a natural process by which damaged or old cells are taken away, allowing tissues to renew. But if the balance between cell growth... click here to read
Shedding light on many subjects Shedding light on many subjects Without light, and optics, there would be no life on Earth. Optics underpins solar cell technology, lighting and displays, as well as medical techniques and communications. Prof click here to read
Studying stem cells in a marine invertebrate Studying stem cells in a marine invertebrate It sounds like a grisly experiment, but if you chop off the head of the marine animal Hydractinia echinata it doesn’t die. Instead it re-grows a head within a few days. That ... click here to read
Creating a global financial research centre Creating a global financial research centre Ireland’s could become a global centre for the development of sophisticated financial services products if the work of the Science Foundation Ireland funded Financial Mathematics click here to read
Just a spoonful of sugar... Just a spoonful of sugar... Research currently being carried out by the Science Foundation Ireland funded Alimentary Glycoscience Research Cluster (AGRC) at NUIG could lead to the rapid diagnosis of diseases ... click here to read
Semantic Web Search Video Semantic Web Search Video   This video produced by DERI explains how semantic search technologies will make it easier to find specific information on the Web and allow this information to be convenien... click here to read
Finding Ireland's place in space Finding Ireland's place in space Back in the old days - maybe a decade ago when Science Foundation Ireland was set up - if you wanted to know how to get somewhere you often had to consult an unwieldy paper map or ... click here to read
Fast Detection of Viruses – Nanobio Research at CRANN Fast Detection of Viruses – Nanobio Research at CRANN Nanobiotechnology is the research focus for Prof Martin Hegner, Principal Investigator in CRANN (www.crann.tcd.ie) and Professor in the School of Physics, TCD. This discipline comb... click here to read
Transforming the face of biomedical diagnostics Transforming the face of biomedical diagnostics 23 December 2010 The Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) has been working on the development of technologies which will enable cost effective early diagnosis of illnesses such as cancer, meningi click here to read
Regenerative solutions Regenerative solutions 19 January 2011 New therapies and treatments for diseases such as diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and osteoarthritis are among the potential benefits of research being c... click here to read
Ireland No. 1 in the world in Molecular Genetics & Genomics The Life Sciences journal Lab Times has ranked Ireland number 1 in the world for the quality of its Molecular Genetics & Genomics research[1].  Based on analysis of the be... click here to read
Learning lessons from Mother Nature – and bats Learning lessons from Mother Nature – and bats 28 January 2011 You’ve probably heard of the term ‘old bat’. But the mild insult hides a germ of truth: bats can teach us a lot about ageing - and plenty else besides. Researche... click here to read
CLARITY and the Irish Amateur Boxing Association CLARITY and the Irish Amateur Boxing Association 03 February 2011 Amateur boxing is Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport and consistently produces medallists at Olympic, World, European competition both at senior and underage level. Much... click here to read
Making software work 11 February 2011 You're working on your computer, maybe writing a document or putting data in a spreadsheet. Suddenly the computer program crashes, and anything that you didn't save is lost.  ... click here to read
Systems biology – seeing the bigger picture Systems biology – seeing the bigger picture 01 March 2011 Suppose you wanted to figure out how a community works, but you only had a map of the houses and the phone listings of the people who lived there. To get a better picture of what g... click here to read
Inflammation – a hot topic Inflammation – a hot topic 23 March 2011 What do you think when you hear the word ‘inflammation’? Redness and heat? The bodily response to injury or infection is aptly named, and it’s currently a hot top... click here to read
Avoiding Internet congestion the smart way Avoiding Internet congestion the smart way 05 May 2011 Imagine if motorway traffic had to be suddenly routed through busy town centres  – what kind of congestion and delay would that cause?  Your Internet connection cou... click here to read
Getting a new angle on assessing buildings Getting a new angle on assessing buildings With plans underway for a new Metro system in Dublin, the focus is not only on how to excavate the underground tunnel, but what kind of impact the dig might have on buildings overh... click here to read
Equine sensing Equine sensing 16 June 2011 Horse racing, also known as ‘The Sport of Kings’, is one of the world’s most popular sports attracting followers from every age, nationality and walk of life, in ... click here to read
Regulating nuclear signalling in cancer Regulating nuclear signalling in cancer 09 August 2011 Research findings published recently in Nature Communications describe a completely new way in which TGFβ receptors regulate nuclear signalling. The findings are significant g... click here to read
Making better use of the spectrum - CTVR Making better use of the spectrum - CTVR When mobile phones and radios communicate over the airwaves they use part of what people in telecommunications refer to as the spectrum. Spectrum is scarce because the number of ne click here to read
Face of BIO 2011 Face of BIO 2011 26 August 2011 Showcased on the  Innovation Ireland stand at the recent BIO2011 conference was The Face of BIO, a project which was completed with Science Gallery Dublin (http://www.scienceg... click here to read
CLARITY Darts Ahead CLARITY Darts Ahead 14 August 2011 Researchers in the Science Foundation Ireland funded research centre, CLARITY, are using new advances in intelligent wearable sensor technologies to improve accuracy and reproducib... click here to read
High End Computing Supporting Industry High End Computing Supporting Industry click here to read
Layering success upon success Layering success upon success 21 November 2011 Prof Jonathan Coleman, SFI Researcher of the Year 2011 talks about his work, “In 10 years time, I’d like to look around me and see things like strong light plastics and efficie click here to read
DCU at leading edge of lifelogging research DCU at leading edge of lifelogging research 06 December 2011 DCU this week hosted a TV film crew from the Discovery Channel who were visiting CLARITY to record scenes and to interview Dr Cathal Gurrin (CLARITY Collaborator and School of Comp... click here to read
ames Kennedy The development of a polymeric site specific delivery device to aid in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome using alternative therapeutic agents... click here to read