Press Releases

Obesity and heart disease – does the health of your fat dictate your cardiovascular risk? 01 February 2012 Dr Fiona McGillicuddy from the Conway Institute at University College Dublin wins the first successful award under the SFI-HRB Wellcome Trust Biomedical Partnership. She will inves... click here to read

Lero: a superb example of an Irish-based research centre delivering impacts regionally, nationally and globally - Sherlock 30 January 2012 - Minister Sherlock announces €22.4 million for Lero over the next 5 years Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock T.D., pictured photographe... click here to read

Enterprise Development Chiefs Welcome Plan to Develop Ireland’s ICT Skills 30 January 2012 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... click here to read

Sherlock announces Government approval for drafting of Bill to extend remit of Science Foundation Ireland 25 January 2012 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 Foundatio... click here to read

Scientists trace origin of 'speed gene' in modern racehorses to British mare of 300 years ago 25 January 2012 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... click here to read

“Ireland is recognised as a leader in the localisation and global services sector but we need to do more” – Sherlock 24 January 2012 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 Irelan... click here to read

Probiotics - sugar-coating promotes survival and reduces infection 24 January 2012 New insights into how probiotic bacteria provide positive health benefits are published today in the prestigious international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc... click here to read

Tyndall top of the world in Energy Management 23 January 2012 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 ... click here to read

Major US Research Award for Professor Frank Barry 10 January 2012 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. Urist Award for Excellence in Tiss... click here to read

Science Foundation Ireland appoints New Director General 09 January 2012 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 na... click here to read

Discovery of New Vaccine Approach for Treatment of Cancer 21 December 2011 Dec 21, 2011 - Scientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Professor Kingston Mi... click here to read

SFI Review of 2011 and Looking Ahead to 2012 20 December 2011 Podcast with Dr Graham Love, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) reviewing SFI achievements and activities in 2011 and looking ahead to 2012. Click here... click here to read

Physicists focus in on Higgs boson – the so called ‘God particle’ 14 December 2011 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... click here to read

Irish-Based Researchers Create World's First 3D Surface Anatomy Guide 09 December 2011 3D guide will revolutionise medical education Thursday, 8th December 2011 The world’s first 3D surface anatomy guide for medical and physiotherapy students, surgical trainee... click here to read

Sensors & Sports: Leading Irish sensor web technology researchers showcase new innovations in sports applications 24 November 2011 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 fitn... click here to read

“Ireland’s University Rankings – we’re ranked 6th globally but it’s not the whole story” - Sherlock 22 November 2011 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... click here to read

Government-supported research to build on 15,000-job, €680million-a-year localisation sector – Bruton 16 November 2011 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, Richar... click here to read

SFI Image Competition 2011 15 November 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-gly... click here to read

Minister Sherlock announces SFI Researcher of the Year 15 November 2011 Minister addresses Science Summit and applauds researcher’s “extraordinary” achievements Monday, 14th November 2011: Professor Jonathan Coleman, a Science Founda... click here to read