Huge crowds at major Sheep2010 event (28/06/2010)
Close to 7,000 people attended Sheep2010, the seventh major national sheep event to take place at UCD Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin on Saturday 26 June.
UCD leads €9 million EU funded research into personalised nutrition (05/07/2010)
UCD is to lead a major international research consortium to investigate if a person’s genetic make-up can help design their ideal nutritional diet. “The goal is to merge the scientific, sensory and socio-economic aspects and show whether personalised nutrition based on a person’s genes could deliver consumer benefits,” says Professor Mike Gibney...
How genes contribute to athletic performance in Thoroughbred horses (12/11/2010)
Equinome, a leading equine genomics company, has announced the publication of four scientific papers by Equinome and UCD researchers which describe significant advances in the understanding of the genes that contribute to athletic performance in Thoroughbred horses...
IMAGE Businesswoman Award for Dr Emmeline Hill (07/12/2010)
UCD researcher and co-founder of Equinome, Dr Emmeline Hill has been presented with the 2010 IMAGE Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2009, research led by Dr Emmeline Hill at the UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine resulted in the world’s first identification of a performance-related gene in Thoroughbred horses...
New processed cheese with 60% less salt could improve diets (04/01/2011)
Food scientists at University College Dublin have created a processed cheese product with 60% less sodium than full salt versions, and practically no difference in taste and structure.
Business Award for UCD scientist and entrepreneur (24/01/2011)
Dr Emmeline Hill, a genomics researcher in the UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, and co-founder of Equinome, has scooped the Business Category Award at the 2011 David Manley Emerging Business Entrepreneur Awards.
UCD Agricultural Science Careers Day 2011 (16/02/2011)
In a stimulating and provocative opening to the UCD Agricultural Science Careers Day, Mr Owen Killian, CEO of ARYZTA challenged the Class of 2011 to help shape societies values so that they learn to appreciate the real value of the food they consume, while the Attorney General, Mr Paul Gallagher SC in his opening address acknowledged that although agriculture and food regulation may be frustrating for stakeholders, it is designed to ensure Ireland achieves its potential and that development and innovation is respectful of people, society and the environment.
The need for Life Sciences in Ireland (17/02/2011)
In this article produced on behalf of the Royal Irish Academy Committee for Life Sciences and published in the Irish Times, Professor Alex Evans explains the value of investing in Life Sciences for Ireland and the future development of the Irish Economy.
Naturally enriched mushrooms a target for increasing vitamin D (03/03/2011)
With about 40% of the Irish population thought to have low levels of Vitamin D, University College Dublin (UCD) scientists are investigating if consuming mushrooms naturally enriched with vitamin D could help boost our levels of the crucial ‘sunshine’ vitamin.
4th International Symposium on Animal Functional Genetics (18/03/2011)
The 4th International Symposium on Animal Functional Genetics will take place in Dublin on Monday 10th - Wednesday 12th October 2011. Registration for the 4th ISAFG Symposium is now open and abstracts are now being accepted until 1st July 2011. Please see the symposium website www.ISAFG2011.org for more information on both Registration and the Call for Abstracts.
RDS-Macra na Feirme Young Sheep Farmer Award 2011 (10/05/2011)
Mr Sean Cooney from Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford, a final year BAgrSc student is the RDS-Macra na Feirme Young Sheep Farmer Award Winner for 2011.
Importance of agriculture and food industry to the Irish Economy highlighted in UCD report (08/06/2011)
A new economic study carried out by Prof Jim Phelan and Dr John O'Connell of the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science for the Irish Farmers Association found that one in seven jobs in Ireland is in the food industry and that it has a more positive spin-off for the economy than any other manufacturing sector
FBD Trust and the Agricultural Trust presented UCD Dairy Business students with scholarships to support costs associated with conducting Professional Work Experience in New Zealand.