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Overview

UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research is a multidisciplinary centre for research funded by an initiative of the Irish Higher Education Authority; the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI). Located on the 300-acre Belfield campus of University College Dublin (UCD), the largest university in Ireland, UCD Conway Institute brings together over 550 research staff from all over the University and its associated teaching hospitals.

Conway_building.jpgFounded in 1999, the Institute received funding from the Higher Education Authority (www.hea.ie) and private donors under all three cycles of the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions. The total funding committed was €92 million. A large part of the allocated funding was used to construct and equip a new research building, which became operational in September 2003. UCD Conway Institute was named after the first professor of biochemistry & pharmacology in UCD, Professor Edward J. Conway FRS (1894-1968).

Mission

UCD Conway Institute is a community of biomedical researchers exploring cell and systems biology for creative solutions in human disease.

Vision

UCD Conway Institute will be a global leader in biomedical research and through partnership will translate this knowledge to benefit patients.

Research Programme

At UCD Conway, our research strands are 

  1. Molecular mechanisms of disease
  2. Systems biology
  3. Translational medicine 

Our research themes are:

  1. Diabetes & vascular biology
  2. Infection, immunity & repair
  3. Neurobiology
  4. Cancer

Through interdisciplinary programmes, the close collaboration of scientists with clinicians and industry partners underpins the translational nature of this research.

Management

UCD Conway Institute is managed and operated by a Board of Management appointed by the President of UCD.  The Board is chaired by Professor Des Fitzgerald, Vice President for Research at UCD, and includes members with scientific, administrative and business expertise.  The operation of the Institute is currently under the directorship of Professor Walter Kolch.