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UCD Research News 2008

December 2008

• New research institute at UCD to inform the food production industry and public health policy

• NovaUCD celebrates five years of successful commercialisation

• Science never looked this good - phasing in new science facilities at Belfield

• International Engineering Honour for Professor Orla Feely

• UCD spin-out ChangingWorlds is sold for $60 million

• Insights into the internal organs of metal-toothed 'living fossils' found using new imaging technology

• Improving our diet by changing the diet of cows - lowered saturated fat content of milk could save thousands of lives

• Diet may regulate obesity health risks, but genes decide

• Secret sex life of killer fungus discovered

November 2008

• A Decade of PRTLI at UCD - The Power of Leveraged Philanthropy

• The Global Irish - President Mary McAleese addresses Irish Diaspora Forum

• UCD Researchers featured on RTE series ‘The Investigators’

• UCD researchers develop new bioplastic made by bacteria

• UCD partner in winning bid for Nanotechnology Centre

• UCD economics reaches top 5%

October 2008

• SHARE study prepares for population ageing landslide

• 2008 Images of Research Competition – Winners Announced

• Scientific breakthrough in young neutron star research

• The first all-island study of Traveller health begins

• UCD spin-out Celtic Catalysts secures €500,000 investment

September 2008

• UCD hosts first SVPCA conference held in Ireland

• UCD researchers honoured at International Agricultural Engineering conference

• Chief Scientific Adviser launches Dublin Chemistry: Ireland’s First Collaborative Graduate Programme

• Oxygen theory of mass extinction questioned by UCD researchers

• UCD physicist pivotal in CERN Big Bang experiment

• UCD Geary Institute soars in rankings of university economics groups

• Dublin conference drives forward the creation of a National Research Platform

August 2008

• UCD Researchers Receive Research Award for Personalising YouTube

• UCD study reveals athletes' attitudes to performance-enhancing drugs

• Professor Prem Puri awarded honorary citizenship of Salamanca for outstanding contribution to paediatric surgery

• UCD buildings recognised at Irish Architecture Awards

• UCD NIBRT researchers discover method of early cancer detection

• Images of Research presented to UCD Collection

• UCD spin-out HeyStaks receives Eircom’s Web Innovation Award

July 2008

• Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation visits research facilities at UCD

• UCD Professor elected to The Atlantic Philanthropies Board

• BBSRC appoints UCD Professor to senior management team

• UCD researcher wins award for Best Student Paper at FoodSim2008

• UCD spin-out ChangingWorlds launches with Taiwanese mobile operator

• Irish Universities Quality Board launches new institutional research guidelines

• Study identifies toxic key to Alzheimer’s disease memory loss

• UCD Professor tops the world rankings in Agriculture Sciences

June 2008

• UCD and Oracle team up to research “self-diagnosing” databases.

• NovaUCD chip-design company to open US and Japan offices

• €18 million investment in Charles Institute to help fight against skin diseases.

• HRB study measures economic and social benefits of UCD research projects

May 2008

• Ancient parrot species discovered near the North Sea

• UCD awards prestigious Ulysses Medal to Professor Shuh Narumiya

• UCD Researcher helps identify the most effective initial treatment for HIV

• Celtic Catalysts wins NovaUCD 2008 Innovation Award

• Adolescent Mental Health Conference at UCD calls for increased resources for specialist services

• 2008 winners of President’s Research Fellowship Scheme announced

• UCD research student finishes in third place in national Science Speak competition

• UCD inventions increase by 35 per cent

• UCD RoboRugby competition encouraging innovation in young engineers

• AccesScience podcasts now available for download

April 2008

• UCD spin-out company to produce newborn screening kits targeted at international markets

• UCD Professor receives international award for achievement in wind integration

• Molecular Medicine Ireland is launched to strengthen Ireland's profile in health research

• UCD Professor to lead €16.4 million ground breaking Sensor Web research centre

• UCD Geary Institute Irish Universities Study launched

• National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) enters R&D collaboration with Eli Lilly

• NovaUCD Director to Chair European Knowledge Transfer Network

• UCD and Mount Carmel Hospital agree teaching and research partnership

• Dr Maurice Treacy appointed as CEO to National Institute for Bioprocessing and Research (NIBRT)

• UCD Professor makes breakthrough discovery to predict appearance of potholes

• Silicon Valley executives honour UCD spin-out company with Technology Innovation Award

March 2008

• Eleven new high-tech start-ups participate in NovaUCD’s 2008 Campus Company Development Programme

• Innovative postgraduate programme provides skills required from leaders in the Agri-Food sector

• Environmentally friendly advances in chemistry capture imagination at AccesScience ’08

• UCD-led Food Survey finds gender differences in teenage attitudes to diet and obesity

February 2008

• UCD scientists advance the war against cancer cells

• UCD Paper wins coveted US National Academy of Science Prize

• UCD spin-out Celtic Catalysts wins “Rising Star Award” at international biotech competition

• UCD researchers assist European Space Agency with plans for use of Columbus laboratory

• UCD Professor is awarded prestigious Japan Society Fellowship

• UCD Academic Joins Editorial Board of Journal of Evolutionary Biology

• UCD leads successful bid as Ireland is selected as a European centre for computational research

January 2008

• Study addressing how post-unification Germany confronts its collective memory receives Outstanding Academic Title award

• UCD spin-out ChangingWorlds signs deal with Vodacom during Government-led Trade Mission to South Africa

• Discovering the fun side to UCD Science at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition

• Driving a sustainable agri-food sector: the new roadmap for education, research and innovation

• Scientists uncover new potential treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• NovaUCD 2008 Campus Company Development Programme – Calling all Prospective Entrepreneurs

• New test may prevent some newly diagnosed breast cancer patients from having to undergo chemotherapy

• Commercialisation Award for UCD Advanced Manufacturing Science (AMS) Research Centre

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