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UCD Research News 2010

December 2010

• Cultural Dimensions of Innovation conference takes place as part of Innovation Dublin 2010

• UCD Festival of Research and Innovation: 
Earth Sciences, Energy & the Environment

• Senior Chinese Diplomats visit UCD Agriculture & Food Science Centre

• President's Report 2010

• IMAGE Businesswoman Award for UCD researcher

• Sewage water bacteria helps fill ‘missing link’ in early evolution

November 2010

• Software company, JLizard scoops NovaUCD 2010 Start-Up Award

• Visa Europe and UCD join forces to tackle cybercrime

• The Innovation Academy officially opens its doors

• A Picture of Ageing Research: Ireland, North and South

• Molecular Medicine Ireland Clinician Scientist Structured PhD Curriculum Launch

• 2010 UCD Images of Research Competition

• Over 10,000 older people mistreated or neglected, study finds

• World First for Ireland as Opera Ireland Streamed Live in HD on the Internet via Platform Ireland

• Academic Events to Celebrate the Launch of the UCD Irish Virtual Research Library & Archive

• UCD/TCD scholars raise €662 for charity in two hours in the name of innovation

• High Performance Computing Survey

October 2010

• Identifying a role for cellular CO2 sensor

• Equinome Co-founder Shortlisted for Entrepreneur Award

• Scientists capture first direct images of theoretically predicted magnetic monopoles

• Genetic markers predisposing patients to blood clot formation

• Conway researcher recognised for biomarker validation research

• Major EU FP7 funding success for UCD Biosystems Engineering Professor

September 2010

• Prestigious award for UCD Conway Professor

• NovaUCD 2010 Innovation Award for UCD Geology Research Group

• UCD Conway scientists sequence the first Irish genome

• Shorter life expectancy and higher suicide rates among Travellers, study shows

• UCD scientists and Weedle awarded €200,000 to define future of search and connect technology

August 2010

• UCD Professor Continues to Lead World Rankings in Agriculture Sciences

• Key regulator in inflammatory bowel disease identified

• Irish Government commits €773m to support research

• UCD scientists No 1 Hot Paper in Nature Medicine

• High percentage of pregnant women overweight and obese, research finds

July 2010

• UCD leads €9 million EU funded research into personalised nutrition

• Minister announces 80 new highly skilled green tech jobs

• UCD secures major funding under PRLTI 5 to boost innovation

• UCD scientist wins European Young Researcher Award at Euroscience 2010

June 2010

• UCD Professor Elected CIGR President and Received CIGR Fellow Award

• Life imitates… electronics and mechanics actually!

• EU awards €18 million for cancer research at UCD

• UCD’s Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre launches its annual report

• Irish Researchers Discover New Autism Genes as Part of Major International Research Project

• Forests more prone to wildfires as climate heats up

• Fossils discovery fills 30-million-year gap in evolution of early life

May 2010

• 95 million year old jaw bones from Sahara help scientists identify new pterodactyl

• €8.5m announced for cutting-edge research projects

• Prehistoric birds were poor flyers, research shows

• Stanford President first International Advisor to TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance

• Agilent Technologies Funds University College Dublin Newman Fellowship in Quantitative Proteomics

• €8 million for UCD researchers under SFI Principal Investigator Programme

April 2010

• 16 New High-Tech Ventures Join NovaUCD’s 2010 Entrepreneurship Programme

• GE Healthcare invests $3 million in TRIL Centre, to develop new technologies for independent living

• 25% of fish products labeled and sold as cod and haddock are from different species, UCD research shows

• New insights into diabetic blindness

• World's largest particle accelerator experiment up and running

• BiancaMed Wins Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Award

• Corporate entrepreneurship is key to making innovation happen, says leading expert

• UCD Conway worm research sheds light on Joubert syndrome gene

March 2010

• Disney and CLARITY join forces on sports visualisation project

• UCD Professor leads Ireland-Vietnam Blood-borne Virus Initiative

• Oestrogen protects against cardiovascular disease, UCD research shows

• Innovation Alliance Announces Innovation Bursaries and Roll Out of Innovation Academy Graduate Programme

• UCD to co-host two Competence Centres as part of €56m industry-led research investment

• Urban Environment Project report - Managing an Unstable Housing Market

February 2010

• New animal behaviour research may have potential benefits for landmine detection and search-and-rescue operations

• Scientists unpick genetic code of extinct giant cattle

• UCD poised for EU centre of excellence in fight against cybercrime

• IUA and Nova UCD report major increase in university spin-out companies

• The Charles Institute moves ahead on research into skin disease at UCD

• UCD Spin-out Shortlisted for Irish Times Innovation Award

• Students explore the Science behind technology with UCD Researchers at the 2010 BT Young Scientist

• Accuri award for UCD Conway Institute researchers

January 2010

• Dinosaur feather colours and markings identified for first time

• Walter Kolch appointed Director of UCD Conway Institute

• UCD Biotech spin-out Launches Genetic Test for ‘Speed Gene’ in Thoroughbred Horses

• UCD Professor is first from Ireland or UK to be elected to German Academy of Science and Engineering

• Scientists measure cleansing power of trees in city carbon emission tests

• New EU food label to warn against hyperactivity in children based on inaccurate consumption levels, say UCD scientists

• Independent review shows return on investment for research at UCD

• Company developing genetic tests for equine industry wins NovaUCD 2009 Start-Up Award

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