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UCD Research News 2011

December 2011

• Personalising the use of chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment

• New insights into nanoparticles and dividing cells

• Born with no eyes: scientists identify genetic cause

• Getting ahead of the curve in online security

November 2011

• APC enables pharma companies to streamline their route to market for new and existing medicines

• UCD research findings help predict the response of ovarian cancer cells to chemotherapy

• New insights into how mammals evolved

• Going to Extremes to find Greener Chemicals

• UCD Professor Da-Wen Sun Awarded Membership of Academia Europaea

October 2011

• UCD MULTIWAVE project hopes to shed light on freak waves

• Prestigious ERC grant awarded to Dr Jenny McElwain to track how atmospheric oxygen has changed in Earth’s history

• New MMI PhD programme focuses on translating research discoveries into patient benefits and commercial outputs

• TRIL research shows a positive attitude helps over 60s suffer less falls

September 2011

• NIBRT and GE Healthcare Announce Biopharmaceutical Research Collaboration

• 2011 UCD Conway Festival medal win for neurotherapeutic research

• Taoiseach opens first phase of €300 million UCD Science Centre

• Designs for learning competition

• New Research Area in UCD School of Biosystems Engineering

• SFI Census 2010 - UCD Leads on All Key Metrics

• UCD Researcher awarded prestigious European Research Council funding for safe drinking water research

• NIBRT and IT Sligo work with industry leader MSD to ensure Cork employees are ready for the knowledge economy

• UCD awarded a state-of-the-art Prototyping Facility for high-end Product Design & Manufacturing for the Medical Device Sector

• 13 UCD projects funded under SFI Research Frontiers Programme

August 2011

• First AXA Research Fellowship for UCD

• Robust and competitive research will drive Ireland’s economic development

• Universitas 21 Early Career Researcher Workshop on Healthy Living - Applications Open!

July 2011

• UCD RMS Expertise Profiles system wins new audiences

• MMI Clinician Scientist Fellows Present Research Highlights in Annual Meeting

• ‘Food and Bioprocess Technology’ edited by UCD Biosystems Engineering Professor tops the World Ranking

• Award of prestigious IRCHSS CARA fellowships to UCD HII researchers

• Mums-to-be need more vitamin D, say experts

• Cancer researcher receives NovaUCD 2011 Innovation Award

• Three in four women below recommended exercise levels during pregnancy, research shows

June 2011

• New prostate cancer biomarkers move closer to clinical use

• Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Principal Investigator Awards for UCD scientists

• Students kick off their Summer with a taste of Science at UCD

• European Materials Research Society Young Scientist Award for CBNI Student

• Minister opens €57 million facility to support biopharmaceutical industry

• Drugs being developed to tackle CJD could also help block Alzheimer's, research shows

• TRIL: Unique and credible approach to addressing the needs of older people

May 2011

• Visiting Fulbright Fellow at UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies and UCD Humanities Institute

• US Nobel laureate Prof James J Heckman awarded ERC grant

• The future welcomes you today

• Google fund innovative Outreach Computer Science Module

April 2011

• Tail hair tells tale of cattle's diet - Scientists trace grassland production

• Vodafone begins €225k search for mobile internet start-ups

• Scientists identify natural defence cells that impede chemotherapy treatment

• UCD Festival of Research & Innovation. - Health & Healthcare Delivery.

• Computer Science at UCD ranked in the top 30 in Europe and number one in Ireland

• UCD researcher awarded 2011 Globe Sustainability Award

• One in four Irish men now obese, study shows

• Barrington Medal for UCD Lecturer/Academic

March 2011

• Worm research defines the role of multiple disease genes in cilia

• Regulating the infective phase of Legionella bacterial lifecycle

• TRIL Newsletter

• MMI Clinical & Translational Research Scholars Programme – Applications Invited

• Naturally enriched mushrooms a target for increasing vitamin D

• Andrew W Mellon Foundation Award for UCD Research Programme

• UCD Researchers recognised for short-listing in Globe Forum Competition

February 2011

• Irish medieval fishing site will be 'lost to the tide'

• UCD receives first Wellcome Trust funding for Irish based PhD: €3 million

• Rare native bat 'missing' in Ireland since 2003, study shows

• New 3-D Visual of Intestinal Growth Promoting Peptide

• Conway PhD student wins Waters prize

January 2011

• Business Award for UCD scientist and entrepreneur

• President of Ireland Young Researcher Award for UCD scientist

• Online social media key to communicating food risks & benefits

• Conway Fellow tops citation index

• Conway PhD student wins IT photo competition

• Mothers who use alternative medicine less likely to immunise children

• New processed cheese with 60% less salt could improve diets

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