The UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research is Ireland's largest biosciences research institute, exploring fundamental mechanisms of chronic diseases for creative solutions in diagnostics and therapeutics.
The vision of the UCD Conway Institute is to design new approaches to disease prevention and therapy based on a thorough understanding of the biological molecular mechanisms that cause disease. The Institute was founded in 1999 and its 11,500m building was opened in 2003.
Through world-class facilities and infrastructural support, UCD Conway enables researchers in the biosciences to compete successfully on the international stage and to place Irish bioscience in the global spotlight.
There are approximately 450 people associated with the Institute comprising 94 Conway Fellows and their teams of postdoctoral researchers and graduate students.
UCD Conway was awarded approximately €92M through the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) funding across Cycles 1-3 and its researchers have since been awarded over €156M in grant income from sources including the European Union, Wellcome Trust, Science Foundation Ireland and the Health Research Board.
Key research strands centre on:
These research strands dovetail under an interdisciplinary umbrella programme in:
UCD Conway Institute's research is being applied in disease areas such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and Alzheimer's
The Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology in the UCD Conway Institute is a collaboration in the chemical sciences between University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Molecular Medicine Ireland in the UCD Conway Institute is a collaboration in molecular medicine across the National University of Ireland Galway, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork and University College Dublin.
Systems Biology Ireland is a Science Foundation Ireland-funded Centre for Science, Engineering & Technology (CSET) established in UCD Conway Institute and led by University College Dublin in collaboration with researchers in NUI Galway.
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