2015 Blog Archive
Wednesday, 25 November, 2015
What if the order you performed addition in mattered and the sum "2 + 3 + 4" gave you a different answer to the sum "4 + 3 + 2"? Researchers at UCD have recently found that order matters a surprising amount for sequence alignment, an important part of modern genetic analyses.
Tuesday, 10 November, 2015
National Final educated, entertained and informed a sell-out audience in the Sugar Club in Dublin
Saturday, 07 November, 2015
Prof. Higgins in attendance as Ireland's most cited researcher.
Tuesday, 03 November, 2015
First step in potential participation in Europe’s biological information research infrastructure
Tuesday, 06 October, 2015
UCD is hosting a series of breast cancer talks, lab tours and exercise classes on 15 October to mark Breast Health Day 2015
Thursday, 17 September, 2015
Joint award with Alison Reynolds announced by UCD VP for Research, Innovation and Impact Prof. Orla Feely
Thursday, 01 October, 2015
Marie Curie personalised medicine fellowship programme to employ 10 experienced researchers
Wednesday, 30 September, 2015
A new publication in Cell Reports by Boris Kholodenko reveals the role thermodynamic factors play in paradoxical activation of cell signalling pathways caused by inhibitor drugs.
Wednesday, 30 September, 2015
New Amgen Biotech Experience teacher training courses announced
Tuesday, 25 August, 2015
A science education initiative led by Systems Biology Ireland in partnership with the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute in Dublin City University has been announced by leading biotechnology company Amgen and its philanthropic arm, the Amgen Foundation.
Monday, 27 July, 2015
New publication produced by SBI, funded through the EU FP7 Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe project
Wednesday, 15 July, 2015
SBI PhD students Elena Nikonova and Alba Tourino travelled in June to the Stockholm archipelago for a new systems medicine training initiative developed through the Coordinating Action Systems Medicine programme.
Thursday, 09 July, 2015
The ISMB ECCB 2015, chaired by SBI's Des Higgins, at the Dublin Convention Centre 10-14 July 2015
Sunday, 14 June, 2015
UCD hosts 3rd International Workshop and welcomes plenary speakers from Universities of Oxford and Washington
Thursday, 21 May, 2015
Event that brings researchers to meet the general public packs out pubs in Dublin, Galway and Limerick
Tuesday, 19 May, 2015
Former SBI researcher Maria Luisa Guerriero discusses how an SFI Industry Fellowship has led to a career in the pharmaceutical industry.
Wednesday, 29 April, 2015
5 year project will focus on developing personalised treatment to overcome drug resistance
Monday, 27 April, 2015
Masters students pitch biotech business ideas to panel of experts to mark end of MSc programme.
Thursday, 26 March, 2015
SBI's Dirk Fey introduces OncoNamics, a project developed through the NDRC/UCD FutureHealth pre-accelerator programme.
Thursday, 19 March, 2015
SBI researchers and collaborators explore signalling and metabolic pathways that trigger phenotypic changes in breast cancer cells in response to external cues.
Wednesday, 04 March, 2015
How can advances in systems biology be applied to medicine? A clinician and systems biologist discuss
Monday, 02 March, 2015
SBI's Susan Kennedy and friends are raising awareness of Prader Willi Syndrome through annual run.
Wednesday, 04 February, 2015
Researchers from SBI, UCD Conway Institute and BREAST-PREDICT got together for a coffee to mark WCD2015
Wednesday, 04 February, 2015
Infographic showing how SBI is tackling cancer
Wednesday, 04 February, 2015
Leading cancer researchers from SBI and UCD Conway Institute discuss their research
Saturday, 24 January, 2015
SBI Director Walter Kolch explains how this new development in medicine is underpinned by systems biology and describes its potential impact on healthcare.
Thursday, 15 January, 2015
Hands on experiments for children at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition attract over 550 visitors.



