International genomics meeting hosted in UCD by Systems Biology Ireland and European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Join us on 8th June 2017 in UCD to hear new leaders in personalised medicine discuss their cutting edge research

Awards for Collaboration Achievement and Education Lab of the Year at the Irish Laboratory Awards and Best Education Outreach at the Education Awards

Joint SBI and Dublin City University programme gives students hands-on experience in working with DNA and molecular biology techniques.

New research published by the Santra Group in PLoS One

SBI's Dirk Fey on why scientists across the world made their voices heard and marched for science

SBI's Dirk Fey looks at the challenges of the newly-announced US cancer initiative

UCD welcomes patients, advocacy groups and charities for third workshop

Dr Ariane Watson and Dr Oleksii Rukhlenko awarded prestigious fellowships

SBI team from the Amgen Biotech Experience lead science experiments for children at annual festival in Dublin

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.

Melinda Halasz wins best oral presentation prize at annual all island event.

New publication in Science Signalling reconstructs a predictive model using partial knowledge and experimentally observed behaviour of the pathway components.

Cohort of junior group leaders from across UCD biomedical sciences join three-day workshop to develop and hone leadership skills.

Honoured in recognition of seminal research and technological impact in areas including genomics, proteomics, systems biology and systems medicine

In recognition of his outstanding achievements in science, Professor Walter Kolch, Director of SBI, has been elected to the ranks of the Royal Irish Academy.

New research from SBI's and collaborators at the Institute of Cancer Research in London using genetic screening to identify genes that different cancer cell lines depend upon for survival.

New Irish ELIXIR node will see Ireland join 19 other national members of European infrastructure for life science information.

The American Physiological Society has announced that Prof. Cormac Taylor to be presented with the 2017 Takeda Distinguished Research Award by the Society’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section.

New research elucidates role of hydroxylases in regulating signalling pathway

New research just published by a team led by scientists from SBI has shown for the first time a computationally derived cancer biomarker outperforming classical biomarkers.

New research from SBI and collaborators in Basel and Seoul has found that cell fate can be determined by pulsed application of EGF hormone.

National Final educated, entertained and informed a sell-out audience in the Sugar Club in Dublin

First step in potential participation in Europe’s biological information research infrastructure

UCD is hosting a series of breast cancer talks, lab tours and exercise classes on 15 October to mark Breast Health Day 2015

New Amgen Biotech Experience teacher training courses announced

Joint award with Alison Reynolds announced by UCD VP for Research, Innovation and Impact Prof. Orla Feely

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.

New publication produced by SBI, funded through the EU FP7 Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe project

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.

The ISMB ECCB 2015, chaired by SBI's Des Higgins, at the Dublin Convention Centre 10-14 July 2015

5 year project will focus on developing personalised treatment to overcome drug resistance

UCD hosts 3rd International Workshop and welcomes plenary speakers from Universities of Oxford and Washington

Event that brings researchers to meet the general public packs out pubs in Dublin, Galway and Limerick

In this short video, Systems Biology Ireland PhD researcher Benedikt Minke explains what antibiotic resistance is and how systems biology can help to address the issue.

In a fascinating and honest talk last week for The Art Of The Start, Kieran Daly gave us a glimpse of his incredibly interesting career journey.

In this latest installment of “The Art Of The Start”, Darren Cunningham, CEO of Inflection Biosciences, joined us to share details of the trials and tribulations that he and his team have encountered to date in their start-up journey.

The latest installment of The Art Of The Start (TAOTS) featured our local hero and Clearpreso.com founder Ed Fidgeon-Kavanagh. The newly reconfigured AOTS brings together an audience comprised of SBI researchers, Conway staff, MSc students in Biotechnology & Business courses and our friends from the real world (a.k.a the general public) for discussion about enterprise, selling, marketing, science and professional development.

SBI's new state of the art facility opened by Minister Sean Sherlock and UCD President Hugh Brady.

Researchers in UCD Conway Institute and Systems Biology Ireland have identified a way that a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs may be used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

It turns out quite a lot, last month Dave O’ Flanagan, CEO and co-founder of Boxever came to the Conway share some of the experiences that he and his team have had during their start-up journey

SBI Principal Investigators launch Ireland's first Centre for Stem-Cell Manufacture in NUI Galway

Looking for an interesting place to work? SBI is a vibrant community of researchers from disciplines as different as mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics and computation.

On Wednesday the 19th of February, Professor Jan Rosier gave a comprehensive yet succinct overview of five key theories of management that every founder of a life science and healthcare venture should know.

We are hosting a 1 day meeting on genomics and systems biology in UCD on June 16th 2014, followed by a reception afterwards in the Conway Institute.

ESGI are week-long problem-solving workshops which provide a unique opportunity for interaction between mathematicians, scientists and industry. They bring together leading mathematicians from a wide range of backgrounds to work intensively on real-world problems.

On Wednesday the 26th of February, The Art of the Start was delighted to welcome, Dr Helen McBreen who is the Commercial Development Leader at NDRC.

Bill Liao on his recent visit to SBI drew comparisons between the early years of computers and the current convergence of biology and technology.

In this latest installment of “The Art Of The Start”, Prof. John Boland, former Director of CRANN, joined us to share his insights in to how to upscale your institute and tailoring an approach to suit industrial needs.

Masters student teams from UCD compete against each other to recieve investment funding from venture capitalists for their fledging companies

Findings published in PLoS One will help scientists choose the best strategy to prepare data for statistical analysis

Colm J. Ryan has been awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship worth €300,000 over four years to work in Systems Biology Ireland on synthetic lethality treatments in cancer therapeutics.

'Sharing knowledge and exchanging experiences is key to successful research', said Prof Iain Mattaj, EMBL Director-General as he launched the SBI-EMBL joint meeting

New research shows opposing biological functions are regulated by the same elements within a protein signalling network

Prof. Higgins is one of only eleven researchers based at Irish universities to feature on the list which is a compilation of highly cited influential names in science.

Alex's award announced as part of €23m investment in Ireland’s most promising young research talent.

Project to explore role of small protein in the metastasis of breast cancer.

SBI Director Walter Kolch discusses what the UK's 100,000 Genome Project will mean for Irish healthcare, cancer research and personalised medicine

Two leading UCD cancer specialists discuss the progress made in the last 20 years and what lies ahead.

11 strong group of SBI staff, including centre management, PhD students, postdocs and group leaders, undertake the Ice Bucket Challenge for Project MinE.

Read about SBI research on the mechanisms that affect cancer therapy efficacy as well as a round up of our recent publications.

New research from SBI published in Nature Cell Biology shows opposing biological functions are regulated by the same elements within a protein signalling network.

Audience treated to an evening of informative and entertaining talks at the fifth annual National Thesis in 3 Final.

Alliance to enhance cooperation between the two research institutions

Nature have announced the top 100 most cited papers of all time, and papers authored by Des Higgins feature twice.

2014 Nature Award for Mentoring in Science presented at Science Foundation Ireland’s 2014 Summit.

A behind the scenes look at everyday life in Systems Biology Ireland, an institute where laboratory-based researchers and computational modellers work together to understand the mechanisms of disease and identify new therapeutic targets.

SBI staff join in the Run in the Dark Dublin event in aid of the Mark Pollock Trust

SBI’s Carolanne Doherty visits the Plurabelle Paddlers, Ireland’s first dragon boat racing team whose members all have one thing in common: they are survivors of breast cancer.

Hirsute SBI researchers raise funds for prostate cancer charities.

Wet Lab Manager Amaya Garcia-Muñoz named Laboratory Staff Member of the Year while Alex von Kriegsheim and Lan Nguyen shortlisted for further awards.

SBI team met with leading innovators at event jointly hosted by Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and SFI at Dublin's Convention Centre.

SBI and UCD are partnering with the NDRC, one of Europe’s leading accelerator programmes, to launch new pre-accelerator created to focus exclusively on the support of early stage healthtech ventures.

PRIMES and ASSET consortia meet in Vienna for mid term reviews and annual meetings.

Round up of our latest publications, including a feature on a collaboration between researchers at UCD Conway Institute and SBI to use nanoparticles to target tumour cells.

SBI Director Walter Kolch explains how this new development in medicine is underpinned by systems biology and describes its potential impact on healthcare.

Leading cancer researchers from SBI and UCD Conway Institute discuss their research

Infographic showing how SBI is tackling cancer

Researchers from SBI, UCD Conway Institute and BREAST-PREDICT got together for a coffee to mark WCD2015

SBI's Susan Kennedy and friends are raising awareness of Prader Willi Syndrome through annual run.

How can advances in systems biology be applied to medicine? A clinician and systems biologist discuss

Hands on experiments for children at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition attract over 550 visitors.

SBI researchers and collaborators explore signalling and metabolic pathways that trigger phenotypic changes in breast cancer cells in response to external cues.

SBI's Dirk Fey introduces OncoNamics, a project developed through the NDRC/UCD FutureHealth pre-accelerator programme.

Masters students pitch biotech business ideas to panel of experts to mark end of MSc programme.

Former SBI researcher Maria Luisa Guerriero discusses how an SFI Industry Fellowship has led to a career in the pharmaceutical industry.