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Why are meat plants hotspots for Covid-19?

A new project led by University College Dublin and funded by Science Foundation Ireland will bring together a range of scientists from a number of disciplines to better understand exactly why meat plants are vulnerable to the transmission of Covid-19, and

SARS-CoV-2 in sewage and bodies of water

Science Foundation Ireland is funding a new project at UCD to measure levels of SARS-CoV-2 at wastewater treatment plants.

Acclimatize: Technology to keep our coastal waters clean

Acclimatize, co-ordinated by UCD One Health researcher Professor Wim Meijer, is sniffing out sources of pollution in Dublin’s coastal waters in order to improve human and animal health.

Improved Tools for Human and Bovine Tuberculosis

UCD researchers are applying powerful new genomic technologies to
understand the bacteria that cause TB in cattle and humans in a bid to
reduce the burden of disease.

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University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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