15 December, 2015

The Award was presented to Professor Eoin Casey and Dr Eoin Syron, both researchers in the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, by UCD President, Professor Andrew J Deeks during an event held at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs.

14 December, 2015

Following a $100,000 grant from the Gates Foundation, a multidisciplinary team of researchers based at UCD Conway Institute will begin field testing their BIOTOPE (biomarkers to diagnose pneumonia) research project in Malawi.

14 December, 2015

The Minister for Skills, Research, Innovation Damien English TD, together with An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, recently published Innovation 2020, Ireland’s 5-year strategy for research and development, science and technology.

07 December, 2015

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who served as European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science from 2010 to 2014, has been awarded an honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by University College Dublin.

07 December, 2015

Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD has officially launched the Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), a newly established Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre in Geosciences at University College Dublin.

25 November, 2015

ESIPP will receive €5.5 million from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through Science Foundation Ireland, coupled with €5.5 million from five industry partners.

24 November, 2015

The results of an international study just published in Nature Cell Biology have identified a gene (TMEM107) associated with Joubert syndrome, and crucially uncovered the mechanism by which it functions in cells, leading to a better understanding of the cause of this brain disorder.

11 November, 2015

IBM and UCD have announced the establishment of a new research collaboratory in Ireland, allowing scientists from UCD and IBM Research–Ireland to work closely together on technologies for the next generation of smart and sustainable cities.

09 November, 2015

To mark the 20th annual Science Week, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD attended a showcase of Irish science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) at Government Buildings.

21 October, 2015

UCD has announced the launch of its strategy for research, innovation and impact until 2020.

21 October, 2015

Professor Orla Feeley, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact has officially launched the UCD Centre for Translational Pain Research.

05 October, 2015

Dr Silke Ryan, a University College Dublin (UCD) medical researcher, has delivered the flagship Cournand lecture at European Respiratory Society’s (ERS) 2015 international congress.

28 September, 2015

Institute Director, Professor Walter Kolch will lead an EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND international training and career development fellowship programme in personalised medicine, TOPMed10.

23 September, 2015

Hard to unwind like knots in a rope, magnetic skyrmions are stable magnetic whirls that behave like tiny particles in magnetic thin films. These whirls, only a few nanometers in size offer great potential for next-generation information storage and processing.

21 September, 2015

Dr Melinda Halasz and Dr Alison Reynolds are joint winners of the 2015 UCD Conway gold medal for their respective research projects to find new treatment approaches in a highly aggressive childhood cancer and in a condition that can lead to blindness.

09 September, 2015

OncoMark, headquartered at NovaUCD, focuses on the development of novel panels of cancer biomarkers to aid treatment decisions and allow more tailored patient management, ultimately improving the quality of life for cancer patients.

07 September, 2015

Professor Da-Wen Sun, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, is a global authority in food engineering research and education.

05 August, 2015

Professor Pat Guiry has become the first Irish academic to be elected President of the International Scientific Committee of the European Symposium of Organic Chemistry (ESOC).

20 July, 2015

A collaboration between RIKEN, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, University College Dublin, Kyushu University, and Fujitsu has won top place for the K computer in the June 2015 Graph 500 supercomputer ranking.

07 July, 2015

Findings of an international study published in the New England Journal of Medicine show that the drug, liraglutide 3.0 mg is beneficial to weight management in obesity when used in combination with diet and increased physical activity.

30 June, 2015

Dr Tríona Ní Chonghaile, a postdoctoral cancer researcher in the laboratory of Professor William Gallagher has won a highly contested 2015 L’Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland For Women In Science fellowship at a ceremony this week at London’s Royal Society.

16 June, 2015

The book was launched by Professor Luke Gibbons and was attended by Professor Orla Feely and the British Ambassador to Ireland Dominick Chilcott, amongst many others.

09 June, 2015

Obesity is considered a risk factor for diseases including diabetes, liver cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease. Adipose (fat tissue) inflammation seems to be a common denominator among these obesity-related diseases.

09 June, 2015

Non-contact device detects brainstem activity by measuring tiny, involuntary eye movement

08 June, 2015

Four UCD professors, in the disciplines of science, engineering, arts and law, have been elected to the ranks of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements.

05 June, 2015

Student and academic revolts, from the 1790s up to the present day, featuring the French student uprisings of 1968, the Arab Spring, Easter 1916, and other major protest movements which led to the emergence of new states, will be explored in an international history conference in Dublin this June.

27 May, 2015

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD launched a new report on 26th May, 2015 which highlightsthe economic, cultural and social impact of University College Dublin (UCD). The report, launched at Government Buildings, underlines UCD’s key role as a major economic actor and employer in Dublin and in Ireland.

25 May, 2015

Digital medicine will improve patient experience and reduce costs to healthcare system

27 April, 2015

Professor Caulfield won the challenge with his pitch on leveraging the sensing and computing capability of mobile phones to underpin a comprehensive rehabilitation support platform for patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery

27 April, 2015

The Programme will provide funding, ranging from €500,000 to €2.3 million, over a four to five year period, for the projects involving over 100 researchers.

20 April, 2015

Senior researchers from UCD presented the university’s strategic plans for research and innovation over the next few years to the Commissioners, focussing on agrifood and ICT

20 April, 2015

The Awards were established to recognise excellence in research innovation in Ireland as a result of US foreign direct investment.

15 April, 2015

New patented process is more efficient and economical than current process and produces a purer form of the antioxidant than occurs in nature

14 April, 2015

Over 25 events are planned by UCD to commemorate the decade of centenaries.

30 March, 2015

UCD took both the Licence2Market Impact Award 2015 and the Spin-out Company Impact Award 2015.

24 March, 2015

University College Dublin researchers have been awarded two of the six European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants presented to Irish based researchers under the latest funding round.

23 March, 2015

Dr Silke Ryan, a University College Dublin medical researcher, will deliver the prestigious Cournand lecture, to an expected audience of 20,000, at the forthcoming international congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

02 March, 2015

Gala celebration in New York of landmark UCD book on the history of Irish Music

26 February, 2015

Team including University College Dublin (UCD) researchers identifies why disease thickens mucus in lung disease, explores possible new treatments

18 February, 2015

UCD Professor Lizbeth Goodman has been named amongst the world’s 50 Most Talented Social Innovators for her work with SMARTlab and SafetyNET, at World CSR Day, which was held on 17th February in Mumbai, India.

16 February, 2015

Parameter Space Ltd, a new UCD spin-out company, has secured funding of €800,000 by the European Space Agency(ESA) to develop new software to exploit the unprecedented volume of data captured by ESA's Gaia satellite.

06 February, 2015

The Irish universities are working to address gender imbalances in the higher education sector through the extension of the Athena SWAN Charter to Ireland, officially launched by Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O'Sullivan.

06 February, 2015

This new centre for educating and training healthcare students of medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and radiography is the most comprehensive of its kind between a university and a private hospital group in Ireland with UCD students now able to take part of their clinical training at Beacon Hospital.

05 February, 2015

Hunter-gatherers had almost no malocclusion and dental crowding, and the condition first became common among the world’s earliest farmers some 12,000 years ago in Southwest Asia, according to findings published in the journal PLOS ONE.

04 February, 2015

The incorporation of the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), a new University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company with charitable status, was announced today. The company has been established, with the support of UCD’s technology transfer and enterprise development team at NovaUCD to preserve, protect and promote Ireland’s National Folklore Collection.

21 January, 2015

One of the creative scientists who shaped the way that modern chemistry is undertaken, Professor Stephen L. Buchwald, MIT, has been awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal, the highest honour that University College Dublin can bestow.