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🌱✨🚀 New research presents a roadmap for the plant science and technology breakthroughs needed to make long-term human life on the Moon - and later Mars - possible.
UCD's Dr Nicholas Brereton is a co-author on the NASA-led paper published today in New Phytologist.👇
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UCD's Dr Nicholas Brereton is a co-author on the NASA-led paper published today in New Phytologist.👇
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November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌱✨🚀 New research presents a roadmap for the plant science and technology breakthroughs needed to make long-term human life on the Moon - and later Mars - possible.
UCD's Dr Nicholas Brereton is a co-author on the NASA-led paper published today in New Phytologist.👇
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UCD's Dr Nicholas Brereton is a co-author on the NASA-led paper published today in New Phytologist.👇
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Eileen Gibney, Prof of Nutrition at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science & Director of UCD Institute of Food and Health, discusses complex questions around processed foods and health in the #IrishTimesOpinion.
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Opinion: Hype around ultra-processed foods misses one key point
The short answer is no. Some processed foods are harmful, some are not, but processing is often essential
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November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Eileen Gibney, Prof of Nutrition at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science & Director of UCD Institute of Food and Health, discusses complex questions around processed foods and health in the #IrishTimesOpinion.
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AI researchers, innovators & partners came together at the Chamber of Intelligence: AI Showcase at UCD today to share the impacts of research across CeADAR, Insight and Adapt.
Great to hear how this work is driving positive change in society! #AIShowcase
Great to hear how this work is driving positive change in society! #AIShowcase
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
AI researchers, innovators & partners came together at the Chamber of Intelligence: AI Showcase at UCD today to share the impacts of research across CeADAR, Insight and Adapt.
Great to hear how this work is driving positive change in society! #AIShowcase
Great to hear how this work is driving positive change in society! #AIShowcase
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🧑⚕️🫁 Poor air quality in major cities, driven by microscopic particles from traffic and environmental pollution, is a major reason our lungs can age faster than they should.
@ucdmedicine.bsky.social Prof Adam Byrne says staying active is key to protecting them.
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@ucdmedicine.bsky.social Prof Adam Byrne says staying active is key to protecting them.
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How healthy are your lungs? Improve lung health with these simple steps
The powerhouse organs work around the clock to supply your body with life-giving oxygen. But their strength typically declines from your mid-20s. Here’s how you can check your lung capacity and improv...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🧑⚕️🫁 Poor air quality in major cities, driven by microscopic particles from traffic and environmental pollution, is a major reason our lungs can age faster than they should.
@ucdmedicine.bsky.social Prof Adam Byrne says staying active is key to protecting them.
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@ucdmedicine.bsky.social Prof Adam Byrne says staying active is key to protecting them.
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🧑🎓👩🎓 Our warmest congratulations to UCD Professors Emeriti Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey, who have received the RIAI Gandon Medal, Irish architecture’s highest personal honour, for their outstanding contribution to architecture in Ireland, the UK and Europe.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🧑🎓👩🎓 Our warmest congratulations to UCD Professors Emeriti Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey, who have received the RIAI Gandon Medal, Irish architecture’s highest personal honour, for their outstanding contribution to architecture in Ireland, the UK and Europe.
📢Chamber of Intelligence: An #AI Showcase: 25 Nov at UCD
Join Insight, CeADARIreland & the AdaptCentre for a dynamic AI research showcase connecting researchers, innovators & industry partners working at the cutting edge of AI.👇
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Join Insight, CeADARIreland & the AdaptCentre for a dynamic AI research showcase connecting researchers, innovators & industry partners working at the cutting edge of AI.👇
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November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📢Chamber of Intelligence: An #AI Showcase: 25 Nov at UCD
Join Insight, CeADARIreland & the AdaptCentre for a dynamic AI research showcase connecting researchers, innovators & industry partners working at the cutting edge of AI.👇
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Join Insight, CeADARIreland & the AdaptCentre for a dynamic AI research showcase connecting researchers, innovators & industry partners working at the cutting edge of AI.👇
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🌊🪸🦈Dr Ruth Leeney will take part in the upcoming MESSAGE event "Underwater Worlds; Art, Science & the Submerged" on 3 Dec, 10AM-2PM at the Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland.
More info & registration: www.eventbrite.ie/e/underwater...
More info & registration: www.eventbrite.ie/e/underwater...
Underwater Worlds: Art, Science and the Submerged
Talk and screening by artist Sonia Levy followed by interdisciplinary panel discussion on visualising submerged ecosystems and narratives
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November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🌊🪸🦈Dr Ruth Leeney will take part in the upcoming MESSAGE event "Underwater Worlds; Art, Science & the Submerged" on 3 Dec, 10AM-2PM at the Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland.
More info & registration: www.eventbrite.ie/e/underwater...
More info & registration: www.eventbrite.ie/e/underwater...
📰📺📻💻 2026 UCD Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call
📣 APPLY NOW
A great opportunity for up-and-coming and established journalists to work with UCD’s environmental and sustainability researchers!
🗓️ Deadline: 5pm, 8 December
Apply👉 lnkd.in/gWQJRgNk
📣 APPLY NOW
A great opportunity for up-and-coming and established journalists to work with UCD’s environmental and sustainability researchers!
🗓️ Deadline: 5pm, 8 December
Apply👉 lnkd.in/gWQJRgNk
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
📰📺📻💻 2026 UCD Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call
📣 APPLY NOW
A great opportunity for up-and-coming and established journalists to work with UCD’s environmental and sustainability researchers!
🗓️ Deadline: 5pm, 8 December
Apply👉 lnkd.in/gWQJRgNk
📣 APPLY NOW
A great opportunity for up-and-coming and established journalists to work with UCD’s environmental and sustainability researchers!
🗓️ Deadline: 5pm, 8 December
Apply👉 lnkd.in/gWQJRgNk
Dr Sulagna Maitra and Dr Vivek Nallur have been awarded Research Ireland #COALESCE funding for their Harm2Healing project, exploring how #AI can assist care-plan design for survivors of gender based violence.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Dr Sulagna Maitra and Dr Vivek Nallur have been awarded Research Ireland #COALESCE funding for their Harm2Healing project, exploring how #AI can assist care-plan design for survivors of gender based violence.
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Launching #UCD_Ai stories!
Meet Vanessa Carvalho, researcher with UCD's ConwaySPHERE group & #UCDAIHealthCareHub making a real difference to patients' lives.
❤️ 'Every line of data is a person'
Learn more about @ucddublin.bsky.social #data #revolution in #health #UCD_Ai
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Meet Vanessa Carvalho, researcher with UCD's ConwaySPHERE group & #UCDAIHealthCareHub making a real difference to patients' lives.
❤️ 'Every line of data is a person'
Learn more about @ucddublin.bsky.social #data #revolution in #health #UCD_Ai
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November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Launching #UCD_Ai stories!
Meet Vanessa Carvalho, researcher with UCD's ConwaySPHERE group & #UCDAIHealthCareHub making a real difference to patients' lives.
❤️ 'Every line of data is a person'
Learn more about @ucddublin.bsky.social #data #revolution in #health #UCD_Ai
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
Meet Vanessa Carvalho, researcher with UCD's ConwaySPHERE group & #UCDAIHealthCareHub making a real difference to patients' lives.
❤️ 'Every line of data is a person'
Learn more about @ucddublin.bsky.social #data #revolution in #health #UCD_Ai
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
📚'Cultural Policy: Perspectives on the Island of Ireland' (Routledge, 2026), a new publication edited by Dr Victoria Durrer (UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy), Dr Ali FitzGibbon (QUB) and Dr Kerry McCall Magan (British Council Ireland) has been launched! Read more👇
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November 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📚'Cultural Policy: Perspectives on the Island of Ireland' (Routledge, 2026), a new publication edited by Dr Victoria Durrer (UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy), Dr Ali FitzGibbon (QUB) and Dr Kerry McCall Magan (British Council Ireland) has been launched! Read more👇
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Minister James Lawless TD has announced a €34.5M investment in cutting-edge research under the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme.
Seven UCD initiatives were funded under the Projects stream and two UCD projects were funded under the Awards stream.
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Seven UCD initiatives were funded under the Projects stream and two UCD projects were funded under the Awards stream.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Minister James Lawless TD has announced a €34.5M investment in cutting-edge research under the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme.
Seven UCD initiatives were funded under the Projects stream and two UCD projects were funded under the Awards stream.
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Seven UCD initiatives were funded under the Projects stream and two UCD projects were funded under the Awards stream.
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#ScienceWeek🥣 Take the Oat bite and granola taste test
at the Explorium this Sunday 16 Nov! #UCDxExplorium
UCD's Joy Nnadiegbulam, Simona Grasso & Niamh Harbourne want your help to explore the development of new food products!
▶️https://explorium.ie
at the Explorium this Sunday 16 Nov! #UCDxExplorium
UCD's Joy Nnadiegbulam, Simona Grasso & Niamh Harbourne want your help to explore the development of new food products!
▶️https://explorium.ie
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#ScienceWeek🥣 Take the Oat bite and granola taste test
at the Explorium this Sunday 16 Nov! #UCDxExplorium
UCD's Joy Nnadiegbulam, Simona Grasso & Niamh Harbourne want your help to explore the development of new food products!
▶️https://explorium.ie
at the Explorium this Sunday 16 Nov! #UCDxExplorium
UCD's Joy Nnadiegbulam, Simona Grasso & Niamh Harbourne want your help to explore the development of new food products!
▶️https://explorium.ie
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📝✨ Highly Cited! Congratulations to UCD’s Professor @Eliana B. Souto and Dr Madhusanka Liyanage on being named among the world’s most influential in their areas of research.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
📝✨ Highly Cited! Congratulations to UCD’s Professor @Eliana B. Souto and Dr Madhusanka Liyanage on being named among the world’s most influential in their areas of research.
@clarivate.com
@clarivate.com
💫 Rioko Moscardini is representing UCD in this year's IU 'Three Minute Thesis' competition!
🗳 Register to attend and vote in the ‘audience choice’ award at iua.ie/3minutethesis
🗳 Register to attend and vote in the ‘audience choice’ award at iua.ie/3minutethesis
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
💫 Rioko Moscardini is representing UCD in this year's IU 'Three Minute Thesis' competition!
🗳 Register to attend and vote in the ‘audience choice’ award at iua.ie/3minutethesis
🗳 Register to attend and vote in the ‘audience choice’ award at iua.ie/3minutethesis
🧠 #ScienceWeek Catch Anupa Sara Paulose's talk 'Not All Brains Fight the Same: Why Women and Men Experience Alzheimer’s Disease Differently' at 10.30 & 11.30, 12 Nov @ExploriumI!
Anupa is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science. #UCDxExplorium
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Anupa is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science. #UCDxExplorium
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November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🧠 #ScienceWeek Catch Anupa Sara Paulose's talk 'Not All Brains Fight the Same: Why Women and Men Experience Alzheimer’s Disease Differently' at 10.30 & 11.30, 12 Nov @ExploriumI!
Anupa is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science. #UCDxExplorium
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Anupa is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science. #UCDxExplorium
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#ScienceWeek Dr Áine Ní Choisdealbha of UCD Babylab is at Explorium today & Fri 14th to chat to visitors about 'Ages 0 to 100: A Century of Learning about Babies'. #UCDxExplorium
🍼👶Pop by and say hello! explorium.ie
#Research #Babylab
🍼👶Pop by and say hello! explorium.ie
#Research #Babylab
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#ScienceWeek Dr Áine Ní Choisdealbha of UCD Babylab is at Explorium today & Fri 14th to chat to visitors about 'Ages 0 to 100: A Century of Learning about Babies'. #UCDxExplorium
🍼👶Pop by and say hello! explorium.ie
#Research #Babylab
🍼👶Pop by and say hello! explorium.ie
#Research #Babylab
Prof Judith Harford (UCD) and Prof Paul Reville (Harvard University) with former Minister for Education Richard Bruton and Prof Aine Hyland (UCC) at the launch of 'Advancing Equity: Insights from the Power2Progress Intervention' this week.
#Education #Research #Power2Progress
#Education #Research #Power2Progress
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Prof Judith Harford (UCD) and Prof Paul Reville (Harvard University) with former Minister for Education Richard Bruton and Prof Aine Hyland (UCC) at the launch of 'Advancing Equity: Insights from the Power2Progress Intervention' this week.
#Education #Research #Power2Progress
#Education #Research #Power2Progress
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Curious about what comes after your PhD or Postdoc?
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4nKy9ld
Expect inspiring talks, real conversations about the research ecosystem, and insights from people who’ve taken unexpected paths.
🔗Agenda: bit.ly/4otE2Vb
@ucdresearch.bsky.social @irishmedicaltimes.bsky.social
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4nKy9ld
Expect inspiring talks, real conversations about the research ecosystem, and insights from people who’ve taken unexpected paths.
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3rd AICRIstart Symposium
Join us for the 3rd AICRIstart Symposium to meet PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows leading cutting-edge cancer research in Ireland.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Curious about what comes after your PhD or Postdoc?
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4nKy9ld
Expect inspiring talks, real conversations about the research ecosystem, and insights from people who’ve taken unexpected paths.
🔗Agenda: bit.ly/4otE2Vb
@ucdresearch.bsky.social @irishmedicaltimes.bsky.social
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4nKy9ld
Expect inspiring talks, real conversations about the research ecosystem, and insights from people who’ve taken unexpected paths.
🔗Agenda: bit.ly/4otE2Vb
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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social to foster future collaboration with the establishment of a joint research seed fund
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University College Dublin and University of Liverpool set-up joint Research Seed Fund
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November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social to foster future collaboration with the establishment of a joint research seed fund
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Congratulations to all of the #ERCSyG awardees announced today including UCD's Professor Anding Zhu and Professor Bogdan Staszewski! #DISRUPT #wirelessnetworks #energyreduction
Researchers in the capital aim to disrupt wireless network emissions and interrogate justice with this major funding boost.
Three Dublin universities among winners of €684m ERC Synergy Grants
Researchers at University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University are among the recipients of this year’s ERC Synergy Grants.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Congratulations to all of the #ERCSyG awardees announced today including UCD's Professor Anding Zhu and Professor Bogdan Staszewski! #DISRUPT #wirelessnetworks #energyreduction
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University College Dublin is procuring a new nearly €724,000 Nvidia supercomputer to accelerate AI-powered research in the campus and allow students from across fields to access the high-end technology.
UCD buys €724,000 Nvidia supercomputer for AI-led research boost
University College Dublin's new Nvidia supercomputer has 50-times the performance capacity compared to the existing cluster at the university.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
University College Dublin is procuring a new nearly €724,000 Nvidia supercomputer to accelerate AI-powered research in the campus and allow students from across fields to access the high-end technology.
The DISRUPT project has been awarded a #ERC Synergy Grant for research that could reduce the energy consumption of next-generation wireless networks by 50%.
DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG
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DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG
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November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The DISRUPT project has been awarded a #ERC Synergy Grant for research that could reduce the energy consumption of next-generation wireless networks by 50%.
DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG
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DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG
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Advanced UCD Research in Artificial Intelligence (AURA), our single biggest investment in #AI #supercomputing!
@ucddublin.bsky.social also invested €1.45m to upgrade existing campus-wide HPC stack, supporting Ireland's largest concentration of AI researchers
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@ucddublin.bsky.social also invested €1.45m to upgrade existing campus-wide HPC stack, supporting Ireland's largest concentration of AI researchers
www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/u...
UCD buys €724,000 Nvidia supercomputer for AI-led research boost
University College Dublin's new Nvidia supercomputer has 50 times the performance capacity compared to the existing cluster at the university.
www.siliconrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Advanced UCD Research in Artificial Intelligence (AURA), our single biggest investment in #AI #supercomputing!
@ucddublin.bsky.social also invested €1.45m to upgrade existing campus-wide HPC stack, supporting Ireland's largest concentration of AI researchers
www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/u...
@ucddublin.bsky.social also invested €1.45m to upgrade existing campus-wide HPC stack, supporting Ireland's largest concentration of AI researchers
www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/u...
The Irish Academy of Management has announced Prof Susi Geiger as the 2025 Distinguished International Scholar, marking the first time an Irish academic has received this prestigious honour.👇
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November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Irish Academy of Management has announced Prof Susi Geiger as the 2025 Distinguished International Scholar, marking the first time an Irish academic has received this prestigious honour.👇
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