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Optogenetics – a link between the Nobel Prize, Trinity neuroscience, and understanding memory

Trinity's Prof. Tomás Ryan and his team were among the many neuroscientists around the world celebrating the success of Karl Deisseroth, who along with Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

8 Oct 2026

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Your voice may reveal how fast and how well you’re aging

A new study shows that machine-learning clocks based on speech can estimate chronological age and may also offer a window into brain aging, biological aging, cognitive health, cumulative burden, and dementia.

30 Sep 2026

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New research shows how human impacts increase risk of emerging infectious disease outbreaks

Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans from animals, mosquitoes and ticks, according to a new study involving a Trinity scientist.

24 Sep 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Science

New Trinity research suggests a simple pill could prevent sight loss in common form of diabetes-driven eye condition

Researchers at Trinity, in collaboration with Breye Therapeutics, have found that an oral medication (Danegaptide) can protect against vision-threatening damage in Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR), which is a leading cause of blindness in working-age adults.

24 Sep 2026

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Seven Trinity research projects secure HRB investment

The funding comes as the HRB is investing €12 million in 29 investigator-led research projects to support innovative and internationally competitive research across patient-oriented research (POR), population health research (PHR) and health services research (HSR).

23 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research

Landmark Lancet series brings arts and cultural engagement into mainstream global health

A landmark new collection in leading journal The Lancet is calling for arts and cultural engagement to become an integral part of how health is understood, promoted and delivered worldwide.

22 Sep 2026

Arts|Culture|Health|Research

Three Trinity researchers receive funding from HRCI-HRB scheme

Mark Cunningham, Martin Barr and Michelle Spirtos received Health Research Board funding in collaboration with Epilepsy Ireland, Breakthrough Cancer Research and Muscular Dystrophy Ireland.

16 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Health

Trinity research shows agricultural fungicides drive evolution of multidrug resistance in soil microbes

Separate Trinity study finds that the combination of warming temperatures and fungicides disrupts microscopic life beneath our feet, negatively impacting plants growing in the soil.

11 Sep 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Science

Trinity pair win European Research Council Starting Grants

Dr Casey Platnich and Dr Gabriela Kronemberger have won the highly prestigious awards, which are valued at €1.5 million each, and allow outstanding early career researchers to lead five-year, frontier projects.

3 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Trinity research highlights impact of eczema on child growth, and points to effective treatment

The study led by the School of Medicine investigated the effect of a drug commonly used to treat eczema on growth and bone biomarkers in children with severe eczema.

27 Aug 2026

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