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Trinity researchers develop pioneering new medicine for atopic dermatitis

Sitryx Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company co-founded by Trinity’s Professor Luke O’Neill has just announced positive results in a clinical trial of a new treatment for the inflammatory skin disease atopic dermatitis, which is commonly known as eczema.

15 Oct 2026

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Leading mathematicians gather in Trinity to examine new Ai-generated mathematical proof

By remarkable coincidence, leading international mathematicians gathered at Trinity’s Hamilton Mathematics Institute (HMI) for a workshop planned long before OpenAI’s announcement and are already examining and simplifying the newly proposed proof. The workshop was organised to study the mathematical structures underlying the Deligne–Drinfeld conjecture, making the timing of the announcement particularly remarkable.

15 Oct 2026

Research|Science

From Lilliput to the Long Room: Trinity celebrates 300 years of Gulliver’s Travels

An exhibition in Trinity's Long Room curated by Stephanie Breen, Library, and Aileen Douglas and Ian Campbell Ross, School of English, charts the extraordinary journey of one of the most celebrated works of world literature.

15 Oct 2026

Arts|Culture|Research

From quantum computers to earthquake detection: global experts explore future of optical communications

A three-day summer school brought together researchers, students and industry experts to examine the technologies shaping future communications networks.

13 Oct 2026

Innovation|Research|Science

New Trinity Centre launched for Reproductive Sciences and Women’s Health

The new Centre will create a coordinated research ecosystem spanning discovery science, clinical research and policy, addressing important evidence gaps in women’s and reproductive health.

12 Oct 2026

Health|Research|Science|Society

Is bagairt í an géarchéim tithíochta don nGaelainn mar theanga phobail in Iarthar Dhuibhneach

Tá an géarchéim tithíochta ag bagairt ar inmharthanacht na Gaelainne mar theanga phobail i nGaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne de réir pháipéar polasaí nua a d’fhoilsigh taighdeoirí ó Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath, inniu.

9 Oct 2026

Culture|Research|Society

Housing crisis threatens future of Irish as a community language in West Kerry

The housing crisis is threatening the sustainability of Irish as a community language in the West Kerry Gaeltacht, according to a new policy paper published today by researchers from Trinity's School of Social Work and Social Policy and School of Linguistics, Speech and Communication Sciences.

9 Oct 2026

Culture|Research|Society

President Catherine Connolly joins celebrations of 250 years of modern languages at Trinity

President Catherine Connolly visited Trinity to celebrate 250 years of the study and teaching of modern languages at the university.

9 Oct 2026

Arts|Culture|Research

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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Trinity and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute to advance 6G research

Researchers at the Research Ireland CONNECT Centre headquartered at Trinity have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwan’s ITRI to explore joint research, experimentation and innovation in 6G and other advanced communications technologies.

8 Oct 2026

Innovation|Research|Science