Medicine and Life Sciences - Life Sciences
Creative Brain Week is back for 2026!
Now in its fifth year, the event returns to Dublin next week, March 2-6, 2026, seeding new ideas into society, culture and health with talks, exhibitions and workshops.
Key immune trigger identified that may be a central player in MS progression
Researchers believe this study further highlights that a key immune system switch warrants full investigation in MS and may be a promising potential target for future MS therapies.
’I see a rubber duck’ - babies categorise objects in the brain at just two months old
Posted on: 03 February 2026 The research, led by neuroscientists from Trinity, combined brain imaging with artificial intelligence models.
A landmark ’evolutionary double-bind’ strategy to overcome treatment resistance in prostate cancer
A new study led by researchers from Trinity and the Moffitt Cancer Center shows how radiation therapy can be used to expose-and then eliminate-therapy-resistant cancer cells using natural killer cell immunotherapy.
Yvonne Buckley honoured with Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal
Posted on: 12 February 2026 Professor Buckley, a world leader in plant and animal population biology, has been honoured with the 2026 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Environmental Sciences, Geography and Geosciences.
Trinity geneticists seek new treatments for devastating childhood dementia
Posted on: 27 January 2026 European Rare Diseases Research Alliance funding of ¤440,000 will allow the team to seek new treatments for Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency, an ultra-rare, deadly, inherited disorder where the body can't properly break down fats and sugars.
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Project Coordinator with QM responsibility (80–100%) CK-CARE AG, Davos Wolfgang
Collection Scientist and Curator (m/f/d) A13/14 100% Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Postdoctoral Researcher (x2) - Bioinformatics, 1 FTE, School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, 011686 University of Galway
Teaching Assistant in Biological Sciences (Protein Chemistry/Cell Biology) University of Limerick
Research Assistant x 2 - Regulation of chromosome instability in stress (with PhD scholarships), 1 FTE, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 01... University of Galway
Postdoctoral Researcher - SHELLWISE, 1 FTE, School of Natural Sciences (Zoology), 011639 University of Galway
Research Assistant - Aneuploidy Pathways, 1 FTE, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 011616 University of Galway
PhD positions (X2) in Bifidobacterial Genomics and Biology University College Cork


