Medicine and Life Sciences - Pharmacology
IBio: University of Limerick programme to ’shape the next generation’ of pharmaceutical manufacturing experts
Reduced antimicrobial resistance in E. coli cases
Study marks a significant milestone in the ongoing battle against antimicrobial resistance, a global public health threat A new groundbreaking large-scale research study from University of Limerick marks a major milestone in the battle against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a global public health threat that could add a trillion US dollars to worldwide healthcare costs over the next 25 years.
Trinity PhD candidate wins 2025 EU 3-Minute Thesis competition
With her presentation, called "Triggering Healing: Materials that outsmart Brain Cancer", Almudena had emerged victorious from the final of Trinity's internal 3MT competition, which took place in March.
BNT162b2 vaccine not only targets COVID-19 virus, but may also help reduce and control innate inflammation
New findings suggest the vaccine may reduce the production of pro-inflammatory mediators to bacterial, fungal or viral infections by reprogramming innate immune cells to regulate inflammation Trinity
Immunotherapy before surgery improves lung cancer survival in global clinical trial
Study published in New England Journal of Medicine shows that the use of immunotherapy with chemotherapy before lung cancer surgery reduces the risk of cancer returning and improves long term survival for patients.
’MAGIC-I’ hopes to optimise treatment of child and adolescent cancer
Prof. Owen Smith hopes MAGIC-I project will lead to every child and adolescent with cancer in Ireland receiving deep genome analysis to determine best way to manage their illness A major step towards the genomic sequencing of all children with cancer was recently launched.
MAGIC-I study to revolutionise childhood cancer care in Ireland St John of God University Hospital to provide training to UCD medical students
MAGIC-I (Molecular and Genomic Interrogation of Childhood Cancer - Ireland), a five-year clinical study aiming to radically improve childhood cancer care, has been launched. The project is a collaboration between leading UCD research centre Systems Biology Ireland (SBI) and Children's Health Ireland, in partnership with Precision Oncology Ireland and various industry collaborators.
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Research Assistant - A Cognitive Occupation-Based programme for people with Multiple Sclerosis, School of Health Science 011178 University of Galway

PhD Candidateship in Use of AI and Machine Learning to Accelerate Formulation and Delivery of Medicines University College Cork
Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Associate EU Research Grant Writer, Cúram, 1 FTE 011113 University of Galway
