Members of the Trinity College Dublin team working on ‘Investigating whole brain blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption in gliomas’, which has received a Frontiers for the Future Award.

Transformative societal and economic impact the focus of high-risk, high-reward projects

The 22 projects announced under Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme are ambitious in both scope and scale, spanning fields from pioneering cancer therapies to advancing a more sustainable, circular economy, and beyond.

Minister James Lawless and Minister Jack Chambers at the launch of INSPIRE

Minister Lawless announces opening of the INSPIRE Research Infrastructure Programme

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Research Ireland and Irish Blood Transfusion Service fund study on blood groups and bleeding risk

Dr Siobhan Roche, Director, Research for the Economy, Research Ireland; Dr Allison Waters, Head of Research & Innovation, Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS); Dr Andrew Godfrey, Medical & Scientific Director, IBTS; and Prof. James O’Donnell, Professor of Vascular Biology at RCSI School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences and Project Lead.

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Prof Denise Fitzgerald awarded funding to explore how the immune system repairs the brain

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