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First International School of Biomedical Diagnostics Breaking New Ground

    First International School of Biomedical Diagnostics Breaking New Ground

Dublin City University (DCU) and Arizona State University (ASU) – are joining forces to create the new International School of Biomedical Diagnostics, which will offer the first degree program of

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Action on Sugar Launched in the UK

    Action on Sugar Launched in the UK

Leading health experts from across the globe have united to form ‘Action On Sugar’ – an unprecedented call to tackle and reverse the obesity and diabetes epidemic. Obesity is a

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British Study on Geographic Origin of Foods

    British Study on Geographic Origin of Foods

The Food Standards Agency, in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is carrying out a study to look at the geographic origin of foods claiming to

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Innovation Continues to Play a Crucial Role in Irish Companies’ Ability to Compete Internationally

    Innovation Continues to Play a Crucial Role in Irish Companies’ Ability to Compete Internationally

Enterprise Ireland supported companies created 18,033 new jobs in 2013. This resulted in a net increase of 5,442 in the number of people employed by Enterprise Ireland supported companies, the

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NDRC ventures raise €40m in 2013

    NDRC ventures raise €40m in 2013

The National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Dublin has exceeded targets by raising €40m in commercial follow-on investment for Irish digital start-ups, the centre announced today. With a combined market

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New chair of Institutes of Technology Ireland appointed

    New chair of Institutes of Technology Ireland appointed

President of Letterkenny Institute of Technology Paul Hannigan is the new chairperson of Institutes of Technology Ireland for 2014. A native of Donegal, he has served as president of Letterkenny

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€16m research fund made available for Irish companies

    €16m research fund made available for Irish companies

As part of Ireland’s New Year tech resolution, the Irish Research Council (IRC) will be making €16m available in funding to Irish companies looking for researchers to assist them. This

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Bioscience start-up Metabolomic Diagnostic raises €750k seed investment

    Bioscience start-up Metabolomic Diagnostic raises €750k seed investment

Biosciences startup Metabolomic Diagnostic has secured €750,000 in venture funding through a syndicate of investors including SOSventures Ireland Fund, AIB Seed Capital Fund and Enterprise Ireland. Metabolomic Diagnostic’s innovative solution

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AFM and biological membranes

    AFM and biological membranes

PK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how AFM and advanced fluorescence microscopy is being applied in the study

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Chinese put €300m into international UCD campus

    Chinese put €300m into international UCD campus

The Chinese government is investing €300m to establish a new international university campus of UCD in the coastal city of Yantai in the province of Shandong. It is hoped that

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300 jobs for Limerick as Regeneron invests US$300m

    300 jobs for Limerick as Regeneron invests US$300m

Limerick is to receive 300 highly skilled jobs by 2016 after biopharma giant Regeneron Pharmaceuticals this morning revealed a US$300m investment for a manufacturing facility on an 11.88-hectare site previously

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SRL Research Scales For Future Growth With Merger

    SRL Research Scales For Future Growth With Merger

As part of continuing expansion at leading Irish sensory, scientific and consumer research firm, SRL Research has announced a merger with Independent Sensory Services (ISS). The partnership will strengthen SRL

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Centrifuge Ideal for Fume Hood Installation

    Centrifuge Ideal for Fume Hood Installation

The Rousselet Robatel benchtop centrifuge is suited for R&D and lab scale experiments. It can be equipped with three different sized interchangeable rotors for processing multiple batch sizes. Basket filtration

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Abbott develops diagnostic test to speed up heart attack treatment

    Abbott develops diagnostic test to speed up heart attack treatment

Global healthcare company Abbott has developed a new diagnostic test which could allow doctors to diagnose and treat heart attacks hours faster than when using standard tests. Preliminary results from

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Science Foundation Ireland end of year review highlights important achievements

    Science Foundation Ireland end of year review highlights important achievements

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has today announced its key achievements for 2013 and its plans for the year ahead. Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General of SFI and Chief Scientific Advisor

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Sláinte Healthcare Announces Up to 80 New Jobs in 2014

    Sláinte Healthcare Announces Up to 80 New Jobs in 2014

Sláinte Healthcare, a leading international healthcare technology company and participant in the Health Innovation Hub, has announced the creation of up to 80 new jobs. The new roles will be

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New Call For Projects to Deliver Health Innovation

    New Call For Projects to Deliver Health Innovation

The Government has commenced a second call for proposals for innovative healthcare solutions launched by the pilot Health Innovation Hub. The Health Innovation Hub Demonstrator project, a Government supported initiative

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NovaUCD Innovation Award-winner Logentries creates 20 jobs in Dublin

    NovaUCD Innovation Award-winner Logentries creates 20 jobs in Dublin

University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out Logentries has received the NovaUCD 2013 Innovation Award in recognition of its global success and impact. Accepting the award, one of the co-founders revealed new

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Glen Dimplex opens R&D facility in Dunleer as part of €40m investment

    Glen Dimplex opens R&D facility in Dunleer as part of €40m investment

Glen Dimplex has opened its new R&D facility for space and water heating technologies in Dunleer, Co Louth. The facility is part of a €40m investment programme by the company

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IR Hotspot Powers Sterilizer

    IR Hotspot Powers Sterilizer

The SteriMax Smart from WLD-TEC is ideal for all laboratories, anaerobic environments and safety cabinets. This sterilizer uses specifically focused infrared light, which generates an IR hotspot, for sterilizing inoculating

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Espion Awarded €1.3 Million in EU R&D Funding to Innovate in Security Research

    Espion Awarded €1.3 Million in EU R&D Funding to Innovate in Security Research

Specialists in securing corporate information, Espion, has been awarded R&D contracts worth a total of €1.3 million under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), as part of

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T-Stór Joins RIAN, the National Open Access Portal

    T-Stór Joins RIAN, the National Open Access Portal

T-Stór, Teagasc Open Access Repository, has been included as a participating repository in RIAN, the national open access portal, which aims to make Irish research material more freely accessible. RIAN

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EU Joint Progross-Disease Aramme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)

    EU Joint Progross-Disease Aramme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)

European research projects for Cnalysis of Pathways related to Neurodegenerative Diseases The aim of the JPND Cross-Disease Analysis of Pathways related to Neurodegenerative Diseases call is to establish a limited

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Packages for process reactions

    Packages for process reactions

The new ReactoMate Pilot jacketed reaction vessel, from Asynt, offers precise control of reaction variables, a powerful direct drive overhead

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Axway Expands R&D Centre of Excellence in Ireland

    Axway Expands R&D Centre of Excellence in Ireland

Axway, a market leader in governing the flow of data, has shown its commitment to the Irish economy by expanding

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Aon Expands its Centre For Innovation and Analytics

    Aon Expands its Centre For Innovation and Analytics

Aon, a leading provider of services in the area of Risk Management, Insurance, HR and Retirement Solutions, is making a

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Benefits from research can be improved by attention to gender

    Benefits from research can be improved by attention to gender

If researchers adopt a new strategy developed by the Irish Research Council (IRC), then not only will the quality of

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Minister Bruton launches €88 million SFI research centre, bringing new insights to Data Analytics

    Minister Bruton launches €88 million SFI research centre, bringing new insights to Data Analytics

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr Richard Bruton T.D. (pictured) and Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr Sean

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Two Galway companies take away €150,000 prize fund

    Two Galway companies take away €150,000 prize fund

Best Early Stage company Westway Health in process of developing revolutionary new non-antibiotic solution for bovine mastitis and New Start

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New data research centre to create 300 jobs over six years

    New data research centre to create 300 jobs over six years

The government and industry partners are to invest €88 million in setting up a national data analytics research centre which

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RCSI led EU consortium receives €8.7 million funding to develop materials to regenerate cardiac tissue following heart attacks

    RCSI led EU consortium receives €8.7 million funding to develop materials to regenerate cardiac tissue following heart attacks

Irish led Advanced Materials for Cardiac Regeneration (AMCARE) brings together ten European industry and academic partners to tackle the number

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Ann Riordan appointed Chairperson of Science Foundation Ireland

    Ann Riordan appointed Chairperson of Science Foundation Ireland

Ministers Bruton and Sherlock confirm three new board appointments Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, and Minister

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Horizon 2020, Europe’s largest ever fund for research and innovation comes to Ireland

    Horizon 2020, Europe’s largest ever fund for research and innovation comes to Ireland

Horizon 2020, the European Union’s new €79 billion programme for research and innovation to create new growth and jobs in

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Funding call represents strong opportunity for Ireland’s researchers

    Funding call represents strong opportunity for Ireland’s researchers

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has today welcomed the announcement by the European Commission that it has allocated €1.7 billion in

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AFM and biological membranes

    AFM and biological membranes

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how AFM

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Funding is key to more international collaboration

    Funding is key to more international collaboration

Horizon 2020, the EU’s big R&D funding programme, will offer major opportunities to Irish researchers There is real value in

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State must seize €1bn opportunity afforded by EU’s Horizon 2020 plan

    State must seize €1bn opportunity afforded by EU’s Horizon 2020 plan

The research, innovation and science programme is worth almost €80bn during the period 2014 to 2020 EU commissioner for Research,

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MEPs vote through EU’s Horizon 2020 plan

    MEPs vote through EU’s Horizon 2020 plan

The European Union’s new multi-billion euro research and innovation plan has been voted through by MEPs in Strasbourg.. EU Commissioner

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EIB to lend €100 million for University of Limerick expansion

    EIB to lend €100 million for University of Limerick expansion

The European Investment Bank is providing a loan of €100 million to fund the University of Limerick’s four-year capital development

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IDA announces investment in Operations Technology Development Centre at DePuy Synthes Companies, Ireland featured news

    IDA announces investment in Operations Technology Development Centre at DePuy Synthes Companies, Ireland featured news

Minister Sherlock announces that DePuy Synthes Companies plans to expand in Cork with a $36 million research and development investment

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