Professor Ursular Fearon in her lab. Photo by Trevor Butterworth

Events

TBSI Research Day 2022

Register to attend a showcase of the most recent research from scientists at TBSI; early career researcher pitch event, award, and reception

Professor Ursular Fearon in her lab. Photo by Trevor Butterworth

New Research

Trinity Team Identifies Important Regulatory Role of Protein in the Body’s Immune Response

Myeloid cell nuclear differentiation antigen (MNDA) is a member of the PYHIN family of proteins, ubiquitous in mammals, yet poorly understood

By Aisling Cameron

Professor Ursular Fearon in her lab. Photo by Trevor Butterworth

Sustainability

When Warming the Lab Can Cool the Planet

Scientific research comes with a surprisingly high environmental cost; but even small changes can have a big impact, as TBSI found out

By Aisling Cameron

Professor Ursular Fearon in her lab. Photo by Trevor Butterworth

New Research

The Mystery of Innate Immunity to COVID

A collaboration between TBSI and St. James led by Trinity Professor of Comparative Immunology, Cliona O’Farrelly, is part of a global project to understand why some people don’t get COVID. Here, Professor O’Farrelly talks explains the background to the research and its connection to the Anti D scandal, when hundreds of Irish women were infected with hepatitis C in the 1970s.

By Trevor Butterworth

Congratulations!

Three TBSI Researchers Recognized as “Pioneers in their fields over the last decade” in  Annual Citation Survey

David Loane, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Biochemistry and Immunology.

Padraic Fallon, Professor of Translational Immunology in Trinity’s School of Medicine.

Luke O’Neill, Professor of Biochemistry in Trinity’s School of Biochemistry and Immunology, based in TBSI.

Professor O’Neill is ranked twice for citations in two separate categories. Overall, seven academics from Trinity were recognized. Read the college press release here

Scientific Illustration

Illustrating the Innate Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2

By Tianai Lou, Cliona O’Farrelly, and Trevor Butterworth

Recent Events

The Trinity COVID-19 Project and INITIATE collaborated on three live events over Facebook and YouTube for European Researcher’s Night on Friday Sept 24. You can watch a recording of the events here.

Professor Ursular Fearon in her lab. Photo by Trevor Butterworth

TraininG

Laying the Foundation for Innovation in Immunology

TSBI collaborates in a pan-European programme to train the next generation of viral immunometabolism experts

By Aisling Cameron

Professor Ursular Fearon in her lab. Photo by Trevor Butterworth

New Research

The Eureka Chain

Subtle changes in the membrane of a bacterial cell could help it evade the immune system; a new paper from TBSI researchers in Nature Communications explains its molecular structure and function

By Trevor Butterworth

Professor Ursular Fearon in her lab. Photo by Trevor Butterworth

New Research

Research Breakthrough May Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis

Collaboration between Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity Biomedical Science Institute and St. Vincent’s University Hospital seeks to identify people at risk of developing the disease

By Trevor Butterworth

Science Communication

Behind the Lab Coat

Conceived in lockdown, Dr Megan Hanlon’s podcast illuminates the lives of Irish scientists

By Aisling Cameron

From the Academic Director

A Message from the Academic Director

By Professor Kingston Mills

From the Operations Manager

TBSI has a Golden Opportunity

New Operations Manager sets out his vision for TBSI

By Trevor Butterworth

Resources

NMR Spectrometry in TBSI

Lower access costs to broaden user base and encourage more experimentation

By Dr Keith Alden 

We want to tell the story of science at TBSI.

We want to tell the stories of the people who write the papers; we want to explain the challenges they face, the obstacles they face, and, in doing so, convey the ingenuity, passion, and dedication that lie behind scientific discovery.

TBSI News is our experiment in doing this.

And as the spirit of TBSI is one of collaboration, we can’t create a successful experiment without you.

Tell us about what you’re doing.

And we’ll do our best to tell the world.

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