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International team including Maynooth researchers sequence the Humongous Fungus
An international group of scientists including researchers from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) and five researchers from the Department of Biology at Maynooth University (Dr. David Fitzpatrick & Professor Sean Doyle along with PhD students Nicola Moloney, Eoin O’Connor and Rose Waldron) have recently sequenced and analysed the complete genomes of four Armillaria species, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution (1).
Date: Monday, 20 November 2017
Assisting Living and Learning Institute Launch
Professor Mac MacLachlan joins with members of the Department and the wider MU community to launch the MU ALL Institute at the Freedom Tech National Assembly
Date: Monday, 20 November 2017
PhD position – The biophysics of peptide and protein assembly
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship, co-funded by Medimmune (https://www.medimmune.com/) and Maynooth University and based in the Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry group in the Department of Chemistry at Maynooth University (Maynooth Campus).
Date: Monday, 20 November 2017
ALL Institute launch - driving for lifelong access to Assistive Technology and Support
ALL (Assisting Living and Learning) Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative centre for the development and promotion of Assistive Technology and Supports for people, especially those marginalised through disability or impairment, enabling them achieve well-being at all stages of their lives.
Date: Thursday, 16 November 2017
92 years of the Leaving Cert – Was Science more difficult in 1925?
Former students often declare that the Leaving Cert was much harder in the past, but what were the exams actually like?
Date: Thursday, 16 November 2017
Adults´ brains rapidly respond to the cries of a baby, says study
Science Week Lecture: Prof Christine Parson to deliver Maynooth University Alumni Lecture on Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Date: Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Science Week 2017 at Maynooth University
Public invited to hear about science research undertaken by Maynooth academics and graduates.
Date: Monday, 13 November 2017
Professor Coogan’s ongoing work featured in the Wall Street Journal
Professor Coogan’s ongoing work has recently been featured in the Wall Street Journal
Date: Friday, 10 November 2017
Listen to Psychology staff speak at ‘Engaged Research’ Event
As part of Research Week 2017, Dr. Grainne Hickey and Dr. Fleur Heleen Boot from the department of Psychology presented at the cross-Faculty ‘Engaged Research’ event called: “Keeping it Real: how academics engage with communities to advance research and innovation agendas”.
Date: Wednesday, 08 November 2017
Chemistry Student wins Faculty of Science and Engineering’s Best Poster at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
4th Year student David Flood has been awarded the Faculty of Science and Engineering’s ‘Best Poster’ prize at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Date: Tuesday, 07 November 2017