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Long-term damage caused by severe infection could be reduced or partially reversed - new research published by Nature Cell Biology
Research sheds light on how severe infections like malaria cause short and long-term damage to blood cells but some damage could be reversed. Discovery could lead to new ways of preventing long-term damage from severe infections including Covid-19 and TB
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Did the Nazis really make laws or just orders backed by threats?
New research just published in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy by Brian Flanagan (MU) and Ivar Hannikainen (University of Granada) sheds light on a millennia-old philosophical debate by using an empirical approach.
Monday, 23 November 2020
ALL AI Academy for Good
In June 2020, the ALL AI Academy for Good, received 47,000 euro in funding from the community empowerment fund in the Microsoft Data Centre. Using this funding, and the help of the ALL Microsoft-Internship in Maynooth University in partnership with Experiential Learning Programme. Project co-ordinator and University lecturer Katriona O'Sullivan organised the following project. Offering students who are studying in the DEIS band 1 school Mercy Inchicore, an opportunity to develop their STEM/CS skills while learning how to gain access to university. The project aims to empower young women from communities currently underrepresented in STEM with the skills, knowledge and experiences to choose STEM careers.
Friday, 20 November 2020
The Departments of Adult and Community Education seeks a research assistant
Position: Research Assistant Level 2, Half-Time - Contract Post
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Dr Nuala Whelan awarded PSI DWOP Peter Saville Award for Advances in Organisational Psychology
Division of Work & Organisational Psychology (DWOP) Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Peter Saville Award for Advances in Organisational Psychology
Thursday, 19 November 2020
New EU Erasmus Plus award for the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
Professor John O' Brennan has been awarded a new EU Erasmus Plus award for the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, which will become a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. The award is for three years and is worth almost €100,000.
Thursday, 19 November 2020
ALL Members Dr. Joseph Timoney, Azeema Yaseen and Damien McEvoy from the Department of Computer Science, presented ‘The Potential Role of the Internet of Musical Things in Therapeutic Applications’ at UbiMus2020
ALL Member Dr. Joseph Timoney, Azeema Yaseen and Damien McEvoy from the Department of Computer Science, Maynooth University presented on ‘The potential role of the Internet of Musical Things in Therapeutic Applications’ at UbiMus2020 held online this year, organised at Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia (UFSB) - November 9 - 13, 2020.
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
New Paper by ALL Institute Co-Director Professor Deirdre Desmond in Prosthetics and Orthotics International
ALL Institute Co-Director Professor Deirdre Desmond, Maynooth University, recently published paper entitled 'Reflections and future directions for psychological science in Prosthetics and Orthotics International' in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, co- authored by Professor Pamela Gallagher of DCU.
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
ALL Member Dr Nicola Mountford: Leading Work Package 1 for Horizon 2020 CHAMELEONS project
ALL Member Dr Nicola Mountford, School of Business, will be leading work package 1 for Horizon 2020 CHAMELEONS project. The CHAMELEONS project has been granted over €998,000 in funding by the Horizon 2020 programme with the aim of creating a new European model for PhD training that will impact real and meaningful societal change. Under the action, “Championing a Multi-Sectoral Education and Learning Experience to Open New Pathways for Doctoral Students”, this 2 year project aims to design, deliver, and evaluate a range of interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international modules that will broaden PhD graduate skills, improve their employability in both academic and non-academic environments and equip them to solve societal challenges in the area of Connected Health. Work package 1, led by Dr Mountford, will assess existing resources and requirements with a view to identifying the gap.
Friday, 13 November 2020
Do you consider yourself to be a resilient person? And how well do you tolerate risk?
Does age play a role in how well we cope with the pandemic? And what about those of us who tend to be more risk-averse, how well do they cope with COVID-19?
Monday, 09 November 2020