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Maynooth University Students & Academics Awarded Fulbright Scholarships
Bronnadh scoláireachtaí inniu ar mhic léinn iarchéime agus ar bhaill de dhámha a ghlacfaidh páirt sa Chlár Fulbright, an clár malairte Meiriceánach is mó ar domhain agus clár a bhfuil ardmheas air. Gach bliain, bronnann an clár deontais ar mhic léinn iarchéime, ar scoláirí agus ar ghairmithe in Éirinn agus san Aontas Eorpach le dul i mbun staidéir, taighde nó teagaisc sna Stáit Aontaithe.
Date: Friday, 17 June 2016
Biology Research Day 2016
The fifth Biology Research Day was held on the 13th of June and provided an opportunity for PhD and MSc students, postdocs and academic staff to present and discuss their research, and to get an overview of the current research activities in the department.
Date: Tuesday, 14 June 2016
New discovery allows researchers analyse drug-target molecules without radioactivity
A ground-breaking new technique discovered by researchers at Maynooth University and Trinity College Dublin will for the first time allow scientists to analyse critical molecules at the heart of drug development without the use of radioactivity.
Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Award-winning Maynooth University PhD Student in Life Sciences
Ms Nicola Moloney BSc, a 3rd year PhD student in the Department of Biology, Maynooth University was awarded the prestigious Best Oral Presentation Prize at the Irish Fungal Society Meeting which was held in Malahide, Co. Dublin from 20-22 March 2016.
Date: Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Dr Gary Jones undertakes new position in Leeds Beckett University
The Department of Biology hosted a reception on Tuesday 12 January 2016 to mark the departure of Dr. Gary Jones from Maynooth University.
Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Maynooth Academics receive national Teaching Awards
Ireland’s National Awards honour the best Higher Education Teachers in the country
Date: Monday, 14 December 2015
Maynooth University research paves way for new class of antibiotics
Researchers at Maynooth University have discovered a compound whose anti-MRSA qualities pave the way for the development of a new class of antibiotics.
Date: Monday, 30 November 2015
Professor James McInerney leaving Maynooth University Department of Biology
Professor James McInerey is leaving MU to take up the Chair in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Manchester.
Date: Friday, 11 September 2015
Scientists discover evolutionary jumps in early planet life
There were several evolutionary jumps in the early history of life on the planet driven by gene swapping, a team of researchers from Maynooth University along with scientists from Germany and New Zealand have concluded.
Date: Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Biology Research Day 2015
The 4th Biology Research Day was held on the 12th of June and provided an opportunity for PhD and MSc students, postdocs and academic staff to present and discuss their research, and to get an overview of the current research activities in the department.
Date: Monday, 22 June 2015