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Postgraduate Teaching Studentship_Final Date Reminder
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that a departmental PhD Studentship will be available for one student intending to commence PhD or PhD-track studies in October 2017. Applications will be accepted up to the closing date of 30th June 2017.
Date: Thursday, 15 June 2017
Maynooth University starts a new science outreach programme for schools
The departments of Biology and Chemistry at Maynooth University have established a new science outreach programme, Cell EXPLORERS Maynooth University, for primary or post-primary schools located around Maynooth.
Date: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
“Sweet Metals” to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases
Researchers from Maynooth University have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against neglected tropical diseases. The study has identified drug candidates capable of combatting two parasitic diseases (Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease) that affect millions of people in tropical developing countries.
Date: Friday, 12 May 2017
Postgraduate Teaching Studentship
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that a departmental PhD Studentship will be available for one student intending to commence PhD or PhD-track studies in October 2017.
Date: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
Early Stage Researcher position for Marie Sklodowska Curie Innovative Training Network, RAMP (Rationalising Membrane Protein Crystallization)
Applications are invited for an Early Stage Researcher (ESR)/PhD studentship position funded by The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) programme “Rationalising Membrane Protein Crystallisation” (RAMP) and working with Dr Jennifer McManus in the Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry group in the Department of Chemistry at Maynooth University in Ireland.
Date: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
PhD Studentships (x 2) – Bioanalytical Chemistry/Neurochemistry
Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued. We are seeking two PhD students to join the team of Professor John Lowry on a Science Foundation Ireland-funded project involving the development of microelectrochemical sensors and biosensors for applications in real-time neurochemical monitoring of brain energy metabolism.
Date: Friday, 24 February 2017
Ph.D. Position in Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry
Applications are invited for a funded (EU fees plus stipend) Ph.D. in the Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry research group in the Department of Chemistry at Maynooth University.
Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Medicinal Chemistry Conference
The First Medicinal Chemistry Ireland conference at national level took place on Friday 1st July 2016 at Trinity Biomedical Science Institute (TBSI). Postgraduate students and academics from the Chemistry Department at Maynooth University participated in the event and showcased their research in the poster session.
Date: Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Summer Undergraduate Chemistry Research Award (SUCRA) 2016
Talented 3rd year undergraduate students pursuing an Honours Degree Programme, who wish to experience what university research is like are invited to apply for the SUCRA Programme.
Date: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
Maynooth University researchers discover diabetes treatment with same biological effect as exercise
Researchers at Maynooth University have discovered a series of new compounds whose anti-diabetic effects mimic those of exercise. The findings mark the culmination of five years of work by a team led by Dr John Stephens from the Maynooth University Department of Chemistry.
Date: Thursday, 21 January 2016