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Chemistry's Star Baker Maryanne Makes the Final of the Great Irish Bake Off
One of our very own staff members Maryanne Dalton proves that not all chemists wear white coats, some wear aprons too!
Date: Friday, 29 November 2013
New study shows parent power may be best for kids with ADHD symptoms
A new study launched today by children’s charity Archways, shows promising results for young Irish children with ADHD symptoms and suggests that training for parents may derive the greatest benefits for kids.
Date: Thursday, 21 November 2013
Academic staff and postgraduates attend recent ACT Contextual Behavioural Science Conference
A team of Maynooth University academic staff and postgraduate researchers recently attended the first ACT Contextual Behavioural Science Conference in Central London
Date: Friday, 15 November 2013
Dr. Bryan Roche's Fear Research covered in popular media
A recent science report in The Irish Times on the psychology and physiology of the fear response featured the research and views of Dr. Bryan Roche. The article, which was published to coincide with Halloween, was picked up by several radio stations, on which Dr. Roche was later interviewed.
Date: Thursday, 07 November 2013
IRISH RESEARCH TEAM SHINES LIGHT ON MALE INFERTILITY
A research team led by Professor Kay Ohlendieck from Maynooth University ’s Department of Biology has determined the molecular mechanisms of a particular form of sperm abnormalities called globozoospermia and found that the abnormal morphology of sperm cells plays a crucial role in infertility.
Date: Thursday, 17 October 2013
MSc Scholarships
Erasmus Mundus MSc Scholarships Available for September 2014
Date: Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Maynooth University congratulates Peter Higgs and François Englert on Nobel Prize in Physics
Maynooth University today congratulated Peter Higgs and François Englert on their Nobel Prize in Physics, which was awarded today "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider".
Date: Tuesday, 08 October 2013
PhD Graduates 2013
Dr Shane Lynn, Professor Séan McLoone, Dr Kevin Sweeney, Dr Lorcan Walsh,
Date: Thursday, 12 September 2013
Drs. Seán Commins and Mairéad Diviney featured on cover of Learning & Memory
Maynooth University Psychology researchers on the cover of leading academic journal.
Date: Tuesday, 13 August 2013
MAYNOOTH RESEARCH TEAM IDENTIFIES BREAKTHROUGH FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
A research team at Maynooth University has made a breakthrough discovery by identifying a protein ‘Pellino3’ that may protect against inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease.
Date: Monday, 29 July 2013