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DCU Spin out Edgeliot provides real time emissions monitoring in Dublin at a fraction of current cost

DCU Spin out Edgeliot provides real time emissions monitoring in Dublin at a fraction of current cost

11 March 2024

Cities have a massive role to play in climate mitigation. Worldwide, they occupy less than 3% of the earth’s surface but consume 78pc of the world’s energy...

DCU based firm with graduate founder launches groundbreaking AI satellite technology

DCU based firm with graduate founder launches groundbreaking AI satellite technology

06 March 2024

DCU based AI technology firm Ubotica has launched a groundbreaking live earth intelligence mission enabled by AI powered technology. The technology lifted off aboard the HAMMER satellite as part of...

Why AI will make our lives better, under the right direction

Why AI will make our lives better, under the right direction

13 February 2024

Once Ireland’s first professor in data analytics, DCU’s Prof Tomás Ward explains why he thinks fear of AI is often ‘misplaced’ and...

DCU Invent launches its ‘Lunch & Learn’ Series

DCU Invent launches its ‘Lunch & Learn’ Series

07 February 2024

Calling all DCU academics and researchers! DCU Invent is delighted to introduce our brand-new initiative, the 'Lunch and Learn' series! As a DCU researcher, are you eager to turbo charge...

DCU collaborates with Irish Medical Device company PBC Biomed on new bone fracture treatment

DCU collaborates with Irish Medical Device company PBC Biomed on new bone fracture treatment

01 February 2024

OsStic® is an injectable bioadhesive that can be used to treat bone fractures. It is the result of a longstanding research collaboration between Biodesign Europe at Dublin City University...

Enterprise Ireland teams up with DCU Invent for Commercialisation Roadshow

Enterprise Ireland teams up with DCU Invent for Commercialisation Roadshow

01 February 2024

Commercialising your research is an exciting journey of innovation and entrepreneurship  and the team at DCU Invent is keen to engage with DCU researchers to support them in their...

Drug-resistant pancreatic cancer cells successfully treated in the Prof Silvia Giordani’s lab

Drug-resistant pancreatic cancer cells successfully treated in the Prof Silvia Giordani’s lab

09 January 2024

Pancreatic cancer cells, resistant to drugs, have been successfully treated in the lab by Professor Silvia Giordani's team in DCU's School of Chemical Sciences using a new drug...

DCU scientists create coating to protect ships and equipment

DCU scientists create coating to protect ships and equipment

05 January 2024

Prof Fiona Regan, Professor of Chemistry in the DCU Faculty of Science and Health and Director of the DCU Water Institute led a research team at Dublin...

DCU researchers test new diagnostic nanotechnology at scale

DCU researchers test new diagnostic nanotechnology at scale

03 January 2024

A research team at DCU has identified a new way to produce gold nanoparticles necessary for sensing technology in a safer, greener and more cost effective way. Quick and accurate...

Deciphex crowned Irish medtech company of the year

Deciphex crowned Irish medtech company of the year

08 December 2023

Based in the DCU Alpha campus, Deciphex recently raised €10m to expand its services and grow its team. Deciphex, a pathology start-up based in Dublin, has been declared Medtech...

Study finds fields contaminated with banned pesticides years after use ends

Study finds fields contaminated with banned pesticides years after use ends

06 November 2023

Banned pesticides are contaminating Irish fields where crops are grown and livestock grazed. The pesticides contain chemicals known as neonicotinoids which were outlawed for outdoor use in the EU in 2018...

Clean air travel app under development at Insight SFI Centre

Clean air travel app under development at Insight SFI Centre

26 September 2023

A new app in development at the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at Dublin City University could offer pedestrians and cyclists a 17.87 per cent reduction in pollution exposure,...

DCU team creates compound that can damage cancer DNA

DCU team creates compound that can damage cancer DNA

11 August 2023

Prof Andrew Kellett of DCU said that click chemistry, the method used for the international study, makes it ‘much more efficient to find new drugs’. A team of...

DCU scientists develop blood test to predict response to breast cancer treatment

DCU scientists develop blood test to predict response to breast cancer treatment

09 August 2023

A blood test that can identify which patients will respond to breast cancer therapies has been developed by scientists at DCU, and could inform better decisions on patient treatments. &ldquo...

Innovative DCU climate policy study among four EPA funding awardees

Innovative DCU climate policy study among four EPA funding awardees

22 June 2023

Dr. Danny Marks and Dr. Darren Clarke are breaking new ground with a research project analysing climate policy. With backing from the prestigious Environmental Protection Agency funding call, the project...

Insight research centre worth more than €1bn to Irish economy, report claims

Insight research centre worth more than €1bn to Irish economy, report claims

20 June 2023

SFI's’s Insight Research Centre for Data Analytics released a report on its impact on the occasion of its tenth year in operation. In the ten years since...

New cycling community app launches with DCU data support

New cycling community app launches with DCU data support

15 June 2023

DCU researchers have contributed open data strategy support and machine learning expertise to a new mobile app designed to improve urban cycling. The international project brings together two schools within...

DCU FuJo Researchers Provide Analysis for Digital News Report Ireland 2023

DCU FuJo Researchers Provide Analysis for Digital News Report Ireland 2023

14 June 2023

More than half (58%) of digital news consumers in Ireland believe that publicly funded news services are ‘quite’ or ‘very’ important for society. Researchers from the Dublin...

DCU researchers reach seed round of SFI challenge

DCU researchers reach seed round of SFI challenge

14 June 2023

Thirteen Dublin City University researchers have progressed to the concept and seed round of the Science Foundation Ireland National Challenge Fund, securing approximately €2.5 million in funding in the process. ...

Four DCU Researchers awarded SFI Frontiers of the Future funding

Four DCU Researchers awarded SFI Frontiers of the Future funding

30 May 2023

Funding worth over €1.5 million has been awarded to four DCU researchers.   The news comes as part of a wider announcement the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research,...

DCU study finds pharmaceutical drugs in Irish river sample sites

DCU study finds pharmaceutical drugs in Irish river sample sites

17 May 2023

Irish rivers contain low levels of antidepressants and antibiotics and current wastewater processes are not equipped to remove them. This is the main finding from research led by Professor...

FourTheorem secures exclusive access to AI software resources from DCU, Lero project

FourTheorem secures exclusive access to AI software resources from DCU, Lero project

16 February 2023

Software company fourTheorem has secured exclusive access to a project on the application of AI in software architectural transformation developed by Dublin City University and Lero, the Science Foundation...

DCU partners with Cellnex to make its campuses 5G-enabled

DCU partners with Cellnex to make its campuses 5G-enabled

08 February 2023

Nearly 19,000 students along with staff and start-ups are set to benefit from the 5G upgrade which will help them trial new technologies across three campuses. Telecom giant Cellnex is collaborating...

DCU spin out Inclusio to create 80 jobs with €6.2m investment

DCU spin out Inclusio to create 80 jobs with €6.2m investment

24 January 2023

The new jobs will be in technology, sales and marketing and will add to the company’s base of 35 employees at its Dublin HQ. Diversity and inclusion platform Inclusio...

Prof. Tomás Ward appointed Director of Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at Dublin City University

Prof. Tomás Ward appointed Director of Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at Dublin City University

09 January 2023

Prof. Tomás Ward has been appointed as the new site Director of the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at DCU. Professor Ward has been a...

Samples made in DCU lab aboard new lunar rover set to launch for the moon

Samples made in DCU lab aboard new lunar rover set to launch for the moon

30 November 2022

These are the first Irish samples on the moon since the 1970s and were produced in the DCU School of Chemical Sciences and prepared by Dr Kelleher, and three members...

Grain-4-Lab wins SFI Plastics Challenge

Grain-4-Lab wins SFI Plastics Challenge

05 October 2022

The Grain-4-Lab team, led by Dr. Jennifer Gaughran and Dr. Brian Freeland, were awarded €2.4m in funding for their proposed solution to two different sustainability challenges. The project,...

SFI’s Insight centre invests €350,000 in new Irish research collaborations

SFI’s Insight centre invests €350,000 in new Irish research collaborations

03 October 2022

Seven data projects are being funded, covering areas such as lifestyle predictors for dementia, energy efficient scheduling for industry, and safe AI for medical devices. Insight, the Science Foundation Ireland...

Launch of the DCU Fusion Programme for Tech Entrepreneurs

Launch of the DCU Fusion Programme for Tech Entrepreneurs

29 September 2022

The DCU Invent Fusion Programme launches to provide budding Tech Entrepreneurs with Research Expertise and Funding." Register now:  In a world driven by technology, we are calling all aspiring...

Prof. John Doyle appointed Vice President of Research at Dublin City University

Prof. John Doyle appointed Vice President of Research at Dublin City University

17 August 2022

Professor John Doyle has been appointed Vice President of Research at Dublin City University. Prof Doyle will be responsible for strategic leadership of DCU’s research community.  In...

Edgeliot pairs with Cellnex for European expansion

Edgeliot pairs with Cellnex for European expansion

06 August 2022

Edgeliot, a DCU spin out technology company, has secured a partnership with Cellnex, a Spanish telecoms infrastructure business, to expand its services across Europe. Edgeliot has developed technology that sits...

DCU Reaccredited with Small Business Charter Status

DCU Reaccredited with Small Business Charter Status

21 July 2022

DCU is the only university in the Republic of Ireland to hold this prestigious accreditation. This award is in recognition of the effective role DCU plays in supporting the development...

Women’s experience of digital entrepreneurship explored at DIANA conference in DCU

Women’s experience of digital entrepreneurship explored at DIANA conference in DCU

23 June 2022

70 guests attended the three-day Diana International Conference at DCU’s St Patrick’s conference this week, where they joined global research experts from 32 countries to discuss and share...

NIBRT announce new research collaboration with GlycoSeLect

NIBRT announce new research collaboration with GlycoSeLect

23 June 2022

This new research collaboration with GlycoSeLect will develop methods for the control of critical quality attributes of monoclonal antibodies by glycoengineering. It will be conducted at the state-of-the-art...

DCU spin out Novus Diagnostics wins mentorship with Roche Diagnostics and EI Incubator Programme

DCU spin out Novus Diagnostics wins mentorship with Roche Diagnostics and EI Incubator Programme

21 June 2022

Novus Diagnostics has been awarded a 12-week mentorship with Roche Diagnostics, as part of the Roche Diagnostics and Enterprise Ireland Incubator Programme 2022. The aim of the programme is to support...

DCU start-up Opa Mind recognised as mental health innovator by World Economic Forum

DCU start-up Opa Mind recognised as mental health innovator by World Economic Forum

27 May 2022

Developed at the Insight research centre at DCU, mental health app Opa Mind is one of the winners of the Youth Mental Health Challenge. Opa Mind, an Irish mental health...

Digital Gait Labs wins Future Health Innovation Award

Digital Gait Labs wins Future Health Innovation Award

20 May 2022

Digital Gait Labs triumphed at the 2022 Future Health Summit this week, winning the Medtronic and UPMC Innovation Award. Led by Dr Aidan Boran and his team, Digital Gait Labs Ltd...

DCU spin-out Pilot Photonics Secures €2.9m To Progress Comb Laser Technology

24 March 2022

DCU spinout Pilot Photonics has completed a €2.9m funding round to progress its novel ‘comb laser’ technology. Pilot Photonics was established in 2011 to commercialise...

€9 million joint investment announced for US-Ireland Research Programme

€9 million joint investment announced for US-Ireland Research Programme

14 March 2022

Dublin City University led research that monitors water quality in real time among the six projects funded. DCU is also a partner institution on a project to design Genetically Engineered...

DCU Invent is hiring!

DCU Invent is hiring!

08 March 2022

Business Development Manager (Life Sciences) - DCU Invent 3 Year Fixed Term Contract DCU Invent is the commercialisation and technology transfer unit at Dublin City University. We work with companies to...

Launch of the DCU President’s Awards for Innovation 2022

Launch of the DCU President’s Awards for Innovation 2022

10 February 2022

DCU Invent is delighted to launch the 2022 DCU President’s Awards for Innovation. Now in their tenth year, these awards ...

DCU looking for entrepreneurs to launch their next tech business

DCU looking for entrepreneurs to launch their next tech business

04 February 2022

DCU is calling on entrepreneurs with a great early-stage business idea which is based on technology, to take advantage of its Fusion Programme. The programme is open to experienced people...

DCU success in Irish Research Council fund

DCU success in Irish Research Council fund

17 January 2022

Dublin City University has welcomed today’s announcement by the Irish Research Council that nine projects led by DCU academics have been awarded funding in the New Foundations scheme. ...

Why sensor technology could be at the heart of future health

Why sensor technology could be at the heart of future health

08 December 2021

Dr. Aoife Morrin believes that the “holy grail” of sensor technology lies in the ability to monitor our health through biomarkers in the skin. Sensors have become central...

DCU Invent Podcast on FPC - a one-stop-shop for microfluidics technology development

DCU Invent Podcast on FPC - a one-stop-shop for microfluidics technology development

03 December 2021

In our first episode of the DCU Invent Podcast series, host Sean Mulvany talks with John Gleeson, the Business Development Director at FPC@DCU. FPC@DCU is a one-stop-shop...

DCU’s Inclusio wins at KTI Impact awards

DCU’s Inclusio wins at KTI Impact awards

26 November 2021

DCU and Inclusio have won the inaugural Future Forward Award at the annual Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Impact Awards This award seeks to recognise activities which have...

DCU spin out Inclusio shortlisted for the KTI Impact Awards 2021

DCU spin out Inclusio shortlisted for the KTI Impact Awards 2021

24 November 2021

These Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Impact Awards recognise significant achievements in the commercialisation of publicly funded research nationwide and engagement with research system across the third level and other similar...

New Frontiers Phase 1 is now open for applications

New Frontiers Phase 1 is now open for applications

17 November 2021

Have you an innovative business idea you want to bring to the next level & are in need of support? New Frontiers Phase 1 could be just what you need! Phase 1...

Coming Soon: The DCU Invent Podcast Series

Coming Soon: The DCU Invent Podcast Series

11 November 2021

With the pandemic, it has been difficult to tell people about all the great research and capability in DCU and the impact arising from it. The goal in this...

New DCU drugs aimed at treatment of resistant cancers

New DCU drugs aimed at treatment of resistant cancers

13 October 2021

Researchers at DCU and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a new method to prepare DNA damaging drug molecules. The long-term goal of the work aims to provide...