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A HUGE CONGRATS to the #Classof2025 graduating today from across our 5 BSc degrees @UCD_SBBS: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology🧬 Genetics🔬 Microbiology🦠 Neuroscience🧠 Pharmacology💊 We are so proud of what you have achieved. Well done to our incredible graduates!🎉🎓✨#UCD

Today is #InternationalMensDay, and we conclude our SBBS series with two tributes honouring academic and family mentorship: 💙 Matteo Prencipe, honoured by Dr Maria Prencipe 💙 Prof. Breandán Kennedy, celebrated by Camilla Maria Fontana Full stories: ucd.ie/sbbs/about/equ…

For #InternationalMensDay we share 4 SBBS mentorship stories: 💙 Jay Campbell honouring Prof. John Crean 💙 Eoin McCabe on Prof. Paul McCabe 💙 Caoimbhe Burke on Dr Arman Rahman 💙 Clodagh Murphy & researcher both on Prof. William Gallagher Full stories:bit.ly/4r1Dtng

Day 2 of our #InternationalMensDay series celebrates mentors that build confidence and support early-career scientists in our school research community: 💙 Gary Brennan 💙 Breandán Kennedy 💙 David O’Connell Read their mentee's stories➡️: bit.ly/4r1Dtng

Today we begin our #InternationalMensDay series, celebrating the men who’ve guided & inspired our SBBS community: 💙 Cormac Murphy’s tribute to his father 💙 Mario Manresa honouring Cormac Taylor 💙 A student honouring their father’s resilience More here➡️ bit.ly/4r1Dtng

Dr Áine Ní Choisdealbha @UCDBabylab is at @ExploriumI today & Fri 14th to chat to visitors about 'Ages 0 to 100: A Century of Learning about Babies'. #ScienceWeek @UCDPsychology #Research See more @ExploriumI: explorium.ie

🧠#ScienceWeek Catch Anupa Sara Paulose's talk 'Not All Brains Fight the Same: Why Women and Men Experience Alzheimer’s Disease Differently' at 10.30 & 11.30, 12 Nov @ExploriumI! @anupa_sp is a Neuroscience PhD Candidate @UCD_SBBS. #UCDxExplorium ➡️explorium.ie

🧫 Celebrating #ScienceWeek with a 2025 school highlight! Undergrads help discover 2 new yeast species-Cyberlindnera hibernica & Barnettozyma discipulorum  A perfect start to #ScienceWeek! 🍃 🔗 microbiologysociety.org/blog/new-to-sc…

🧑‍🎓✨ Huge congratulations to UCD Mathematics student Mhyls Salapuddin, a recipient of this year’s prestigious Hamilton Prize, the top honour for undergraduate mathematical students in Ireland. Mhyls, now in the final year of a BSc in Mathematics at UCD Science, was among nine students recognised by The Royal Irish Academy for outstanding mathematical excellence. The ceremony took place at the Royal Irish Academy on Thursday, 16 October 2025. The date marked the anniversary of famed Irish scientist William Rowan Hamilton’s discovery of quaternion algebra on 16 October 1843. “As a maths graduate, I know how far maths can take you. It opens doors to research, finance, teaching, economics, and politics,” said James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, who delivered the keynote address at the ceremony. “Mathematics is central to Ireland’s success. Our fastest-growing industries, including artificial intelligence, renewable energy, medtech, financial services, and data analytics, all depend on strong maths skills. These awards recognise the discipline and talent of the next generation of Irish mathematicians.” This year’s prize was presented by the 2025 Hamilton Speaker, Nobel Laureate Professor Kip Thorne. Professor Thorne was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for his contributions to the study of gravitational waves. In recognition of their mathematical excellence, each student received a cash prize and a certificate of achievement.

🏆 World Champion! Massive congratulations to Lara Gillespie, who has been crowned UCI Women’s Elimination Race World Champion! 🚴‍♀️🌍 A proud @ucddublin graduate (Health & Performance Science @ucd_sphpss ) and former @ucdadastracadmy Ad Astra Elite Sports Scholar!

Exciting undergraduate student research news! @MicrobioSoc has featured the discovery of 2 new yeast species our undergrads helped uncover -Cyberlindnera hibernica (“of Ireland”) & Barnettozyma discipulorum (“of students”) found in Glengarriff Woods🧪🙌 ➡️bit.ly/3LiJonn

A zebrafish named after a blind Irish poet 🐟inspired award-winning science! Dr Tess McCann wins the UCD Conway Festival Gold Medal for uncovering a new eye disease gene mutation with Prof Breandán Kennedy’s team. LINK #UCDResearch #SBBSUCD @ucdscience @UCD_Research @UCD_Conway

🌊🧑‍🎓 "There is a real pressure on us to raise our game." Ireland has committed to protecting 30% of its waters by 2030 under the UN biodiversity framework, aimed at halting species decline and restoring marine ecosystems. However, while endangered basking sharks wash up dead off the coast of Clare and other EU states progress with protected zones, Ireland has yet to pass the legislation needed to establish and enforce Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). In 2019, a government-convened expert group recommended the establishment of new laws to create MPAs. Its chair, UCD Vice-President for Sustainability, Professor Tasman Crowe, is disappointed that the legislation has yet to be enacted, given the urgent challenges Ireland faces. @UCDsustain @UCDEarth @UCD_SDG #SDGWeek

Sara Dakir’s fabric captures prostate cancer weaving between healthy glands—a visual echo of life’s hidden challenges. She envisions it as a tapestry, telling the intricate story of disease and resilience through thread and science. Link in bio. #CutFromTheSameCloth

A new study published in @ScienceMagazine warns that bees, bumblebees & butterflies need much more space for pollinator recovery than is currently stipulated in EU directives. Led by @WUR , the study is co-authored by Assoc Prof @DaraStanley the research underlines that habitat quality also needs to be taken into account. Assoc. Professor Dara Stanley said, “"Pollinators are important for the production of 75% crops globally, and the reproduction of over 90% of our wild plants. Our current targets of having 10% natural habitat on farmland are not enough to ensure their conservation". Read more at: ucd.ie/research/news/…

Prof. Niamh O’Sullivan’s fabric pairs human and fly silhouettes—highlighting how fruit flies help uncover the genetics behind motor neuron diseases. A powerful model made visible. She’d love to see it transformed into a saree. Link in bio. #CutFromTheSameCloth #Neurogenetics

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7 days to go! - Ready to dive into the dark genome? Don’t miss Prof. Wendy Bickmore’s plenary @edinburghuniversity on gene regulation from hidden enhancers. Still time to register. Link in bio. #ConwayFest25 #Genomics

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📢 REGISTER NOW: Annual Chief Academic Officer Conference 📌Disability & Inclusion in Academic Health Sciences 🗓️Fri 3 Oct 2025 | 9am-1pm 📍Trinity College Dublin Register here: shorturl.at/BGArC #DisabilityInclusion #HSE #AcademicHealth

⭐️✨ Huge congratulations to the current and former UCD Ad Astra Academy-affiliated athletes on outstanding performances at the World Athletics Championships: three finalists and a new national record. It was truly a stellar week for the UCD Athletics Club's student-athletes and alumni. 🧑‍🎓 Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) - 4th place in the Men’s 800m final; set a new Irish national record with 1:42.15. (UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics student) 👩‍🎓 Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) - 11th in the Women’s Hammer Throw final. (UCD Science student) 👩‍🎓 Sarah Healy (UCD AC) - 10th in the Women’s 1500m final; time 3:59.14 in her first world outdoor final. (UCD Sutherland School of Law graduate) 🧑‍🎓 Mark English (Finn Valley AC) - 3rd Men’s 800m semi-final. (UCD School of Medicine graduate) @ucdsportsclubs @ucdadastracadmy @UCDAC_bears @irishathletics ucd.ie/newsandopinion…