INNOVATION ALLIANCE NEWS

• Innovation Bursaries – Applications open for PhD students
• The TCD/ UCD Innovation Alliance Announces Appointment of Innovation Academy Course Co-Directors
• Alliance partners welcome PRTLI 5 announcement
• Stanford President John L. Hennessy Becomes First International Advisor to TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance
• Innovation Alliance host Engineering Design Innovation Event
• Ireland's Future Starts Here
• Innovation Center for Irish Startup Companies opens in Silicon Valley
• Innovation Alliance Welcomes the Vision of An Taoiseach’s Innovation Taskforce to Grow the Irish Innovation Ecosystem

RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS AND INNOVATION NEWS FROM THE ALLIANCE PARTNERS

JULY 2010

• Minister announces 80 new highly skilled green tech jobs
• The TCD/ UCD Innovation Alliance Announces Appointment of Innovation Academy Course Co-Directors
• UCD secures major funding under PRLTI 5 to boost innovation
• Engineering, Medical and Biomedical Students Design Next Generation Medical Devices at ESEM Summer School at TCD
• NovaUCD based Q-Validus Launches New Technical Services Division
• TCD secures €81.9 million in Research Funding that will Grow Graduate Education and Smart Economy for Ireland
• UCD scientist wins European Young Researcher Award at Euroscience 2010
• International Research Consortium on Environmental Change and Health in Eastern Africa Led by Trinity College Dublin Awarded EU-Framework Programme 7 Funding
• Fiat and R&D consortium, including UCD researchers, to develop next generation solar technology to cover the surface of electric vehicles
• Future Transport Fuel Forum co-hosted by School of Engineering hears speakers outline options for Cleaner, Greener, Fuel alternatives

JUNE 2010

• New research shows Irish parents do not consider it beneficial to introduce children to alcohol

• EU awards €18 million for cancer research at UCD

• TrinityHaus i.School: ‘Entrepreneurs Don’t Grow on Trees!’ summer camp for secondary school students at TCD
• Fossils discovery fills 30-million-year gap in evolution of early life
• TCD researchers collaborate on international project to integrate ‘cloud computing’ with ‘grid’ technologies
• Forests more prone to wildfires as climate heats up
• Minister for Health opens state-of-the-art pharmacy facility at Trinity
• Credit Expo targets international financial market with new web-enabled version of its credit risk management software
• Irish researchers discover new autism genes as part of major international research project
• Irish Researchers Discover New Autism Genes as Part of Major International Research Project
• Trinity College hosts international conference on the role of nervous system and immune system interactions in health and disease

MAY 2010

• €8.5m announced for cutting-edge research projects
• New Research Identifies New Genes Associated with Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate in Children
• NovaUCD client companies create 30 jobs since start of year
• Variants of Genes associated with the Essential Dietary Element Selenium Increase the Risk of Bowel Cancer
• €8 million for UCD researchers under SFI Principal Investigator Programme
• Minister for Older People Launches ‘Living with Dementia’ – A Social Research Programme in Dementia Care

• GE Healthcare partners up with TRIL and invests $3 million

• TCD Researchers Awarded €1.8 million for Cutting-Edge Research Projects

• Agilent Technologies Funds UCD Newman Fellowship in Quantitative Proteomics
• ESB Announces First Ecar Trial Programme for Ireland in conjunction with Trinity College Dublin

APRIL 2010

• TCD Researchers Link Rising Spring Temperatures to Changes in Plant and Animal Life-Cycles
• 25% of fish products labeled and sold as cod and haddock are from different species, research shows
• New Theory on Sleep, Dreams and Consciousness Discussed at TCD
• New insights into diabetic blindness
• TCD Scientists Lead European Research to Develop New Nanomedical Technology for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
• World's largest particle accelerator experiment up and running
• MD of Sciences Future Inc Speaks on Innovation in Biotechnology
• BiancaMed Wins Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Award
• Corporate entrepreneurship is key to making innovation happen, says leading expert
• TCD Scientists Make Significant Breakthrough in Genetic Processes of Flower Development

MARCH 2010

• Urban Environment Project report - Managing an Unstable Housing Market
• Trinity College Dublin Researchers Collaborate in Discovery of New Cell that has Potential for Targeted Treatment of Asthma
• Disney and Irish scientists join forces on sports visualisation project
• TCD Researchers Identify Genes that may Play a Key Role in the Development of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
• Skyware Global and UCD team up to provide opportunities for engineering graduates
• Ten New Spin Out Companies Set Up in Trinity College Dublin
• Oestrogen protects against cardiovascular disease, UCD research shows
• TCD Immunology Research Places Ireland Amongst the Top Nations in Immunology
• UCD to co-host two Competence Centres as part of €56m industry-led research investment
• The Eurolife International Health Alliance to Fight Against Poverty Related Diseases