INNOVATION ALLIANCE NEWS

• The TCD-UCD Innovation Academy is officially Opened
• Imaging the Future: the Innovation Alliance tackles the BIG Questions
• Innovation Alliance campus company – Veutility – wins Globe Forum Innovators’ Challenge
• TCD/UCD Innovation Alliance at Globe Forum
• Globe Forum – Innovators’ Challenge - 6 shortlisted for final
• Innovation Academy hosts ITLG Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland 2010 Event
• Globe Forum – Early Stage Researchers Challenge
• Scholars raise €662 for charity in two hours in the name of innovation
• 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

JANUARY 2012

• Scientists trace origin of 'speed gene' in modern racehorses to British mare of 300 years ago
• There is no 16-clue Sudoku, mathematician shows
• Clever computing for better wind forecasts
• Quantum physics enables perfectly secure cloud computing
• Wattics, a University College Dublin Spin-out Company, Leads the Way to Innovation Success

DECEMBER 2011

• RIA Gold Medal for UCD engineer
• University College Dublin and Elan announce initiative to create leadership in biotechnology
• Study presents strong business case for revival of Irish Sugar Industry
• Physicists focus in on Higgs boson – the so called 'God particle'
• Personalising the use of chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment

NOVEMBER 2011

• Pharmaceutical research and technology company, APC wins NovaUCD 2011 Start-Up Award
• UCD-Teagasc partnership to enhance agricultural research, education and innovation
• Irish technology to keep astronauts fit and healthy in space
• Biosensia, a spin-in company based at NovaUCD, secures €1.2 million investment
• University College Dublin to Showcase Latest High-Tech Ventures at NovaUCD 2011 Start-Up Awards

OCTOBER 2011

• Washing machines deposit microplastic around world's shorelines
• New PhD programme supports Ireland's knowledge economy
• Crab pulsar beams most energetic gamma rays ever detected from a pulsar
• Novel Rapid Meningitis Diagnostic Test Moves Closer to Market
• Two NovaUCD Client Companies Reach Seedcorn Regional Finals

SEPTEMBER 2011

• UCD Ulysses Medal for Nobel Prize-winning Australian scientist
• Taoiseach opens first phase of €300 million UCD Science Centre
• 13 UCD projects funded under SFI Research Frontiers Programme
• NovaUCD Start-Up Shortlisted for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Award
• HeyStaks Launches Community-Based Search Apps for iPad and Android Tablets

AUGUST 2011

• Speech Added to NovaUCD-based elearning company ExamSpeak.com Beta
• First AXA Research Fellowship for UCD
• Robust and competitive research will drive Ireland's economic development
• UCD launches major medicine and biotechnology initiative in the heart of China's 'Silicon Valley'
• HeyStaks Develops Top Mobile App and to Represent Ireland at the Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2011 Final

JULY 2011

• UCD 'Spin-out' Equinome launches elite performance test for racehorses
• Sweet dreams: US sleep therapy group ResMed buys UCD start-up BiancaMed
• Cancer researcher receives NovaUCD 2011 Innovation Award
• Mums-to-be need more vitamin D, say UCD experts
• Final space shuttle mission by NASA - the Irish connection

JUNE 2011

• NovaUCD based MuteButton to grow staff to 20 following €200,000 investment
• Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Principal Investigator Awards for UCD scientists
• Minister opens €57 million facility to support biopharmaceutical industry
• Drugs being developed to tackle CJD could also help block Alzheimer's, research shows
• TRIL: Unique and credible approach to addressing the needs of older people

MAY 2011

• NovaUCD headquartered DOCOsoft Software to Drive Claims Efficiencies for a Leading Lloyd's Insurance Syndicate
• Strong commercialisation results at UCD
• International team to investigate second-line HIV therapy in Africa
• EU grant for Nobel prize-winner puts Ireland at vanguard of health inequalities research
• Google fund innovative Outreach Computer Science Module

APRIL 2011

• Scientists identify natural defence cells that impede chemotherapy treatment
• UCD researcher awarded 2011 Globe Sustainability Award
• Bank of Ireland Seed Fund Leads Syndicated €950,000 Investment in NovaUCD headquartered ServiceFrame
• One in four Irish men now obese, study shows
• High Powered Light Saving Energy Device from NovaUCD Start-Up Belfield Technologies Wins Inaugural Sustainable Energy Innovation Award

MARCH 2011

• UCD Software company JLizard Secures Enterprise Ireland Funding
• Global network formed in response to resurgence of deadly viruses
• NovaUCD's 2011 Entrepreneurship Programme Launches with 13 New Ventures
• Naturally enriched mushrooms a target for increasing vitamin D
• BT Business of Science and Technology Programme begins at NovaUCD

FEBRUARY 2011

• UCD receives first Wellcome Trust funding for Irish based PhD Programme: €3 million
• Rare native bat 'missing' in Ireland since 2003, UCD study shows
• Irish medieval fishing site will be 'lost to the tide'
• Smart Young Minds Get Down to Business on BT Commercial Skills Programme at NovaUCD
• NovaUCD Director Elected Chair of European Knowledge Transfer Association

JANUARY 2011

• UCD Scientists find mothers who use alternative medicine less likely to immunise children
• New processed cheese with 60% less salt could improve diets
• UCD hot search start-up, HeyStaks opens to the public
• President of Ireland Young Researcher Award for UCD scientist
• Business Award for UCD scientist and entrepreneur

DECEMBER 2010

• IMAGE Businesswoman Award for UCD researcher
• Sewage water bacteria helps fill ‘missing link’ in early evolution
• Senior Chinese Diplomats visit UCD Agriculture & Food Science Centre
• OncoMark Appoints New CEO to Accelerate Growth

NOVEMBER 2010

• Software company, JLizard scoops NovaUCD 2010 Start-Up Award
• Tánaiste launches new academic alliance between NCAD and UCD
• Veutility at UCD wins Globe Forum Innovators’ Challenge
• How genes contribute to athletic performance in Thoroughbred horses
• Solar-powered blood pressure monitor may help reduce heart disease rates in poorer countries

OCTOBER 2010

• €1 million investment for web search start-up: HeyStaks
• UCD Scientists capture first direct images of theoretically predicted magnetic monopoles
• Identifying a role for cellular CO2 sensor
• UCD image archive of Dublin’s architecture takes pride of place in global digital library
• ESA space satellite results presented at UCD hosted conference

SEPTEMBER 2010

• NovaUCD 2010 Innovation Award for UCD Geology Research Group
• Irish person’s genetic code sequenced for first time – UCD Conway Institute

• 50 graduates to be placed in export-led Irish companies to drive growth

• NovaUCD based Socowave Secures €3 million Funding
• UCD scientists and Weedle awarded €200,000 to define future of search and connect technology

AUGUST 2010

• UCD scientists No 1 Hot Paper in Nature Medicine
• UCD Smurfit School and the Marketing Institute of Ireland launch Consumer Market Monitor Q2 2010 results
• UCD Professor Continues to Lead World Rankings in Agriculture Sciences
• Key regulator in inflammatory bowel disease identified by UCD Conway scientists
• NovaUCD based Company Releases iPhone App to Assist Building Firms Clean-up Construction Sites

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