UCD Research

🇮🇪 A new chapter for #AI scientific #discovery Ireland’s 1st university-led AI research institute was launched at @ucddublin.bsky.social by Minister James Lawless at #AIS26 #UCDAIInstitute will accelerate discovery & advance responsible AI across disciplines Watch ais26.eu for recordings of AIS26

🇮🇪 Building Ireland’s AI research ambition At #AIS26, Research Ireland highlighted the importance of collaboration, research excellence and national capacity in shaping Ireland’s future in AI. #RinnAI Watch ais26.eu for recordings of AIS26

Director of Infection Research Ireland at UCD and Dean and Head of School, Professor Paddy Mallon, took part yesterday in the HERA Board Meeting in Dublin as an external expert, as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU. ➡️https://ow.ly/CpMm50ZZpzB

Following the Planetary Health Diet in pregnancy is linked to fewer blood pressure complications in women with a raised BMI, according to new research from the UCD Perinatal Research Centre. ➡️https://ow.ly/4QMt51009HG

🇪🇺 How can AI accelerate scientific discovery in Europe? At #AIS26, hosted at UCD last week, the European Commission @ec.europa.eu announced #AIinScienceEnablers industry pledges to provide researchers with access to AI tools, software and computing power. Watch ais26.eu for recordings of AIS26.

Reddan 🧑‍🔬🏅👩‍🔬 Ruddin: Huge congratulations to UCD PhD researchers Ben Reddan and Grace Ruddin, who have been named joint winners of the 2026 Conway Festival Gold Medal. @ucdconwayinstitute.bsky.social

🔬 How is #AI reshaping scientific discovery? At #AIS26 at UCD, six parallel strands brought experts together to explore AI across physics, mathematics, One Health, open science, creativity, research policy and more. Watch ais26.eu for recordings of AIS26.

How can AI reshape scientific discovery - and who should that future serve? 🌍 At #AIS26 at UCD last week, Dr Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social of Google DeepMind explored AI’s potential and its broader implications for science and society. Watch ais26.eu for recordings of AIS26.

Major partnership between @cern.bsky.social and @mistralai.bsky.social was announced at #AIS26 The collaboration aims to develop #Flare - pioneering foundation model for particle physics, trained on billions of simulated collisions at the #LargeHadronCollider Learn more: home.cern/cern-and-mis...

A look back at 'AI in Physics & Mathematics' with @cern.bsky.social at #AIS26, at @ucddublin.bsky.social last week. Conversations highlighted extraordinary opportunities and the importance of keeping scientific rigour at the centre of AI-enabled discovery. Recordings will be on ais26.eu soon.

Ireland’s first university-led AI research institute launched at #AIS26 to accelerate scientific discovery! @ucddublin.bsky.social new #AI Institute will empower researchers across all disciplines, accelerate scientific discovery and impact policy & regulation. Read more: www.ucd.ie/research/new...

#AIS26: Bringing together scientists, industry leaders, investors and policymakers, the AI in Science Summit 2026 at UCD from 15-16 October explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on scientific discovery...

🦢☔️ Excited to announce the launch of SWAN, a new UCD-led initiative which will bring AI-powered weather forecasting into schools across Ireland, supporting a nationwide network of 560 weather stations through €2.25 million in Google.org funding. @andrewparnell.bsky.social

Traditionally, passage tombs were thought to be exclusive, elite sites, disconnected from daily life. Dr Jessica Smyth's research is shining a new light on how ancient society in Ireland operated, and how iconic sites like Newgrange were built. #AncientWorld_UCD 🔍 www.ucd.ie/research/inf...

Low-paid workers face heavy pressure from rising rents & energy costs. Dr. Nat O’Connor (UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work & Social Justice) highlights that full-time workers deserve a minimum essential standard of living, as the living wage rises to €16/hr. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

What does #AI mean for #culture #society and #creativity? 'Developing AI for Creativity and Society' at #AIS26 - curated by @eassh.bsky.social - will explore the multifaceted relationship between AI and #SSH across three dimensions. Register: www.ais26.eu

💙💛 NovaUCD welcomes healthcare entrepreneur and investor Ciaran McCourt as Entrepreneur in Residence and Dr Eoin O’Cearbhaill as Engineer in Residence.

The RIA’s 2026 Charlemont Grantee, Emma Kavanagh, @ucddublin.bsky.social, has contributed to a new exhibition on French composer Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956), following six weeks of research supported by the RIA’s Charlemont Grant.

UCD is home to the Classical Museum, the largest collection of Classical antiquities on display in Ireland. Recent research on the collection has revealed the message on an ancient cuneiform tablet for the first time in 4000 years. #AncientWorld_UCD #TheStoriesThatShapeUs youtu.be/4y20qn0i-aU?...

UCD are collaborators on new research which demonstrates that a rare form of nitrogen gas can act as a natural fingerprint for microbial nitrogen conversion. Dr Alan Seltzer, UCD School of Earth Sciences, is a co-author on the study published in Science. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

Congratulations to Prof Robert Gerwarth on his appointment as Director of UCD Humanities Institute! An internationally renowned scholar and Director of UCD Centre for War Studies, Prof Gerwarth will build on the work of his predecessor Prof Anne Fuchs. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

🦇⭐️ Cover Star: Huge congratulations to UCD Professor Emma Teeling, whose latest groundbreaking bat research features on the most recent cover of the prestigious journal @nature.com. 👏 @emmateeling.bsky.social

AI news is everywhere. But who actually shapes public opinion on AI, and which sources do people trust? Help us find out with a short anonymous survey (5–10 min). It's open to all adults 18+, whether you follow AI news daily or hardly at all. forms.gle/xrUwa1J85FhA...

New on The Conversation: Why Yemen Has Returned to Conflict by Dr Vincent Durac. Dr Durac examines the recent escalation in Yemen as Houthi forces seize control of key Red Sea locations, including the port city of Mocha. Read full article: theconversation.com/why-yemen-ha...

Professor TJ McIntyre of UCD Sutherland School of Law spoke to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland about privacy and harassment concerns around AI-enabled smart glasses, including the risk of people being recorded without their knowledge. 🔗 www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...

Medieval texts provide evidence that early Irish law survived for at least 800 years. Dr Fangzhe Qiu's @erc.europa.eu research examines how medieval scribes preserved Brehon Law, and is shedding light on their identities, education & motivations. #AncientWorld_UCD www.ucd.ie/research/inf...

The Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture at UCD is a unique place where researchers are recreating ancient technologies to gain deeper insights into how people lived in the past. #AncientWorld_UCD #TheStoriesThatShapeUs Learn more: www.ucd.ie/research/inf... youtu.be/ZJDnN0K62Ww

🔬Four UCD researchers have received funding under the Health Research Board Investigator-Led Projects scheme. Congratulations to Dr Gary Brennan, Prof Adam Byrne, Dr Eoin Brennan & Prof Eamonn Molloy! www.ucd.ie/research/new...

AI is changing how science is done - we’re only beginning to understand what that means. The ‘AI in Physics and Mathematics’ track at #AIS26 curated by @cern.bsky.social will explore how #AI is reshaping both fields. Join the conversation about the future of scientific discovery. www.ais26.eu

Europe is ‘Reaching a new level of ambition in Research and Innovation’ #AIS26 is very excited to announce Dr Shakir Mohamed, a Senior Director at Google DeepMind, as this year’s keynote speaker - at the premier conference exploring what’s next for #AIinScience. Register now: www.ais26.eu

🏰 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐂𝐃 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 New research from Prof Tadhg O'Keeffe reveals that one of Dublin’s ‘lost’ medieval castles has been hiding in plain sight on UCD's Belfield campus. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

AI is changing how science is done - we’re only beginning to understand what that means. Explore what AI can help us to discover at AI in Science Summit 2026 #AIS26 Researchers, innovators, industry & policymakers. One conversation about the future of scientific discovery Register: www.ais26.eu

Congratulations to Prof Adam Byrne, Prof Breandan Kennedy and Dr Judith Bek who will lead new health research projects funded under the HCRI-HRB Joint Funding Scheme. They will work with the Irish Thoracic Society, Fighting Blindness and Parkinson's Ireland. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

🎬🎭 Dr Victoria Durrer, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy, will work with colleagues in Ireland and the UK on a new Research Ireland / AHRC project that addresses a significant gap in our understanding of migration and mobility in the screen industries. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

🔬🧬 A new MSCA programme at UCD coordinated by Systems Biology Ireland (SBI) will embed computational excellence within interdisciplinary biomedical research ecosystems, training the next generation of computational biomedical researchers. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

To celebrate the anniversary of the completion of EIRSAT-1's mission, the team gifted schools in Ireland a certificate commemorating when the name of their school was sent from the satellite to Earth. RTÉ news2day visited Lindsay Road National School to speak with pupils about it! lnkd.in/dm-9k6gn

UCD One Health Centre are at #WorldOneHealthCongress today, about a new tool that enables universities to rapidly integrate #OneHealth teaching into all disciplines & training plans for employees in private or public sector organisations. Learn more about UCD One Health Centre www.ucd.ie/onehealth/

🌟🌟Two UCD researchers have been awarded ERC Starting Grants for their ambitious new projects! Research led by Dr Alan Seltzer and Dr Seungkuk Ahn is set to help protect critical groundwater resources, and to improve the design of preclinical models for drug discovery. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

‘Building researchers is as important to me as building technology,’ says Madhusanka Liyanage, UCD NetsLab @ucddublin.bsky.social A very interesting profile of a researcher in @siliconrepublic.bsky.social this week, and his work on #FutureNetworks www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/m...

Joint review by UCD School of Computer Science and UCD School of Psychology evaluated 43 studies on financial habits and mental illness, uncovering significant gaps. Read article www.ucd.ie/research/new... See paper in @frontiersin.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

Professor Robin Burke, has been appointed as Director of the new UCD AI Institute. A global expert in recommender systems, Robin will be a Full Professor in @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Computer Science. Read more ➡️ www.ucd.ie/research/new...

🦾🤖 Quantum computing can address very complicated problems for hospitals, banks, and manufacturers. UCD Assistant Professor Simon Caton explains: "Typically, they will come to us with a problem that they cannot solve." www.rte.ie/news/ireland... @ucdscience.bsky.social

🏦♻️ @novaucd.bsky.social and PTSB have announced a new accelerator programme to support the next generation of Irish climate technology and renewable energy start-ups to scale their businesses and bring sustainable solutions to global markets.

👩‍🎓🎓 UCD Assistant Professor Mary Kennedy has been appointed to the Social Workers Registration Board by Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD. Dr Kennedy is Programme Director of the Professional Master of Social Work at the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice.

UCD Clinical Research Centre (CRC) has enabled over 25,000 patients to access new therapies and enhanced medical care in Ireland. Laura Helbert, Research Nurse at the Mater CRC, explains how patients become involved in Clinical Trials, and the support they receive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVl...

UCD is part of a groundbreaking new pan-European coalition that is set to transform cancer research by using AI approaches to predict how cancer cells behave, survive, and resist treatment. Read more about the PRECISE initiative ⬇️ #AI #Cancer www.ucd.ie/research/new...

The UCD Clinical Research Centre (CRC) has enabled over 25,000 patients to access new therapies and enhanced medical care. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the CRC produced a special book ‘20 Voices’. Linda Sheehan is a clinical trial participant, listen to her story👇 youtu.be/C6hruY2gkII?...

🏥 UCD's Prof Conor Shields argues in The Irish Times that Ireland's new national health record must be treated as critical infrastructure, and that the real question is who controls patient data once it's digitised. Read the piece here: www.irishtimes.com/business/202...