RCSI researchers have shown how electroconductive nanomaterials embedded in a tissue engineering scaffold can be used to boost axonal growth in neurons.
The findings could advance treatments for neurological conditions.
Read the study π https://t.co/A1mNSuM9Qd
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Congratulations to Head of TERG @fjobrien who was invited to give the prestigious Royal Academy of Medicine Ireland RAMI Graves Lecture yesterday, talking about his experience with 'Advanced Biomaterials for Repairing Damaged Tissues and Organs: From Concept to Clinic'!
Great to have 'PolyGraph β Flexible, Biocompatible & Electrically Optimized Graphene-Polymer Composites for Next-Generation Neural Interfaces' published in Advanced Healthcare Materials! Read the article here: https://t.co/9d1W7rWQvY
A great turnout today for the launch of the PPI Ignite Network Phase II! The launch included discussion panels and an introduction from Head of TERG @fjobrien. Great to have so many PPI collaborators, research staff and RCSI president Deborah McNamara in attendance.
StAR Lecturer @iWoodsie presenting on his research to date on electroconducive 3D-printed MXene based scaffolds for neural repair applications at #TERMIS 2026 today!
Great to have Eoin O'Cearbhaill and Thomas Lijnse in TERG today to give a guest seminar on 'Optimising the Interface between Medical Devices and Soft Tissue for the Delivery of Biologics and Cell-based Therapies'!
Great to have Prof John Mulvihill from the University of Limerick with us in @RCSI_Irl today to give an excellent seminar on the role of meningitis in concussion.
We were delighted to host Professor Maria Kavallaris from the Children's Cancer Institute, Australia, today at @RCSI_Irl. As part of her visit Professor Kavallaris gave an excellent seminar entitled 'Technologies, Big Impact: Engineering Childhood Cancer for Precision Medicine'.
Congrats to Tian Carey & @iWoodsie recent postdoctoral researchers on AMBER funded & linked research projects who have been awarded @royalsociety β Research Ireland University Research Fellowships.
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We were delighted to welcome Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD and Minister @lawlessj to our labs yesterday for the opening of 118 St Stephen's Green, where the Taoiseach spoke with spinal cord injury activist and TERG PPI collaborator Ciaran McCarthy, and head of TERG @fjobrien
Cian O'Connor speaking this week at the SMA European Congress
about how biomimetic viscoelastic hydrogels promote motor neuron outgrowth and modulate astrocyte behaviour for Spinal Muscular Atrophy regeneration applications!
This work is kindly supported by the SMA Foundation.
Wonderful to have Magnus TΓ€gil with us in @RCSI_Irl today to give a seminar entitled 'Balancing Brakes and Accelerators in Bone Healing. The BMP History with a Swedish perspective and the Future Role Of BMPs in Orthopaedic Therapies'!
Multimodal characterization of sustained bioagent release from an epicardial depot for long-term biomaterial incorporation - ScienceDirect https://t.co/5XCQx1bE0i
Congratulations to StAR MD student Lylas Aljohmani on being awarded the 1st prize for her oral presentation at the Irish Hand Surgery Society annual meeting 2026! π₯³
Huge congratulations to Marko Dobricic for winning the Image Prize, and to Juan Carlos Palomeque for being awarded the best early career researcher presentation at the @RCSI_Irl Research Day 2026! π₯³π₯³
Hadeel Abu Shaqrah presenting at the RCSI Research Day on her work to date on the development of a zonal composite scaffold for load-bearing and cell-derived regeneration of articular cartilage!