by michelle | Nov 4, 2015 | Research
Listen back to RTE Radio 1 to hear MND patient Tim Sheehy and Prof Orla Hardiman discuss why they are supporting Project MinE Ireland, a crowdfunding project that aims to find the genes that cause MND. 20151029_rteradio1-seanorourke-motorneuro_c20871190_20871198_232_...
by michelle | Nov 2, 2015 | Research
Dr Bahman Nasseroleslami works with the EEG (electroencephalography) research team in the Trinity MND group, researching the use of measurements of brain activity to allow early and accurate diagnosis of MND. Dr Nasseroleslami was awarded an Irish Research Council...
by michelle | Jun 1, 2015 | Research
From 21st to 23rd of May 2015 more than 260 ALS/MND researchers attended the 13th international ENCALS (European Network for the Cure of ALS) meeting in Trinity College Dublin. “The ENCALS meeting is an important forum for the European MND community. The aim of the...
by michelle | Oct 22, 2014 | Research
In a ground breaking paper just published in the international journal Neuron, an international consortium involving scientists and clinicians from Trinity College Dublin, led by their long term collaborator Dr John Landers of the University of Massachusetts has...
by michelle | Sep 16, 2014 | Research
On September 11th 2014, the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Mary McCarron welcomed colleagues, family & friends to the opening of the Academic Unit of Neurology, in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Professor Orla...
by michelle | Sep 3, 2014 | Research
A Health Research Board Research Training Fellowship of €251,449 has been awarded to Dr James Rooney and Prof. Orla Hardiman (Prinicipal investigator). The three year project titled “Environmental and genetic epidemiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis” aims to...