Today with Sean O’Rourke: Project MinE

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_...
Neurophysiology research awards

Neurophysiology research awards

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...
ENCALS meeting 2015

ENCALS meeting 2015

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...
Trinity’s MND research group make the news

Trinity’s MND research group make the news

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...

Health Research Board Research Training Fellowship

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...