The new research centre, which has been awarded 732 million funding from the Higher Education Authority (HEA), includes a 74.6 million National Gene Vector Laboratory, the only one of its kind in Ireland and the UK. The NCBES also has a range of state-of-the-art research facilities including microscopy, spectrometry, biomechanics and molecular biology suites, and a Silicon Graphics Origin 3800 Supercomputer, Ireland’s most powerful computer.

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• NUI, Galway Professor Appointed to Sierra Leon's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Ensemble-in-Residence for Galway
• Nobel Laureate visits NUI, Galway