PIYRA Award Ceremony 2008:(L-R)
Dr. Frank Gannon, Director General SFI; Dr. Daniel Kelly, TCD; President of Ireland, Mary McAleese; Dr. Mary Murphy, REMEDI, Dr. Patrick Prendergast, TCD.
Secondary school students from all over Ireland participated in the inaugural final of the Debating Science Issues (DSI) competition on Friday, 9 May, at the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin.
Dr. Nerem gave a lecture entitled "Cell-Based Therapies: From Basic Biology to Replacement, Repair and Regeneration" on May 1st at 5pm in Lecture Theatre 250 in the IT Building.
Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock TD, last week announced Government funding through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) of €6.9million to 62 research awards through SFI’s Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) programme, in collaboration with Enterprise Ireland.