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ESA Business Incubation Centre Announces First Client, DroneSAR

ESA BIC Announces First Client, DroneSAR

The European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) has announced its first client, Search and Rescue software start-up, DroneSAR

Network launched to assist Irish & Welsh life science businesses

€12 million network includes 6 universities and global healthcare leaders Unilever and GE Healthcare

New endoscope to enable faster, more accurate colorectal cancer diagnosis

Researchers at Tyndall National Institute at UCC are taking part in a new European project to develop a low cost, easy to use 3D imaging system that will help enable faster and more accurate diagnosis of colorectal cancers.

CBRN Forensics Software Story Interview

Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork in Ireland has several roles within the GIFT consortium.

Tyndall Maker in Chief in the final to be Ireland’s new face of science

Will Knott, Maker in Chief and Teaching and Outreach Specialist at Tyndall will be among 10 of the best new science communicators from around Ireland who are heading to the Science Gallery Dublin next week for the fifth FameLab Ireland National Finals.

Tyndall at world’s leading Applied Power Electronics Conference, APEC 2017

Tyndall's Integrated Magnetics and ICT for Energy Efficiency Groups had a high profile at the recent IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exhibition (APEC 2017) held in Tampa Florida. This annual event, with a near-record attendance of 5,000 people, addressed a broad range of topics in the

Congratulations to our KTI Impact Award Winners!

Tyndall researchers Brian Corbett and Pleun Maaskant with our Technology Transfer Case Manager Anthony Morrissey won the Mature Spinout Company Award at the Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact Awards 2017.

Tyndall to lead world’s first photonics packaging pilot line

New €15.5M Euro PIXAPP Photonics Packaging Pilot Line to Drive EU Growth and Competitiveness in Global Photonics Industry

Tyndall National Institute hosts Makerdojo stem clubs

A new series of MakerDojo, the hands-on hardware club for all ages, has been launched at Tyndall National Institute.

Tyndall student wins Smart Systems Integration poster competition

Tyndall PH.D student Shauna Scanlon won best poster at last year’s SSI conference in Munich and this month she received her award at the 2017 SSI conference event.

Robert Scoble visits Tyndall

It was a great honor to welcome Robert Scoble, the world’s leading VR/AR expert, to Tyndall for a tour this week.

Tyndall represented at BioWales conference

Paul Galvin, Head of ICT for Health Programmes at Tyndall spoke at the BioWales conference in Cardiff on the Celtic Advanced Life Science Innovation Network (CALIN) INTERREG project.

Smart manufacturing and industry 4.0 strategies workshop

In this two day workshop we examine the vision of Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 and then consider Smart Strategies to start implementing the vision.

Tyndall set for famelab national finals

The regional heat of the world’s largest science communication competition – FameLab was held in Cork in the Triskel Arts Centre on Wednesday 25 January 2017.

PSMA announces APEC 2017 industry session on energy harvesting

Prestigious industry and research experts will discuss moving energy harvesting solutions from the lab into real-life applications

ESA space solutions centre Ireland stakeholders

A stakeholders’ meeting of ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland met in the Midlands Innovation and Research Centre at Athlone Institute of Technology

Minister Creed announces €1 million in funding for innovative antibody sensor

Tyndall National Institute at UCC, Teagasc and DCU Collaborate on SCOPE Research Project addressing the Issue of Crop Disease in Ireland

IERC conference 2017

The IERC 6th Annual Conference “Industry-Driven Innovation: Realising Future Energy Systems” will be held on Thursday 30th March 2017 in Fota Island Hotel, Cork.

Bruker nano-surfaces workshop

In conjunction with Tyndall National Institute, Bruker Nano-Surfaces will hold a workshop to demonstrate their latest developments in Atomic Force Microscopy on Wednesday 15th February, 2017.

Famelab is coming to cork!

Held annually in over 20 countries across the globe, Famelab is the world's largest science communication competition. And it's coming to Cork again on Wednesday 25th January 2017 in the Triskel Christchurch on Tobin Street.

Tyndall scientists develop smart knee device

New intelli-device to aid recovery after knee surgery developed at Tyndall through gateone project

Tyndall win at 2016 ambassadors awards

Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) held its 3rd annual #CorkNeedsYou Cork Conference Ambassadors’ Awards at the Cork International Hotel.

EU deepen project accelerates sustainability of computing devices

Leading Experts in Semiconductors, Electronics, Photonics and Modelling Convene in Cork for EU wide events on meeting our computing and related needs in the future

Lighting the way for quantum computing

Researchers at Tyndall National Institute develop scalable, electrically driven photon sources to drive powerful quantum technologies

TTO commercialisation award win

Tyndall National Institute was a proud winner at the annual Technology Transfer Office (TTO) Commercialisation Awards hosted by Prof Anita Maguire, Vice President For Research & Innovation, UCC. The ICT category was once again dominated by the researchers here at Tyndall.

PhD student Niamh Kavanagh wins early career physics communicator award

PhD student Niamh Kavanagh has won the Early Career Physics Communicator Award after competing against three other finalists at the IOP’s London centre on 21 November.

IPIC Director presents at Wuhan’s Optical Valley China Expo opening ceremony

IPIC Director presents at China Expo opening ceremony

As part of Photonics Ireland’s commitment to engaging and collaborating with the international photonic community, an Irish delegation attended the Optics Valley of China International Optoelectronic Exposition and Forum 2016 ( OVC EXPO).

Tyndall ALD give seminar in Samsung, Korea

Dr Simon Elliott, Head of Group - Materials Modelling for Devices, gave an invited seminar on simulating Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) at Samsung Semiconductor R&D Center, Hwaseong, Seoul, Korea on 14 October 2016.

Two researchers win Science Foundation Ireland SIRG & CDA awards

Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation, John Halligan TD, announced €22.3 million in research funding for 40 major research projects.

Career Achievement & Research Team of the Year awards for Tyndall

Tyndall are delighted to announce that Dr. Peter O’Brien, representing the Tyndall Photonics Packaging Group won Research Team of the Year at the UCC Staff Awards & Professor Eoin O’Reilly, Chief Scientist won a Career Achievement Award at the UCC Staff Awards.

NanostreeM Workshop

NanostreeM is a H2020-ICT funded project aiming at achieving better governance of the risks related to of the manipulation of nano-materials on the workers and environment using the semiconductor industry as an example. Some of the findings of NanostreeM will be discussed in the workshop “Nano risk

Tyndall Technology Days powers up the Internet Of Things

Tyndall National Institute Technology Day Showcases a IoT and connectivity devices and solutions for future

MCCI & Boston Scientific develop multi-function chip to enable next generation implantable device innovations

Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland collaborates with Boston Scientific to develop novel integrated circuits for next generation implantable medical devices

Tyndall Technology Days 2016

Solutions for future internet growth and sustainability, through powering and connecting the IoT, will be addressed at the fourth Tyndall Technology Days, 11 October 2016, Croke Park, Dublin.

‘Small Smart Farm’ demos at the Ploughing Championships

Tyndall’s ‘small smart farm’ is a new project by Mariusz Wilk, a Connect – Centre PhD candidate at Tyndall National Institute funded by Science Foundation Ireland.

Gold medal win in innovation at the Ploughing Championships

Tyndall won the Gold Medal at the 2016 Innovation Arena Awards for Most innovative Research Emerging from 3rd Level in this year’s National Ploughing Championships.

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan visits Tyndall

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan received a demo of our 'small smart farm', a new project which takes live data, such as the moisture content of soil, and communicates results back to the farmer,allowing them to make better decisions.

Start-ups using space tech invited to apply to ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland

ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland launch

Lift-off for ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland: ESA partners with Ireland to boost the use of space technology for down-to-earth applications

Unlocking the potential of millions of pieces of materials data

CECAM Workshop and Plugfest brings multi-scale modelling experts together to share resources for developing materials of the future.

Culture Night at Tyndall

Explore science and technology in our hands-on “hacker” style workshop learn how to design and make your own electronics.

Atomic Layer Deposition Conference in Dublin

Tyndall host the 16th international conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD 2016). A three-day event dedicated to the science and technology of atomic layer controlled deposition of thin films.

Boosting Large Scale Integration of Diverse Materials & Devices

Tyndall leading a European consortium TOP-HIT, developing novel technology to integrate components of different materials in large volumes at the semi-conductor scale.

What does a researcher do all day? A lot, apparently

Dr Lynette Keeney, a staff researcher at Tyndall, gives us some insight into that very question, explaining her work, and talking us through the skills, tools and processes she uses in a given day.

Research is about taking on challenges head on

Jim Greer, a researcher and educator at Tyndall, gives us some insight into how his career developed and and grew, and what brought him to where he is now.

Ireland’s investment in European Space Agency expected to double

Tyndall National Institute in partnership with Maynooth University and Athlone Institute of Technology signed an agreement establishing a Space Business Incubation Centre in Ireland.

Cutting-edge tech to help those with chronic illnesses to be treated at home

Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Helen McEntee, launched the €4.87m digital health research programme ‘ProACT’.

Micro-transfer Printing

Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland is leading a European consortium, called TOP-HIT, to develop novel technology that will address the challenge of integrating components of different materials in large volumes at the semi-conductor scale.

Research Laboratory of the Year award winner

Congratulations to Finbarr Waldron, Microsystems Packaging Laboratory, Tyndall National Institute for winning Research Laboratory of the Year at The Irish Laboratory Awards.

Postgraduate Research Showcase award winner

Jennifer Halpin won the Postgraduate Research Showcase competition for her work on the US: Ireland water splitting project RENEW.

IERC urges Irish industry to collaborate on energy research

IERC highlights emerging transformative trends that can deliver a low carbon future for Ireland

World Renowned Biophotonics Researcher Joins Tyndall

Professor Stefan Andersson-Engels will lead a new biophotonics research programme through an investment of €6 million under the Science Foundation Ireland Research Professorship Programme.

Entrepreneurial researchers pitch at IPIC Photonics Bootcamp final

The IPIC Photonics Bootcamp is designed to introduce researchers to lean start-up methodologies and customer development approaches in an intensive training and mentoring bootcamp.

Cork Smart Gateway launches

New collaborative initiative to drive Cork’s smart agenda for citizens.

Lecture by Dr Gregor Mussler

Dr Gregor Mussler of Jülich Forschungszentrum, Germany, speaks on molecular beam epitaxy of topological insulators.

Tyndall student wins FameLab!

FameLab is providing Niamh Kavanagh, PhD student in Photonics with the skills to share her research with a wider audience.

Xi Cao wins ChemCYS 2016 poster competition

Congratulations to Xi Cao who won the best poster presentation at the ChemCYS 2016 conference in Blankenberge, Belgium.

Delivering faster internet speeds, large data volumes, lower energy and cost

Faster internet speeds with larger data volumes

A $3m research collaboration is the first tripartite Centre-to-Centre research collaboration between the US, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. The project will address optical integrated chip technology for use in data centres.

Congratulations Niall!

We’d like to wish a big congratulations to Niall Savage who successfully defended his thesis "Development of a novel probe integrated with a micro-structured impedance sensor for the detection of breast cancer"

Talk from Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka Japan

Satoshi Matsumoto of Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka Japan gave a guest talk at Tyndall entitled R&D for 3D-Power SoC in Japan.

Congratulations Finbarr!

Congratulations to Finbarr O’Callaghan who successfully defended his thesis “Dynamics of coupled modes in two-section semiconductor lasers with saturable absorption".

Niamh Kavanagh awarded Rosse Medal

Niamh Kavanagh awarded Rosse Medal for her work on “Opening a new transmission window for telecommunications”.

Bluetooth Co-Inventor speaks at Tyndall

The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society and the SFI CONNECT Centre are delighted to present a mini-workshop on "Low- Power Radio for the Internet of Everything" by Dr Sven Mattisson, Ericsson Research, Sweden.

Leap in development of clean, renewable fuels

A significant development in the design of solar cells that can be submerged in water and help to produce clean, renewable fuel from 'water-splitting' chemical reactions.

CorkCitiEngage Project winners

The CorkCitiEngage project announced iPad winners for respondents who participated in the CorkCitiEngage surveys aimed at the general public and schools throughout Cork.

Thermoelectric expert visits Tyndall

Prof. Yaniv Gelbstein who is a well-known expert in the area of thermoelectric materials and devices is visiting Tyndall this week and will give a seminar on his recent research activities.

Tyndall participate in €6m robotic stem cell production project

€6 million research project AUTOSTEM launched to develop pioneering manufacturing systems for stem cell therapy.

Congrats to Famelab Winners!

Famelab is the world's largest science communication competition, and 8 local competitors took to the stage in the Triskel Arts Centre to dazzle with their interesting science.

Radiation detector developed at Tyndall space bound

Groundbreaking radiation detector developed by Irish researchers to protect astronauts will be space bound in 2016

Tyndall welcomes Young Scientists Tanzania competition winners

Delighted to welcome Edwin Luguku and John Method, the overall winners of the 2015 Young Scientists Tanzania competition, to Tyndall.

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