Tyndall showcased the groundbreaking industrial research which has been developed through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) programme.
Researchers at Tyndall and University College Cork (UCC) have won a combined €2.3m in funding for projects on AI energy management and integrated photonics.
First sensor-on-a-chip for image-guided navigation in surgery will allow clinicians to navigate inside the human body, reducing the use of harmful x-rays during operations.
In the final pre-commercialisation Explorer showcase at Enterprise Ireland's office, seven competing finalists presented their applications, which spanned various innovative ideas.
Tyndall's Photonics Packaging & Systems Integration Group led by Prof. Peter O’Brien have been awarded funding by the National Science Foundation in the US to diversify and strengthen the supply chain for manufacturing and packaging of semiconductor devices.
In celebration of the many talents that make up Tyndall, we are showcasing Hidden Talent and Artist: Debismita Dutta, PhD Student, in Micro Nano Systems, Advanced Materials and Surfaces Group.
Commissioner Mairead McGuinness was welcomed to Tyndall at University College Cork, where she saw firsthand the importance of Tyndall’s role in the European semiconductor ecosystem.
Ohio State University and Tyndall have been awarded significant grants from National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for pioneering research in visible light-wave generation and manipulation.
Project 'SuHSI’, is an initiative that will help homeowners reduce their carbon footprint and energy bills and will also contribute to the overall sustainability of the electricity network.
Tyndall National Institute recently hosted Mr Akhilesh Mishra, India’s Ambassador to Ireland, in a significant visit to celebrate Tyndall’s vibrant Indian community and to promote meaningful research collaboration between Ireland and India.
To mark International Women’s Day this year, UCC Innovation are proud to showcase Dr Han Shao, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tyndall National Institute and Founder and Technical Lead at SoilSensei.
Tyndall Early Career Researchers’ Network (TEC-Net), a network that provides support and advice to early-career researchers at Tyndall, recently organised a tour and workshop at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork city.
A delegation representing the Integrated magnetics, Energy harvesting and INFRACHIP groups from Tyndall will attend the conference and will be available on Booth, No.756, at the Exhibition Hall.
INFRACHIP will implement the first integrated, distributed research infrastructure for the sustainable development of next-generation and future semiconductor chips.
The 'Davos for Deep Tech' event hosted at Tyndall, brought together 60 entrepreneurs and executives to meet with research teams from across the island, in the hopes of creating stellar deep-tech start-ups.
Recently, the Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC), SFI Research Centre for Photonics at Tyndall was delighted to host the Winter School for PIADS CDT students, for the second time.
The annual Wrixon Bursaries for postgraduate students at Tyndall were recently announced, with three students each receiving a Research Excellence Bursary, and two students winning the Travel Bursary.
A delegation from the IPIC and Tyndall, as well as industry partners are attending this year's Photonics West in San Francisco and will available on the Photonics Ireland Booth, No.4743, at the Exhibition Hall.
The ENERGISE project, led by researchers from CONNECT at Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with Tyndall National Institute, Intel, and other key industry partners has received €2.3 million in funding from the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF).
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have announced two Tyndall projects were successful in receiving award funding through the SFI Research Infrastructure Programme.
A new prototype medical device developed by West Pharma, Tyndall and PA Consulting that deploys wearable microneedles to deliver medication to patients in an at-home setting has the potential to meet some of the emerging trends in the healthcare sector.
Tyndall’s Cultural Fair took place earlier this month and was an invigorating event that saw the Tyndall community celebrate its inclusive and diverse culture.
With the festive season well and truly upon us, we have rounded up our new annual list of gift ideas for the science and tech enthusiasts (of all ages) in your life!
The International Energy Research Centre have just released their publication - 'Hydrogen in the Irish Energy Transition', evaluating the potential roles that green hydrogen can play in supporting Ireland’s journey to net zero.
In celebration of the many talents that make up Tyndall, we are showcasing Hidden Talent and Irish Dancer: Megan O'Brien, PhD Student, in IPIC’s Group: III-V Materials & Devices.
A novel radiation detection technology, originally developed at Tyndall National Institute and commercialised by Cork-based Varadis, will be used by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) on their DESTINY+ mission launching in 2024.
Tyndall researcher, Professor Frank Peters, head of the Integrated Photonics group at IPIC, the SFI Centre for Photonics and Lecturer in the School of Physics UCC, receives the SFI Industry Partnership Award 2023 for IPIC’s partnership with Rockley Photonics.
UCC and Tyndall early-career researchers are amongst the first cohort of fellows to be awarded funding through the DOROTHY Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND programme focused on solving public health crises.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today launched Quantum 2030, Ireland’s first national strategy for quantum technologies.
Researchers at the International Energy Research Centre (IERC) are developing novel daylight enhancing techniques to improve health and wellness while also potentially eliminating the use of electrical lighting during the day.
The Quantum Electronic Devices (QED) Group at Tyndall National Institute, based at UCC, is working on the discovery and engineering of emerging materials and devices that will enable disruptive information processing to support the development of quantum computers.
Tyndall’s EIR Programme provides researchers at Tyndall with an opportunity to explore their business proposition with experienced entrepreneurs who will provide valuable guidance and mentorship at a very early stage in the lifecycle of the proposition.
Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science announces €24 million investment in rising research leaders across Ireland.
Tyndall has this year introduced its inaugural Distinguished Visiting Fellows Programme, which supports our strategic goals by connecting our research community with globally recognised research leaders.
The STS Elionix Scientific Image competition allows us to showcase the creative side of the researchers here at Tyndall. They share scientific images from their research which they have discovered to be visually striking or informative to the technically excellent.
Dara Calleary T.D., Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation and Enterprise Ireland (EI) are pleased to announce the establishment of CeADAR and ENTIRE as European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH),
Tyndall has this year introduced its inaugural Distinguished Visiting Fellows Programme, which supports our strategic goals by connecting our research community with globally recognised research leaders.
Tyndall has this year introduced its inaugural Distinguished Visiting Fellows Programme, which supports our strategic goals by connecting our research community with globally recognised research leaders.
Three Irish start-up companies have secured funding of €50k each, as well as technical, business, financial and incubation support through ESA BIC (Business Incubation Centre) Ireland at Tyndall.
A multi-stakeholder event, spearheaded by ATU, in partnership with Tyndall and Ulster University, was held at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) campus, Letterkenny recently exploring the economic opportunities presented by the recently adopted EU Chips Act.
Our annual internal conference allows us to pause, reflect and reconnect. The day-long event featured more than 30 speakers, delivered by our worldclass teams, from across the Institute.
BioPhotonics is an emerging area of scientific research that uses light to understand the inner workings of cells and tissues in living organisms, allowing researchers to see, measure and analyse living tissues in ways that have not been possible before. Meet the BioPhotonics team at Tyndall!
€5.3 million SFI funding will allow researchers at Tyndall to investigate the use of light to accurately detect specific cells for diagnostic purposes.
In celebration of the many talents that make up Tyndall, we are showcasing Hidden Talent and triathlete: Dr Matthew Hall, Postdoctoral Researcher, in IPIC’s Photonic Packaging team.
Scientists at Tyndall together with the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre, have developed a unique way of transmitting health and welfare information from cows to mobile devices or computers, using electronics-free material.
Tyndall's newly published Annual Report highlights significant breakthrough in collaboration with Boston Scientific which could lead to improved treatment outcomes for cancer patients.
UCC has launched a new era of synergistic research. The innovative multidisciplinary team consisting of Tyndall, and the Schools of Physics, Engineering and Architecture, and Mathematical Sciences will build on the powerful synergies of our globally renowned quantum and photonics research.
IPIC – the SFI Research Centre for Photonics – at Tyndall, has partnered with Synergia Medical, a Belgium-based preclinical medical device company, to develop new technology to treat drug-resistant epilepsy.
BioPhotonics is an emerging area of scientific research that uses light to understand the inner workings of cells and tissues in living organisms, allowing researchers to see, measure and analyse living tissues in ways that have not been possible before. Meet the BioPhotonics team at Tyndall!
Simone Dulfer is a master's Student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Twente, in the Netherlands. She talks to us about doing an internship at the Nano electronic Materials and Devices Group in Tyndall, as a part of her masters.
The STS Elionix Scientific Image competition allows us to showcase the creative side of the researchers here at Tyndall. They share scientific images from their research which they have discovered to be visually striking or informative to the technically excellent.
Dr Ray Duffy, whose team together with the University of Galway were recently awarded €1.2 million in funding through SFI’s Frontiers of the Future Programme, shares his research ambitions and more with Silicon Republic.
Biophotonics is an emerging area of scientific research that uses light to understand the inner workings of cells and tissues in living organisms, allowing researchers to see, measure and analyse living tissues in ways that have not been possible before. Meet the Biophotonics team at Tyndall!
Tyndall, in collaboration with University of Galway, has secured €1.2 million in funding to work on increasing the scalability, functionality, performance, and energy efficiency of electronic devices.
In celebration of the many talents that make up Tyndall, we are showcasing Kevin Sewell, PhD student in Photonics Theory, and his hidden talent as a traditional Irish musician!
In the final explorer deep-tech pre-commercialisation showcase, eight competing finalists presented their applications, which spanned across various innovative technology areas.
The IERC has secured funding from the SEAI National Energy RD&D Funding Programme to develop a network-aware Community Energy and Flexibility Trading (CEFT) framework powered by artificial intelligence to enable forecasting of local energy market movements and improve decision-making.
A multi-disciplinary team of Tyndall and University of Padova researchers have demonstrated a significant breakthrough in the field of 2D materials research.
ESA BIC Ireland today celebrated the achievements of the 29 companies that have participated to date in its business incubation programme at the inaugural ESA BIC Ireland Showcase, which took place at NovaUCD, University College Dublin.
The Moore4Medical EC ECSEL project, comprising of 68 partners from across Europe, is focused on advancing open technology platforms to accelerate innovation in emerging medical devices.
IPIC, the SFI Centre for Photonics, is pleased to announce the participation of its researchers in a newly started Horizon Europe project which was recently awarded within the framework of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder instrument.
The STS Elionix Scientific Image competition allows us to showcase the creative side of the researchers here at Tyndall. They share scientific images from their research which they have discovered to be visually striking or informative to the technically excellent.
April is #WorldAutismMonth and we're highlighting Catriona Kenny, Senior Engineer in Specialty Products & Services (SP&S), and her #STEM outreach programme Sensational STEM!
In celebration of the many talents that make up Tyndall, we are showcasing Rebekah Osborne, Centre Administrator in MicroNano Systems (MNS), and her special talent – dancing!
The Tyndall delegation saw great success at the event, attending and presenting at a combination of high-quality professional education seminars and showcasing our research excellence to an overflowing exhibit hall!
Irish Deep Tech Uses Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Invasive Insect Species in Europe
Automated insect monitoring will help prevent huge amounts of crop loss and save both time and money for farmers.
Tyndall hosts six of Europe’s leading institutions who are gathering in Cork to advance ambitions for a European Research Area where science works together with and for society.
The Photonics Packaging & Systems Integration Group, at Tyndall National Institute, based at UCC, has joined the Quantum Flagship project to support the development of advanced packaging solutions for this large-scale European initiative.
Tyndall National Institute is part of a consortium that has obtained European Commission funding to conduct research in the field of air quality monitoring.
UCC and Tyndall's Sarusha Pillay (pHetalSafe) and Dr Justina Ugwah (CLISTEProbe) have received over €2m in funding to translate their research into innovative companies that will benefit patients globally.
International Women’s Day is Inclusive – It Belongs to Everyone - we will celebrate women's achievement, raise awareness against bias, take action for equality.
The Tyndall team had much success at IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON) with insightful presentations and pitches by the team resulting in new partnerships and collaborations.
Dr. Karim Cherkaoui, a Principal Investigator in the Nanoelectronic materials and Devices group at Tyndall, tells us about his role, research area and upcoming opportunities in his field.
The MISTRAL Project Team consisting of Tyndall National Institute at Trinity College Dublin, Irish Defence Forces, and A-techSYN, has won the runner-up prize in the SFI-Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge.
In celebration of the many talents that make up Tyndall, we are showcasing Caitríona Tyndall, Engagement and Public Education Officer for IPIC the SFI Centre for Photonics, and her special talent – singing!
The STS Elionix Scientific Image competition allows us to showcase the creative side of the researchers here at Tyndall. They share scientific images from their research which they have discovered to be visually striking or informative to the technically excellent.
Dr Michael Nolan was featured on Newstalk’s Futureproof radio show last Sunday, speaking about his work here at Tyndall and the challenges with semiconductor devices.
The Photonics Packaging and Systems Integration Group at Tyndall National Institute, based at University College Cork, is partnering with other Irish quantum technology experts, for a new project that will help future-proof EU communications infrastructure.
FreeHydroCells, a multi-partner, European consortium, has received nearly €3.75 million in Horizon Europe research funding for just over 3 years of exploratory science and technology activity.
Photonics Ireland are attending the world’s largest photonics technologies event, SPIE Photonics West, which is taking place in San Francisco from January 31 to February 2. Photonics Ireland and partners will be at booth 4645 for the duration of the event.
iSLight, a spin-out opportunity from Tyndall, has developed ground-breaking speckle free, surface-emitting blue SLEDs (high power blue superluminescent LEDs).
To provide students in STEM with further information about the programme, an Open Evening is set to take place on Tuesday January 17 at Tyndall and online from 4.00pm.
We reflect on a year where we were able to return to face-to-face events, as we celebrated Tyndall's 40th anniversary and continued to make an impact with research excellence.
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have announced four projects at Tyndall were successful in receiving award funding through the SFI Research Infrastructure Programme.
Tyndall National Institute has announced today that it has joined with US-based incubator, Silicon Catalyst, as an In-Kind Partner to their Portfolio Companies. Silicon Catalyst is the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating semiconductor solutions.
New soil sensor technology developed in Ireland could help reduce the use of chemical fertilisers on farms in the short and medium terms and improve water quality in Ireland’s rivers and estuaries.
With the festive season almost upon us, we have rounded up a list of gift ideas for the science enthusiasts and tech whizzes (of all ages) in your life!
IPIC, the SFI Centre for Photonics and co-hosted at Tyndall National Institute, is pleased to announce the participation of two of its early stage researchers in two newly-started Horizon Europe projects.
The first annual Tyndall Annual Recognition Awards (TARAs) and a showcase of the many talents of the Tyndall community were held on Thursday November 17.
The Mistral Project Team consisting of Tyndall National Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Irish Defence Forces, and A-techSYN, is enabling game changing VHF radio coverage improvement through flying AI driven communication drones.
In celebration of the many talents that make up Tyndall, we are showcasing Saif Wakeel, PhD Student in IPIC’s Photonic Packaging team. Saif’s special talent lies in the education and support of children who are orphaned or living in poverty.
Congratulations to the winners of the STS Elionix Scientific Image competition of Q3 2022!
The STS Elionix Scientific Image competition allows us to showcase the creative side of the researchers here at Tyndall.
Tyndall Early Career Researchers’ Network (TEC-Net), a network that provides support and advice to early-career researchers at Tyndall, recently launched a workshop focusing on drawing methodologies and observational drawing exercises.
In celebration of the many talents that make up Tyndall, we are showcasing Louise Burgyone, EU Programmes Manager, from our EU Programmes Office. Her special hidden talent relates to voluntary roles working with dogs and her close bond with her German Shepherd, Lyla.
We were delighted with the resounding success of the 40 Years Tyndall and NMRC Alumni Summer Gathering in August, so much so that we are proud to announce the beginning of an annual tradition.
A free Cyber Security workshop educating young people about internet safety and online behaviour has been developed by SMART Edu Club, a start-up founded by Marinara Marcato, one of our PhD Candidates at Tyndall.
Tyndall is pleased to announce the very first winners of the Wrixon Research Excellence Bursary, with wide ranging impact in the fields of museum conservationism, computer simulations on new materials, and enhanced sensor activity.
Our annual internal conference allows us to focus on our current research community and the successes we continue to forge as we grow from strength to strength.
Tyndall National Institute has won the 2022 Award of Excellence in Energy Management from the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), a high-level global forum that promotes policies and programs to advance clean energy.
A multi-sensor system to address challenges in soil monitoring and analysis has received award-winning recognition at the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards.
Tyndall was proud to sponsor the launch of a new national event focussed on the commercialisation and innovation ecosystem – the inaugural Launching Future Disruptive Technologies (LFDT) Summit.
2D materials have been proposed as the basis of future nano-electronic devices, applications, and products, ranging from transistors to sensors, as well as in broader fields such as energy, healthcare, and quantum.
A consortium featuring the SFI Centre for Photonics (IPIC), has been successfully selected by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe initiative to host doctoral students as part of a prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Training Network.
The exceptional quality and creativity in these images led to the votes being cast to three talented winners: Dr Simone Varo, Xing Ouyang & Veronica Biolcati.
Tyndall National Institute has launched a new bursary to mark its 40th anniversary. The annual Wrixon Research Excellence Bursaries will be presented to Tyndall based postgraduate students in recognition of research excellence in new deep-tech discoveries and next generation innovations.
The IERC held a series of events to bring attention to and address some of the challenges associated with the development of energy communities. Experts from across the globe came to Tyndall National Institute, Cork to participate in EnerConf.
The Cork City Council’s Home Energy Upgrade Office is a one stop-shop in Cork and has staff on hand to give people advice and support on all aspects of improving their energy efficiency.
Tyndall celebrated the winner and finalists of the 2021 Postgraduate Publication of the Year competition on Friday. Despite the continuous pandemic challenges, our students once again showed outstanding discoveries and results as part of their PhD projects, some even opening major new possibilities.
We are very pleased that so many of our researchers and professional support staff are recognised for their excellent work at the UCC Research Awards 2021. It is a worthy reflection of Tyndall’s vibrant and innovative research community of over 600 staff and students.
Congratulations to Tyndall Academic Members Peter Parbrook (Professor in the School of Engineering) and Stefan Schulz (Lecturer in the Department of Physics), who have recently received €1 million to undertake research on novel material structures for visible and ultra-violet light emitting devices
A roadmap recently published in Nature Reviews Physics highlights the value of integrated photonics to quantum technologies and applications for the future.
Dr Ann B Kelleher has been honoured with an Irish Management Institute Lifetime Fellowship Award. She is Executive Vice President, at Intel, with an outstanding scientific and technical career.
Dr. Pádraig Lyons is the Head of Group in the International Energy Research Centre (IERC) at Tyndall National Institute.
Pádraig has had a varied career and he shares with us his background and progression to his current position.
Tyndall and the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Venkatesh Kannan as Academic Associate at Tyndall to foster closer collaboration and drive mutually beneficial opportunities for the two organisations.
Tyndall announces the appointment of Dr Denis Doyle as the new Chair of the Board. The announcement comes as Tyndall celebrates 40 years of ground-breaking research.
The second event of our new #digitalhealthtech #webinar series with the Irish Medtech Association, and Connected Health Skillnet will explore the exciting topic of ‘Orthopaedics’.
Today, at Tyndall and IPIC (SFI centre for Photonics), we are delighted to join quantum scientists from all over the world, to celebrate World Quantum Day.
Recognising the importance of women in entrepreneurship at Tyndall, we are proud to feature Li Yao (Celina) Li, PhD student in the Biophotonics@Tyndall group and entrepreneur of OTMD, one of this year’s promising finalists from pre-accelerator programme ‘Explorer’.
As part of the Irish Universities Association's recent announcement of the Senior Academic Leadership Initiative (SALI), we are delighted to share an immediate SALI vacancy with UCC and Tyndall.
Meet Dr Joice Sophia Ponraj, a Researcher at Tyndall who is one of the many women who ‘gown up’ daily to work in our state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities.
GatewayUCC has announced the winners of its 6th SPRINT Awards for 2022, of which Tyndall researchers have scooped three awards. 40% of participants are founders who are women, which represents the largest intake of women in the programme’s history
Recognising the importance of women in entrepreneurship at Tyndall, we are proud to feature Hasti Yavari, PhD student in the Biophotonics@Tyndall group and entrepreneur of Medguide, one of this year’s promising finalists from pre-accelerator programme ‘Explorer’.
Meet Dr Rajasree Das, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Tyndall who is one of the many women who ‘gown up’ daily to work in our state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney TD announced €2.4 million in funding to develop disruptive solutions to challenges facing the Irish Defence Forces.
Dr Padraic Morrissey, Pilot Line Technology Manager in the Photonics group at Tyndall, shares the path that led him to his current role and the people and culture that supported his rise to success.
One of the world’s leading experts in Radio Frequency (RF) and wireless communication, Prof. Dimitra Psychogiou, has been appointed to spearhead a pioneering research programme at Tyndall and UCC to examine a significant communications challenge.
Dr Sofia Teixeira, Senior Researcher at Tyndall, shares the path that led her to her current role and the people and culture that supported her rise to success.
Recently we caught up with interns Rebecca Quinlan (Tyndall marketing intern) and Sorcha MacManamon (ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland intern) to hear what they had to say about their internship experience.
Following a successful first launch, Explorer is back for 2022 and seeking Individuals or teams with impressive, scalable ideas to participate in its deep-tech pre-accelerator programme.
The success of Irish companies in a ground-breaking project highlights the growth in opportunities in the commercial space market for innovative Irish companies with exciting technologies that can also be used in many different sectors writes Bryan Rodgers, Enterprise Ireland delegate to ESA.
MedPhab, Europe’s first pilot line for photonic-based medical devices, leverages the experience, knowledge and capabilities of its research and business partners to drive collaboration, reduce R&D costs and accelerate commercialisation.
Today we are revealing the hidden talents of Dr Ransell D’Souza, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow in the Materials Theory Group at Tyndall and avid footballer and talented guitarist.
Michael Nolan is a Principal Scientist at Tyndall National Institute, where he leads the Materials Modelling for Devices activity in the MNS Centre. Proud to share his path to Research Excellence.
Brian Corbett, world-leading researcher from Tyndall and IPIC, the SFI Research Centre for Photonics, has been awarded the 2021 Institute of Physics Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize.
One of University College Cork (UCC) and Tyndall National Institute’s most successful collaboration projects has won Knowledge Transfer Ireland’s prestigious 2021 Industry Engagement Impact Award.
The Capital Project Team at Tyndall and UCC are awarded the Energy in Buildings Award at the 2021 Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) awards.
Dr David McGovern, Senior Business Development Manager at IPIC, shares the path that led him to his current role and the people and culture that supported his rise to success.
In the search of a brighter future, light helps us towards better health. Dr Shree Krishnamoorthy shares how Light and Biophotonics-based research guide us towards a Brighter Future.
Today we are revealing the hidden talents of Dr Shree Krishnamoorthy, a Post-Doc Researcher in the Biophotonics Group and comedian and writer who is passionate about life, light and most importantly laughter
The IERC at Tyndall is leading an initiative to trial solutions, which could remove the split-incentive problem, resulting in a significant level of untapped energy saving in the commercial rental sector.
The 2021 award was presented recently by Kieran Hennessy, Business & Relations Manager, BOC Gases and Prof William Scanlon to the winner Djordje Dangic.
ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland, headquartered at Tyndall, is part of the largest space innovation network in the world. To celebrate Space Week, we’re sharing our Top 10 ESA facts.
Optica has just revealed their 12 entrepreneurs to watch, including Dr Sanathana Konugolu Venkata Sekar, Senior Researcher at the SFI Research Centre for Photonics, IPIC.
FameLab is the world’s leading science communication competition and we are proud to have PhD students; Debismita Dutta and Fernando Diaz, represent Tyndall National Institute in this year’s FameLab Final on Thursday 30th of September.
We are excited to announce that Dr Hassan Hamidi, Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry from the Islamic Azad University of Zanjan, has been awarded a European Fellowship and is to be hosted at Tyndall.
Sometimes it’s not what’s on our CVs or our academic qualifications that gives us that certain “Je ne sais quoi” which propels us to success. Often it’s simply the ability to adapt, grow and have the confidence to challenge ourselves to take a step outside our comfort zone.
Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, launches Tyndall's 2020 Annual Report, celebrating the Institute's many achievements in 2020.
A programme to train thousands of industry workers in the adoption and development of innovative photonics-based solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges has been established by a consortium of over 50 of Europe’s top photonics competence centres.
Sometimes it’s not what’s on our CVs or our academic qualifications that gives us that certain X Factor which propels us to success. Often it’s simply the ability to adapt, grow and have the confidence to challenge ourselves to step outside our comfort zones.
Tyndall is delighted to announce that Dr. Christopher Broderick has been awarded a prestigious MSCA Global Fellowship in the highly competitive 2020 call.
We are delighted to announce the winners of the STS Elionix Scientific Image Competition for Q2 of 2021. The STS Elionix Scientific Image Competition offers a unique opportunity for Tyndall researchers to flex their creative muscle, showcase and share scientific images.
At Tyndall National Institute, we are delighted to partner with the Institute for Materials Research (IMR) at The Ohio State University, one of the top-20 public universities in the U.S., to launch a new program to immediately advance international research projects.
PhotonicLEAP, a European collaborative project coordinated by Ireland's Tyndall National Institute, has been awarded over €5 million through the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme to develop game-changing technology that will drive down the cost of photonics manufacturing.
Today we’re celebrating Anne-Marie Kelleher and her inspiring story. Sharing fond memories as a student of STEM, she highlights the importance of education in sparking her own curiosity for chemistry which lead her towards a fascinating career.
EnABLES Position Paper coordinated by Tyndall recommends key actions to power IoT in a reliable and sustainable way. 78 million batteries will be dumped worldwide every day by 2025 if we do not improve the life span for powering Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Dr Kafil M. Razeeb is a Senior Staff Researcher and Principal Investigator at Tyndall specialising in the development of specialist materials for energy generation and storage.
The Biophotonics Team at Tyndall will host their annual Biophotonics Workshop series commencing today June 17th. In a bid to make science accessible to everyone, we are delighted to announce that the webinars will be open to the wider public for the first time.
Recently in the lead-up to the exciting launch of our new Quantum Computer Engineering Centre (QCEC) at Tyndall, we showcased some prime examples of our quantum research that has helped to position Ireland for the quantum opportunity.
Congratulations to Tyndall's Melusine Pigeon, Alida Russo, Andrea Federico & Fernando Diaz who participated at the Cork heat of FameLab which was held virtually on Thursday 3rd June.
Minister Simon Harris T.D., the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, has launched Ireland’s first dedicated Quantum Computer Engineering Centre (QCEC) at Tyndall National Institute, the national institute for ICT research based at University College Cork.
University College Cork, UCC confirmed its involvement in the Atlantic Bridge University Fund II, the second university focused venture fund managed by Atlantic Bridge with a remit to invest in new companies emanating from University research.
To celebrate World Astronomy Day on May 15th, NASA has teamed up with SMART Edu Club, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) education start-up, to provide free field trips for students aged between 5 and 14.
The International Energy Research Centre (IERC) at Tyndall National Institute has today launched a report on the multiple benefits of retrofitting homes on the first day of its annual conference on The Post-Pandemic Charge Towards our 2030 Targets.
The renowned annual International Energy Research Centre (IERC) Conference 2021 will take place next week 27-29th of April and will assess our ‘post-pandemic charge towards our 2030 targets’.
Featured recently in The Sunday Business Post, Donal Sullivan, MCCI chairman highlights the growth of investments being made in the Irish chip industry. Donal describes how the role of Irish academia in driving that expansion has been substantial.
We are delighted to announce the winners of the STS Elionix Scientific Image Competition for Q1 of 2021. The STS Elionix Scientific Image Competition offers a unique opportunity for Tyndall researchers to flex their creative muscle, showcase and share scientific images from their research.
Varadis Ltd, a Cork based deep technology radiation detection company, has announced that it has won a significant contract with the European Space Agency (ESA).
This week we’re profiling Tyndall engineer Catriona Kenny. Catriona shares with us her role models growing up, exciting projects she's working on and the importance of STEM outreach for women in engineering.
Tyndall announces that NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs at University College Dublin (UCD), has joined the ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland consortium, which incorporates the ESA Business Incubation Centre (BIC) Ireland.
Tyndall researchers together with researchers from the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (RCSI), multinationals DeRoyal Global Healthcare Solutions and Henkel are today launching a €1 million Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership collaboration.
The open innovation program OIP4NWE launches its innovation support fund to stimulate uptake of integrated photonics technology by SMEs. Seven SMEs will receive innovation support from the OIP4NWE consortium.
Tyndall has opened its first research facility outside of Cork in Dublin as part of its expansion plans. The laboratory will see the creation of 50 new research jobs by 2025.
A warm welcome to Dr Pádraig Lyons who has joined the IERC at Tyndall as Head of Group after 15 years in a variety of roles in industry, consultancy, research and academia.
Researchers across the globe can now access leading nanotechnology and micro/nano-electronics institutes to address emerging research challenges, though ASCENT+. A webinar tomorrow February 2nd will mark the launch of the programme.
2020 a year that many of us are in a hurry to forget when we truly lived during what has been called ‘extraordinary’ times. As a community of researchers, students, staff, carers, parents and people - we rallied together to navigate a somewhat uncertain time.
The work being done at Tyndall now will have a huge impact in creating solutions in the areas of health and wellbeing, the energy crisis, a greener sustainable society, smart agriculture, and transport.
Innovative light technology developed by Tyndall's IPIC for Synergia Medical will benefit patients suffering from chronic pain, Parkinson’s disease, depression and more.
We are thrilled to announce that Tyndall PhD student Marcello Valente has won the Red Zone in I'm A Scientist. He reflects on the experience as a whole and shares how he will invest his prize winnings.
Dr Lynette Keeney, recently awarded a prestigious Royal Society-SFI University Research Fellowship for the second time shares some insight into her academic career and the importance of STEM advocacy in an interview with TechCentral.ie.
New research at Tyndall will revolutionise the future of surgery through radiation-free navigation of surgical instruments. Using magnetic tracking will lead to more accurate surgery and significantly improved patient outcomes.
Individuals or teams with scalable ideas are invited to apply to a new Tyndall Explorer pre-accelerator programme with €20,000 prize fund and access to Europe’s semiconductor leaders.
APC and Tyndall female researchers at UCC recognised for outstanding early career success in the areas of new gut health technologies and deep-tech data storage
The inspiring ‘Invisible Light’ Exhibition and its online public engagement initiative ‘Ray Days’ has come to an end. However, as we all know, an ending is often followed by a new beginning which in this case is synergy between art and science.
MCCI at Tyndall awards over €5 million to 10 researchers to develop future deep-tech solutions in the area of microelectronics, such as beyond 5G wireless communications, implantable biomedical devices, IoT, sustainable electronics, space and satellite electronics.
From accumulating deep expertise in vibrant laboratories to mentoring early career researchers and empowering women in science, Senior Staff Researcher and PI Daniela Iacopino shares the most memorable milestones of her career to date.
Celebrated Irish manuscript - the Book of Lismore - represents a great opportunity for deepening the scientific research we at Tyndall are performing on Irish books on vellum.
The IERC are calling on Government to introduce a combination of capital grants, tax breaks and zero interest loans to help meet its target to install 600,000 environmentally efficient domestic heat pumps to homes across Ireland by 2030.
Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has announced that Tyndall National Institute (Tyndall) has succeeded in securing more than 100 Horizon 2020* awards totalling over €56M in funding,
The first episode of RTE’s 10 Things to Know About new series, which aired on Monday November 9th, featured important research into the science of light that is being undertaken in Cork at SFI’s Irish Photonics Integrated Centre (IPIC) based at Tyndall.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, has today announced 71 grants valued at €53 million to support frontiers research across 12 Higher Education Institutions through Science Foundation Ireland.
It gives us great pleasure to announce that two Tyndall researchers received UCC Staff Research Awards. The winners were revealed at a live streamed award ceremony hosted by Interim President Professor John O’Halloran on Thursday, 8 October 2020.
The 22nd October marked the successful kick-off meeting of the European Commission H2020 FET Proactive project NANO-EH, coordinated by Tyndall National Institute.
Aerogen, the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery, has today announced a €300k research agreement with Tyndall National Institute, Ireland’s leading deep tech ICT research facility.
We are proud to have supported 20 early stage companies since 2016 as part of our contract with the ESA. We've put together a list of 10 of these indigenous, innovative and ground-breaking companies showcasing the tremendous breadth of space applications leveraged by these SMEs.
The recently launched PHAST cancer research project is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie-ETN (European Training Network) Action which aims to pursue a holistic approach by addressing both cancer diagnostics and therapy.
Today, we’re profiling Nikola Vasovic, Senior Engineer at Tyndall and Chief Technology Officer at Tyndall spin-out Varadis. Nikola shares some insight into his career, one that has spanned many paths - research, engineering and commercial.
The IERC at Tyndall has been awarded €2M in Horizon 2020 funding to lead a 3-year Citizen Engagement and Energy Collective Action project which aims to develop a standard framework for the growth of energy communities.
ASCENT+ presents a unique opportunity for Europe to regain global leadership in Nanoelectronics at a pivotal time where the horizon broadens beyond Moore’s law.
PIXAPP, the world’s first open-access Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Assembly and Packaging Pilot line, today announced the introduction of two new prototype packaging platforms to enable the early-stage testing and evaluation of integrated photonic devices.
Art meets Science in Invisible Light, an expansive new exhibition where visitors to Crawford Art Gallery can expect to encounter exciting new artworks that explore the Electromagnetic Spectrum.
On Friday 25th Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD visited Tyndall and discussed the ambitious expansion of Tyndall and the official opening of the new Electron Beam Lithography Lab, which is unique in Ireland.
'Spending an extra 40 hours a week at home could significantly increase heating bills and dramatically intensify household emissions' - that is according to Dr. Piyush Verma, Senior Energy Policy Analyst from the IERC at Tyndall, University College Cork.
Sometimes it’s not what’s on our CVs that give us the ‘X Factor’ which propels us to success – it’s the ability to adapt, problem solve, and creatively apply our hidden talents. Meet this week’s hidden talent at Tyndall; singer songwriter and Tyndall ICT4EE intern Ross.
Researchers at MCCI quickly adapted to the ‘new normal’ brought about by Covid-19 as they worked remotely, with a number of tapeouts completed during the transition.
The Tyndall National Institute, at UCC, aims to make the city a global gateway for photonics research and has partnered with German photonics firm ficonTEC.
Tyndall National Institute, in conjunction with IPIC SFI Research Centre and UCC Innovation, is pleased to announce the launch of biophotonics spinout BioPixS.
A new white paper centred around ‘More than Moore’ has been released by the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS).Tyndall researchers Dr. Alan O Riordan, Dr. Giorgos Fagas, Dr. Brendan O’Flynn, Dr. James Rohan, Dr. Paul Galvin and Dr. Cian Ó Mathúna.
Smart woundcare technology is expected to revolutionise wound treatment on a global scale. To address this global need, Tyndall is working with several Irish and European partners.
Tyndall National Institute is delighted to celebrate the launch of Scouting Ireland’s new Tyndall Scout Badge in celebration of the bicentenary year of John Tyndall’s birth.
The 2020 BOC Postgraduate Bursary award was presented to winning researcher Vuslat Juska by Kieran Hennessy, Business & Relations Manager, BOC Gases and Prof William Scanlon, CEO, Tyndall National Institute.
Tyndall spin-in company BioPixS and their consortium partners are among the European researchers who will recieve €128M in European Comission funding as part of the EU response to Covid-19.
The life of great Irish natural philosopher John Tyndall was summed up adeptly in 2018 when the publishers of a major biography of him issued a “12 things you didn’t know . . .” . Kevin O'Sullivan, Environment & Science Editor elaborates on this.
ESA BIC start-up Think Biosolution is expanding the capabilities of their QuasaR™ remote monitoring device for telehealth to include critical positioning data with help from Galileo, Europe’s global navigation satellite system (GNSS).
The Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC), hosted in Tyndall National Institute, Cork, has been successfully selected by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 initiative to host a prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship.
Marinara Marcato, PhD researcher and electrical engineer at Tyndall has been awarded a prestigious grant to run interactive online summer camps for children, helping parents far and wide during the School Summer Break.
Tyndall National Institute announces that a new set of Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) process services by CORNERSTONE, an open source Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) foundry, is now available to EUROPRACTICE customers.
Tyndall is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Brian Norton as Head of Energy Research with direct responsibility for Tyndall’s International Research Energy Centre (IERC).
Wearable sensing technologies are becoming increasingly popular because of their vital contribution to human health, personalized medicine and overall societal impact. Julia Madden examines the potential to integrate electrochemical sensors on to smart wearable microneedle patches.
During an interview with Irish Examiner journalist Pádraig Hoare, Piyush Verma from the IERC at Tyndall highlights the importance of sustainable energy consumption while working at home.
Alan O’Riordan, Principle Investigator and Caoimhe Robinson, PhD student at Tyndall in collaboration with colleagues in Teagasc, have developed an immunosensor that improves survival rates for vulnerable newborn calves.
Meet Tyndall YouTube stars Dr. Ramsey Selim and Dr. Francesco Floris, who are hosting a popular weekly webinar series attracting hundreds of live viewers weekly.
Arlene Harris from the Sunday Business Post and Tyndall Commercial Director Peter Smyth discuss Tyndall's role in the ecosystem of co-operation that connects science, technology and business.
In recognition of the essential contribution of HR professionals worldwide and within Tyndall, today for #InternationalHRDay we are featuring Eilis Mulcahy, HR Generalist at Tyndall. Eilís discusses the wellness supports Tyndall HR have implemented while WFH.
Paving the way for the future of AR/VR is Facebook in Cork in Ireland. Led by a diverse and interdisciplinary group of research scientists, hardware product engineers, semiconductor technologists, and more, the team in Cork is inventing and developing innovative display technologies.
The CREW device featured on the Claire Byrne Live show (Monday 18 May, 10.35pm RTÉ One TV) could be a part of “the new normal” as Ireland begins a slow easing of restrictions and a cautious re-opening of some businesses.
The ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland and its Business Incubation Centre (BIC) is seeking entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas for using space technology to develop new products and services in a non-space environment.
Tyndall has expanded its EUROPRACTICE portfolio with a new set of Silicon Nitride process and packaging services offered by LioniX International. The expanded partnership will bring a new service suite to industry, academic and SME clients of EUROPRACTICE.
The Government announced details of the first 26 projects that will receive €5 million funding under the newly-established national, coordinated research and innovation response to the COVID-19 pandemic, complementing the ongoing research work already underway in higher education institutions.
On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we discuss fostering a safety culture at Tyndall and additional measures to protect staff and students in the midst of the pandemic with Health & Safety Officer Brendan O' Driscoll.
Tyndall Researcher Dr Huihui Lu shares her motivation for volunteering during the Covid pandemic and her advice for other researchers seeking to support the efforts of those on the frontline.
In response to the COVID-19 emergency, Tyndall has today launched Dmask.ie. This website makes freely available to the global community resources for high-volume manufacturing capacity of sealed diving masks for non-invasive ventilation of COVID-19 patients.
Our students, are experiencing extraordinary times. In a short period, a global pandemic, COVID-19 has ultimately transformed the manner in which they socialise, study, research and collaborate.
The College of Medicine and Health, UCC announced a remote early warning system for the detection of Covid-19 symptoms among frontline medical staff at Cork University Hospital and is hailed as a potential 'game-changer' in the battle to protect hospitals and clinics from the virus.
Congratulations to Dr Ivan O’Connell, CONNECT Funded Investigator and Head of Precision Circuits at the Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland (MCCI) in Tyndall, who has won a funding award in the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme.
Today, now more than ever research and innovation, in health, academia and industry, have a crucial role to play in the response to COVID-19. Research funders around the globe have mobilised rapidly to provide a range of opportunities for researchers and innovative companies.
More than €7 million in research funding has been awarded to Irish SMEs and universities by the European Union as part of the last call by the EIC. Tyndall has
been awarded around €900k for two game changing projects – SpinAge and PHEMTRONICS.
The Health Research Board (HRB), Irish Research Council (IRC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) are fully aware that the current situation regarding the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is having a significant impact on the research and innovation community, both in Ireland and internationally.
Tyndall is proud to join in the celebration of Board Member Dr Ann B. Kelleher, today awarded Science Foundation Ireland’s (SFI) prestigious St Patrick’s Day Science Medal at a ceremony in Washington, DC. The Medal recognises Dr Kelleher’s connection to and support of research in Ireland.
Over 500 global experts in quantum technologies will descend on Dublin in November this year for the European Quantum Technologies Conference (EQTC) .The event is the flagship event of the European Quantum Initiative a €1 billion initiative launched by the EU in 2018. Find out more.
International Women's Day (IWD), celebrated annually on 8 March, is both a global day celebrating the achievements of women and a call to action to accelerate women's equality. This year’s theme is #EachforEqual and Tyndall staff have joined in to celebrate the official 2020 IWD pose.
IPIC has developed an innovative €4 million euro training and development programme for future photonics leaders called SPARKLE, that aims to sharpen Ireland’s competitive edge in this 0.5 Trillion$ global industry and create jobs across a variety of sectors.
A new academic collaboration between the USA, Ireland and Northern Ireland, representing an investment of €1.9 million, will conduct research into solar cell technology and the development of photovoltaic (PV) devices which have the potential to turn indoor lighting sources into electricity.
Engineers Week 2020 runs from Saturday 29 February to Friday 06 March, and we are delighted to mark the occasion with an interview featuring Julie Donnelly, Tyndall’s very first engineer. Julie has had an exciting and varied career here in Tyndall spanning 35 years.
The International Energy Research Centre (IERC), at Tyndall, has opened registration for their 2020 Annual Conference, which aims to accelerate climate change solutions by bringing together national and international energy experts and researchers.
Recently, Imec and Ghent University together with Medtronic and project partners like Tyndall announced the launch of the H2020 project InSiDe. The purpose of InSiDe is to provide access for the medical community to a mobile diagnostic device to identify different stages of cardiovascular diseases.
Together with sponsor Catalyst ADI, Tyndall celebrated the winners and finalists of the 2019 Postgraduate Paper Competition this week with a ceremony and presentations.
Tyndall launches Early Career Researchers Network (Tyndall ECRN), modelled on YEAR, the Young European Associated Researchers organisation. The network is looking to form a steering committee to formalise this initiative to support early career stage Tyndall researchers.
On the evening of February 3rd, in conjunction with Breakthrough Cancer Research and Boston Scientific, Tyndall will host a free event, open to the public, from 6-9pm. The event will showcase emerging HealthTech solutions in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Tyndall launches its 2025 strategy, setting out an ambitious roadmap to build on almost 40 years of success in information and communications technology research. The five-year strategy represents a shift in Tyndall’s focus towards addressing the world’s major societal challenges.
PIXAPP recently hosted its specialised industry training programme - the 2020 Advanced Training Programme in Tyndall. Discover more about what they got up to here.
2020, a new year and new resolutions. Have you ever met a Nobel Laureate ? To inspire you, Tyndall PhD graduate Dr Niamh Kavanagh shares her experience at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Set a research resolution with a difference and plan now to attend yourself by learning more here.
Homeowners could save thousands on their home heating bills while helping the environment thanks to a new environmentally friendly salt heating system. Discover more.
ESA Space Solutions Ireland exhibited with 6 ESA Business Incubator (BIC) companies, 2 Irish Space companies and Tyndall National Institute on the ESA Space Solutions Ireland stand at this year's Space Tech Expo Europe. Find out more about their experience here.
During her interview with the Irish Times, world-leading photonics researcher Dr Fatima Gunning discusses the importance of mentorship and her mentorship methods in guiding researchers towards their future careers. Find out more.
ApisProtect has joined the Tyndall National Institute-led business incubator at the European Space Agency (ESA) Space Solutions Centre Ireland.
ApisProtect is now monitoring the health of twenty million honey bees across the world and the partnership with ESA-BIC will help address this challenge.
For Diversity Day 2019, Tyndall EDI Champion, Bernadette Guiney talks about what inspired her to pursue the role of EDI Champion and the importance of Diversity in research centres. Find out more.
For World Quality Day 2019, Tyndall Quality Coordinator, Mairéad Twomey talks about what inspired her to pursue a career in Quality and the importance of Quality in research centres. Find out more.
'I’m a Scientist, get me out of here' is an online activity where school students have the exciting opportunity to connect with real scientists about real science. Three Tyndall scientists have been successful in their applications to participate! Find out more.
PixQuanta, has joined Tyndall-led business incubator at the European Space Agency (ESA) Space Solutions Centre Ireland. Funding from ESA will allow PixQuanta to increase the overall technology readiness level of its platform technology readiness level of its platform technology. Find out more.
Heather Humphreys, today announced a €25m Government investment through the Science Foundation Ireland Research Infrastructure Programme as part of Future Jobs Ireland. The funding will be distributed among six research infrastructure projects. Find out more.
Endotronix Ireland Limited, a digital health and medical technology company dedicated to advancing the treatment of heart failure (HF), announced today an Enterprise Ireland Industry Partnership project in a collaboration with Tyndall. Find out more.
Stephen's PhD project involved using computer simulations to model new photocatalyst materials, addressing a key global challenge. Find out more about his research here.
Tyndall PhD student and FameLab finalist Luiza Wasiewska discusses the connection between microbiology and the very hot topic of climate change at the Hall of FameLab 2019 in London.
Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC) at Tyndall National Institute brings world-renowned physicist to Dublin to inspire careers in physics and engineering .
Congratulations to Vuslat B. Juska who was awarded a prize by ELSEVIER for her oral presentation in Biosensors & Biomedical Analysis Session at the 20th Euroanalysis Conference in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ireland could become a world leader in the multi-billion Quantum Technologies emerging market if a national centre and programme is established. With Brexit looming, Ireland has an even greater opportunity to position in Quantum Technologies and gain a competitive advantage, find out more.
The Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland (MCCI) will be unveiling the first prototype of “Bovisense”, an innovative on-farm diagnostic kit at this year's National Ploughing Championships in Fenagh, Co. Carlow.
Tyndall National Institute secures additional €8 million in EU funding. Announcement made at the launch of Tyndall’s 2018 annual report which highlights research and funding success. Investment supports Tyndall to further grow as a global leader in deep tech.
In his recent feature with RTE, Piyush Verma from Tyndall's IERC - International Energy Research Centre discusses the bitter reality of climate change for small islands such as Vanuatu.
Our internships are designed to give under graduate and graduate students a comprehensive experience and insight into the life of a researcher. Discover more about what some of our interns have to say about their experience at Tyndall.
Led by Tyndall, the EU ASCENT programme has built a global community of over 400 researchers and has provided free-of-charge access to the unique state-of-the-art research facilities and expertise in three of Europe’s premier research centres.
During her interview with the Irish Times, Dr Lynette Keeney discusses her work in materials science, her breakthrough research moment and creating data storage through the use of chemistry.
Communicating science without the jargon is the job of Tyndall’s Alida Zauers who was inspired to pursue a career in #STEAM when she got involved in an award winning film project with the National University of Ireland Galway. The purpose of the film project was deeply rooted in the area of science.
A novel radiation detection technology, developed at Tyndall National Institute, has been licensed exclusively to Cork-based Varadis. Already in use by the International Space Station, Tyndall’s RADFET technology has wide applications from radiotherapy and oncology to industrial and military.
The Gaposchkin Chandelier installed in Tyndall National Institute forms part of a wider exhibition. The exhibition will celebrate Ireland’s contribution to science, highlighting Irish scientists, and the exciting careers and opportunities that STEAM provides.
MCCI announced that the centre has further increased research revenue from €7.5 million in 2018 to €8.1 million in 2018 at the launch of the MCCI Annual Report.
The 2019 award was presented by Kieran Hennessy, Business & Relations Manager, BOC Gases and Prof Eoin O'Reilly to the winner Gioele Mirabelli. The BOC Bursary is an annual award presented by BOC Gases to outstanding Tyndall students.
The International Energy Research Centre, hosted by Tyndall, was selected by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 initiative to lead a €2M energy research project targeted at SMEs through the delivery and implementation of energy audits
IERC host a Blockchain in Energy evening series to provide a platform where national and international experts can share ideas and success stories on blockchain applications to the energy sector
Ten of the best new science communicators, including two from Tyndall, are heading to the Science Gallery Dublin on 11 April for the seventh FameLab Ireland National Finals.
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton TD launched the IERC Annual Conference which will take place in Fota Island on 10 and 11 April 2019. The IERC Conference aims to accelerate climate change solutions.
Tyndall National Institute in collaboration with researchers at the University of California San Diego,have developed an educational toolkit to bring integrated photonics into the college engineering and science curriculum.
A strategic R&D partnership between Raydiant Oximetry, Inc., based in California, and IPIC, to develop the world’s first non-invasive foetal pulse oximeter.
Over €4m will be invested to bring a potentially lifesaving smart cardiac monitoring patch ‘SmartVista’ to life. The SmartVista wearable biosensor will deliver a real-time wireless feed of patient heart rhythm, respiration, temperature and oxygen flow.
Congratulations to Tyndall's Luiza Wasiewska and Andrea Pacheco who were winners at the Cork heat of FameLab which was held in Triskel Arts Centre, Cork on Wednesday 27th February.
Arralis has entered into a €400k research development agreement with Tyndall to develop a next generation mmWave fabrication technology for use in applications such as autonomous vehicles, satellite communications, 5G and radar imaging.
Prof. Peter Parbrook received an SFI Technology Innovation Development Award for his research on microLEDS. He will target a method to create a brighter more controlled pixel emitter using a nanostructure in the light emitting part of the device.
Tyndall and industry partners have come together to build an integrated photonics manufacturing ecosystem located within our state-of-the-art facility and designed to advance disruptive photonic technologies from concept to commercialisation.
€39 million in funding to support the involvement of SFI Research Centres, including the Irish Photonic Integration Centre, in seven new joint Centres for Doctoral Training.
Tyndall research into a new fabrication process and material characterisation for Co-rich CoPtP films recently featured as a scientific highlight in Scilight, by the American Institute of Physics.
PANTERA has received €4m in EU Horizon 2020 funding to deliver a multi-dimensional platform of information, tools and training to help accelerate Research and Innovation in the area of smart grids to shape the energy systems of the future.
Minister Pat Breen TD, today announced a government investment of €10.8 million in research funding for 20 projects through SFI’s Starting Investigator Research Grant
The School of Engineering at UCC and the International Energy Research Centre (IERC) at Tyndall welcome new research funding from the EU Horizon 2020 Programme via the Energy Efficiency Buildings (EeB) Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
The Davis led research programme focuses on direct, atomic-scale visualization of electronic states in quantum materials, and requires a highly specialized ultra-low-vibration (ULV) laboratory environment.
Tyndall will be involved in 4 key industry projects worth several million following the recent announcement of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Funding.
On November 29th, 2018 Tyndall came together to recognise and celebrate cultural diversity in the workplace. Staff and students from 30 countries showcased their cultures, traditions and customs.
The project will be led by Eindhoven University of Technology (in collaboration with its Photonic Integration Technology Centre) with Tyndall managing the back-end (packaging) process of the pilot line.
Tyndall National Institute today announced that they have signed a Research & Development (R&D) collaboration agreement with West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., to work on future developments of drug delivery systems for injectable medicines.
Minister John Halligan Visits the ESA Centre of Excellence at Tyndall in acknowledgement of the Institute receiving the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) Space Component Analysis accreditation for Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA) testing on space components.
We are delighted to announce that two Tyndall researchers have won Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Awards. Joined by over 350 leading members of the Irish research community, Tyndall’s Dr Ivan O’Connell of MCCI and Prof. Peter O’Brien of IPIC were recognised along with six other awardees.
Acknowledging Tyndall National Institute as one of Europe’s leading technology research centres, Analog Devices (ADI) has signed a multi-year, multi-million Euro research agreement with Tyndall.
Irish and international industry representatives, researchers and scientists convened at Tyndall Technology Days at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on Wednesday, October 24th to discuss and share pioneering and disruptive technologies that are redefining healthcare and the IoT Economy.
The 2018 Tyndall Alumni of the Year Award was presented to Carl Jackson, VP of Engineering, SensL Division of the Intelligent Sensing Group, ON Semiconductor at Tyndall Technology Days, on 24 October at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
Mariusz Wilk, a PhD researcher in Dr Brendan O’Flynn’s Wireless Sensor Networks Group at Tyndall National Institute, has received the inaugural CONNECT Education and Public Engagement Award for his contribution to the centre’s outreach programme.
VistaMilk, a new SFI Research Centre, was launched in Teagasc Moorepark, today. The centre represents a unique collaboration between Agri-Food, ICT research institutes and leading Irish / multinational food and ICT companies.
Tyndall's expansion has been identified as a priority project for Government under the Project Ireland 2040 'Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund' (DTIF); with the institute being allocated €1m additional funding in the budget published today.
The Transnational Access (TA) programme offers free-of-charge access to equipment, tools and expertise related to ‘powering the internet of things (IoT)’.
Tyndall will host the 18th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology from 23rd to 26th July in Cork. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology.
Tyndall Senior Staff Researcher Micro & Nano Systems Centre, Michael Nolan secures funding from Science Foundation Ireland – National Natural Science Foundation of China Partnership
The BOC Bursary is an annual award presented by BOC Gases to outstanding Tyndall students. The award was presented by Tommy Moore of BOC Gases, and Eoin O'Reilly to the winner Stefano Morono and runner-up Saroj Kanta Patra.
As part of Tyndall's Empowering Women @Tyndall programme, Dr. Fiona Blighe, Scientific Programme Manager, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) presented on Gender Agenda at SFI
Nominations are invited for the Tyndall Alumnus of the Year Award. This award seeks to recognise someone who has worked or studied in Tyndall (and/or NMRC) and who has made a significant contribution relevant to Tyndall.
Innovation in HealthTech brought together academics, clinicians, regulators and businesses of the medical device ecosystem, providing a platform to discuss how technology could address the challenges involved in healthcare.
Tyndall welcomes the announcement that SensL Technologies Ltd, initially founded as a spin out company by Tyndall researchers in 2004, has been acquired by ON Semiconductor.
Roy Keane travelled to Tyndall National Institute to mark the launch of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) Annual Heroes Appeal which starts on April 6th.
Tyndall’s Mike Hayes has been appointed as president of the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) executive committee for a two-year term. The announcement took place at the PSMA’s annual meeting at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC2018) in San Antonio, USA.
Congratulations to Dr Lisa Helen on graduating with her PhD for a thesis entitled "Development of a smart needle integrated with an impedance sensor to determine needle to nerve proximity for nerve blocking (anaesthetic) procedures".
Tyndall is to progress a major expansion of its research infrastructure under the government’s National Development Plan. The commitment will see Tyndall double in size over the next ten years and re-affirms our role as a global leader in technology and innovation.
SPIE will promote 73 new Fellows of the Society to recognize the significant scientific and technical contributions of each in the multidisciplinary fields of optics, photonics, and imaging.
Pilot Photonics, a spin-out company built on more than a decade’s work by research teams at Dublin City University and the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, has raised almost €1 million in funding.
The company develops and licenses comb source laser technology for IoT markets.
Congratulations to Ms Justina Ugwah on starting her Irish Research Council Enterprise Partnership Scheme Postgraduate Scholarship. The title of her PhD project is "Development of minimally invasive smart impedance needle probes for real time detection of breast cancer".
Cork’s top newest voices from the world of science, technology, engineering and maths took part in this year’s "FameLab Cork" competition on 31st January. FameLab is the world’s leading science communication competition, and 13 local competitors took to the stage in the Triskel Arts Centre Cork.
A breakthrough by a team of scientists including Postdoctoral Researcher, Sebastian Schulz, of Tyndall National Institute and of the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis, CAPPA, at Cork Institute of Technology.
Tyndall and Sanmina Corporation announce a research collaboration focusing on wireless technology for a commercial wrist-worn health-monitoring platform.
A new portable Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) system for on-site chemical analysis and deployment at CBRN incidents has been successfully deployed at the GIFT project’s chemical exercise in Belgium
PIXAPP and PHIX Photonics Assembly have strengthened their collaboration in the development of the photonic packaging ecosystem by facilitating dedicated training of PHIX engineers on Tyndall’s advanced packaging equipment.
Dr Chris Broderick has been awarded the prestigious National University of Ireland Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Sciences for his work in the area of theoretical condensed matter physics.
Tyndall’s Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) group has been awarded the Bridge Network Invention of the Year for their 'Kneehabilitation' project which helps improve recovery through wearable sensors.
Collaborative research project, ImpRESS, demonstrating battery-based energy storage on the Irish grid, is launched at an International Energy Research Centre (IERC) industry workshop in Queen’s University, Belfast.
Our scientists will display new research in smart agri-tech sensor systems that can improve agri-food at this year's Ploughing Championships in Offaly.
Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, Mr John Halligan TD, and Director General of the European Space Agency, Mr Jan Woerner welcomed the announcement during a visit to Tyndall.
The International Energy Research Centre (IERC), hosted in Tyndall, will coordinate a new project, NOVICE, to develop a business model to unlock energy efficiency investments and savings throughout building renovation.
Séamus Davis has discovered a breakthrough on the path towards room temperature superconductivity. His research paper, published in Science, was written while he was on sabbatical at Tyndall and UCC.
Dr Peter O'Brien, Head of Photonics Packaging Research at Tyndall and Deputy Director of IPIC, has received an Horizon 2020 outstanding achievement award for his leadership of the PIXAPP project.
Michael Liehr, Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) Photonics and colleagues visited the PIXAPP Packaging Pilot Line at Tyndall.
Tyndall Head of Strategic Programs, Cian Ó Mathúna, to address this year’s Executive Technical Advisory Board (ETAB) Summer Study organized by the Semiconductor Research Corporation
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.
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'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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 has won the Early Career Physics Communicator Award after competing against three other finalists at the IOP’s London centre on 21 November.
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).
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.
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 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
Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland collaborates with Boston Scientific to develop novel integrated circuits for next generation implantable medical devices
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Tyndall leading a European consortium TOP-HIT, developing novel technology to integrate components of different materials in large volumes at the semi-conductor scale.
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.
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.
Tyndall National Institute in partnership with Maynooth University and Athlone Institute of Technology signed an agreement establishing a Space Business Incubation Centre in Ireland.
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.
Congratulations to Finbarr Waldron, Microsystems Packaging Laboratory, Tyndall National Institute for winning Research Laboratory of the Year at The Irish Laboratory Awards.
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.
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.
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.
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"
Congratulations to Finbarr O’Callaghan who successfully defended his thesis “Dynamics of coupled modes in two-section semiconductor lasers with saturable absorption".
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.
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.
The CorkCitiEngage project announced iPad winners for respondents who participated in the CorkCitiEngage surveys aimed at the general public and schools throughout Cork.
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.
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.