Tagged: Life Sciences & News
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Microbiology lecturer at UL gets €75,000 Marie Curie Fellowship News
15.05.2012 Dr Achim Schmalenberger, a lecturer in microbiology at University of Limerick (UL), has been awarded a €75,000 Marie Curie grant by the European Commission to take his soil... -
Minister Richard Bruton on FDI trade mission to US News
30.04.2012 Minister Richard Bruton is on day two of a five-day trade mission to the US, where he is meeting with 19 companies – mainly in the tech and life-sciences areas – to talk about...Categories: Science, Marketing, Life Sciences, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Global CIO, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Amgen to create up to 100 jobs in US$200m expansion News
26.04.2012 Biotechnology firm Amgen is investing US$200m in an expansion programme in Ireland which will create up to 100 jobs. Some 350 construction jobs will be also created during the... -
Irish Government injects €12.3m into scientific research News
20.04.2012 The Irish Government is providing early-career scientific researchers with €12.3m to carry out pioneering work in Ireland, Minister for Research and Innovation Séan Sherlock,... -
Mylan to create 500 new jobs by 2016 with €380m investment News
18.04.2012 Pharmaceuticals firm Mylan will invest up to €76m for five years totaling to €380m to expand its operations in Dublin and Galway and will add more than 500 new positions to its...Tags: R&D, Enda Kenny, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Jobs, Jobs Announcements, Dublin, Ireland, Research, Investment -
TCD computer scientist gets top innovation accolade News
12.04.2012 Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has presented its 2012 Innovation Award to computer scientist and technology entrepreneur Dr Gerard Lacey. -
Scientists pioneer device for angioplasty procedures News
11.04.2012 Biomedical engineers at University of Limerick have come up with new medical technology to treat narrowed or obstructed blood vessels. Their technology has just been licensed to... -
Tyndall scientist wins ICT Invention of the Year at UCC News
27.03.2012 Professor Peter Kennedy of Tyndall National Institute has gleaned the top innovation accolade at University College Cork’s Invention of the Year awards. Meanwhile, the Life...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy -
IDA reveals stats on Ireland’s FDI record (infographic) News
20.03.2012 IDA Ireland has created an infographic to showcase some of the key industry sectors such as ICT, pharma, life sciences, digital and social media, plus gaming, that are... -
NI Science Park facility to house 500 knowledge jobs News
02.03.2012 Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) has announced its new stg£6m development is aiming to host up to 500 knowledge jobs when the facility opens, most likely in August.Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Careers and Employment, Energy -
CPA calls for ‘National Entrepreneurship Strategy’ News
13.02.2012 In light of the Action Plan for Jobs 2012 revealed today by the Irish Government, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA) is calling for what it’s terming... -
New NI start-up spins out of NISP Springboard programme News
03.02.2012 Northern Ireland start-up Thermblow, a spin-out of the Polymer Research Cluster at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), has become the latest graduate from the NISP CONNECT... -
Siliconrepublic.com presents Skills February News
01.02.2012 Siliconrepublic.com is dedicating news, reports, videos and interviews this February to how Ireland can ensure it meets the digital skills challenge. -
Enterprise Ireland calls for applicants for Competitive Start Fund News
26.01.2012 Fifteen life sciences, clean tech and industrial companies have been awarded funding under Enterprise Ireland’s Competitive Start Fund, as calls are being made for more... -
Charles Darwin fossils found in ‘old cabinet’ in new online exhibit News
17.01.2012 Fossils, which had been missing for 165 years, including some collected by Charles Darwin, have been found in an ‘old cabinet’ by paleontologist Dr Howard Falcon-Lang in the... -
20 new jobs for Cork as Dutch company buys OceanModus News
16.01.2012 Cork manufacturing software company OceanModus has been acquired by Dutch software firm ATS BV for an undisclosed sum. Some 20 new jobs are to be created over the next three... -
New director general to take helm of Science Foundation Ireland News
09.01.2012 Prof Mark Ferguson, a leading academic and successful entrepreneur, has been appointed as the new director general of Science Foundation Ireland. -
IDA companies generated 13,000 new jobs in 2011 – up 20pc News
05.01.2012 Some 13,000 new jobs were created across a record 148 investments won in 2011, the IDA said in its end-of-year statement today. The number of new companies investing in Ireland...Categories: Science, R&D, Outsourcing, Multimedia, Media, Life Sciences, Jobs, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Enterprise, Digital Media, CIOTags: R&D, Life Sciences, IBM, EA Games, Twitter, Intel, IDA Ireland, Analog Devices, Richard Bruton -
Cook Medical invests €16.5m in Limerick R&D operation News
05.01.2012 The largest privately owned medical device company in the world Cook Medical is to invest up to €16.5m over four years in a new R&D operation in Limerick. -
HPSUs to create 528 jobs in Ireland in next three years News
21.12.2011 High-tech start-ups look set to be a key cog to help Ireland bolster its economic recovery, as Ireland’s Jobs Minister Richard Bruton, TD, today pointed out that Ireland should...Categories: Apps, Green Tech, Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital 21, Digital Business, Digital Media, eCommerce, Economy, Education, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Funding, Global CIO, Government, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, Jobs, Life Sciences, R&D, Research, Science, Web 2.0