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Starting out as a lecturer ages ago, I discovered on day one of my very first semester that my timetable had somehow double-booked me to supervise two completely different sets…
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The second instalment of “BioPharma Ambition” was held in Dublin Castle 21st-22nd Feb 2018. Run by the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA), BioPharmaChem Ireland (IBEC) in association with the National…
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November 16th 2017 is World Pancreatic Cancer Day .   The aim of this day, which is spearheaded by a coalition of organisations worldwide, is to raise awareness of one of…
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Originally discovered by Emil Von Bering and Paul Erhlich, antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system that target a specific foreign object (antigen). They are called monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs)…
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The DRIVE (Diabetes Reversing Implants with enhanced Viability and long-term Efficacy) consortium met recently in Venice Italy for its second general assembly to discuss progress, challenges and plans going forward…
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The innovative research undertaken by the pancreatic research group here in NICB, DCU was recently positively reviewed in a fantastic feature by a leading biomedical trade journal, “Academic Pharmacy Now”, focusing…
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