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We're celebrating the enactment of the Human Tissue Bill effective from today! This landmark legislation brings into effect a much‑anticipated “soft opt‑out” organ donation system, a milestone we've long supported. More information here: ilfa.ie/blog/ilfa-we...

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Important step in improving care for patients with lung fibrosis in Ireland from the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association. @ilfa-ireland.bsky.social @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social

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Delighted to be launching our strategy today at Leinster House! Eqitable care for lung fibrsis patients ilfa.ie/blog/strateg...

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RCSI researcher Dr Ciara Murphy has been named a partner on a prestigious €6.5 million @horizoneu.bsky.social grant. The project will develop smart, sustainable biomaterials to transform the treatment of bone loss and fractures. Read more ➡️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-... #RCSIdiscover

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Led by Professor Killian Hurley, physicians, patients, scientists and legal experts convened to address critical research gaps in familial pulmonary fibrosis. The resulting paper outlines a strategic approach for developing new treatments: doi.org/10.1016/j.eb... #RCSIdiscover

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Eid Mubarak to our students, alumni, staff and friends who are celebrating over the coming days. We wish you a happy, peaceful and safe Eid Al Adha🌙

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More than 500 people in Ireland have been diagnosed with the severe form of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD), thanks to an RCSI screening programme at Beaumont Hospital. Early diagnosis can be transformative in improving patient outcomes. Read more ⬇️ www.rcsi.com/impact/detai...

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RCSI is leading a COST Action to advance patient safety in ICUs across Europe. The network will focus on three nurse-sensitive outcomes in the ICU - pressure ulcers, healthcare-associated infections and delirium. Learn more 🔗 rcsi.com/dublin/news-... #RCSIdiscover @nataliemcevoy.bsky.social

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Congratulations Dr Schweikert. You have achieved so much over the last years - work that will help patients with pulmonary fibrosis. #CureIPF #iPSC @anjaschweikert.bsky.social @ozakimari.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social @ilfa-ireland.bsky.social

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Just a few weeks away from the Human Tissue Bill coming into effect. Let's hope it results in more lung transplants! www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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hen it rains it pours!! What an amazing #ATS2025 for #CurePF4ALL! Nerandomilast -> ⬇️FVC decline compared to placebo in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis patients on antifibrotics or untreated. 👏🏼 Drs Maher, Martinez & #FibroneerILD team!! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Wow! What a day for #CureIPF & #ATS2025! First positive drug trial in 10 years in IPF!! Treatment with Nerandomilast -> ⬇️FVC decline compared to placebo in patients on antifibrotics or untreated. Kudos Drs Richeldi and Wijsenbeek and #FibroneerIPF team!!! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Congratulations to @edmundgilbert.bsky.social and co authors on their fascinating study of the genetic landscape of Irish and British peoples. Gives context to regional identity and population migration over time. #RCSI #MedSci @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social

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The Clinical Advisor for ILD is looking for volunteers to join an ILD Working Group. They're looking for ILD consultants, nurses and physios to share their expertise and experience and help improve ILD health services. Deadline is May 15th 12:00 pm. DM if you're interested!

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Finally! The Pulmonary Fibrosis Drug Connectome is on #IPFCellAtlas!! If you want to know if a drug is antifibrotic, which cells it targets, or what drugs target a gene you like, in what cells - go to ipfcellatlas.com click on the Connectome tab. Enjoy - It's Free!!! #DataSharing #CurePF4All

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Congratulations to Dr Ailish Malon and Dr James Larkin on receiving @researchireland.ie New Foundations funding. Their projects will support participation in physical activity by people with disability and explore public health alcohol policy. #RCSIdiscover www.researchireland.ie/news/new-fou...

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🎉 Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton is BU’s Innovator of the Year: www.bu.edu/articles/202...

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Statement: The Royal Irish Academy is ceasing activity on X (Twitter) www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...

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'Antibiotic-Loaded Polymer-Calcium Phosphate Scaffold for Treating Orthopedic Device-Related Infection in a Rabbit Segmental Bone Defect Model' has now been published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A! Read it: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @fjobrien.bsky.social

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America don't let up now. Preserve the NIH funding that lets us train the next generation of scientists and researchers! Carl Sagan would have said the same! bsky.app/profile/saga...

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Freedom of science and research is one of Europe's great strengths. It’s how excellence and innovation thrive. We’ll make proposals to help scientists and researchers ‘Choose Europe’. The best and brightest from around the world.   To make Europe the home of innovation again. → europa.eu/!JFF7jm

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New RCSI research has identified a previously unrecognised subgroup of patients with the bleeding disorder von Willebrand disease. The findings challenge current diagnostic practices and highlight a need to adapt clinical guidelines. ➡️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-... #RCSIdiscover

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A new study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research found that those using #ecigarettes alone were more than twice as likely to develop #COPD than people who didn’t use any tobacco products. #vaping #medsky Learn more: copdnewstoday.com/news/elevate...

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Scientists, clinicians and patients at RCSI School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences are working together to understand how bowel cancer develops and spreads in the body. Learn more about their research in this new video ➡️ youtu.be/tCwUXkjDFx0?... #RCSIdiscover #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth

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What is familial pulmonary fibrosis? Who needs a genetic test? What is a telomere? Read more in Dr. Aoife Carolan's case published in ERS Breathe this month. #CureIPF #ILD #Telomere @rcsi.bsky.social @tissueengdublin.bsky.social @ilfa-ireland.bsky.social publications.ersnet.org/content/brea...

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Huge congratulations to Juan Carlos Palomeque on the publication of his review 'Biomaterial scaffold-based gene delivery for the repair of complex wounds: Challenges, progress, and future perspectives' in Cell Biomaterials today! 🥳 Read it now: www.cell.com/cell-biomate... @fjobrien.bsky.social

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The Science Week Call 2025 is now open! This call supports festivals and events nationwide that encourage people to engage in STEM during #ScienceWeek and beyond. Deadline for festivals is 28th April 2025. Deadline for events is 9th May 2025. See more: www.researchireland.ie/funding/scie...

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Dr @abigailruthfreeman.bsky.social, Director of Research for Society at Research Ireland, discusses the importance of public engagement with science in @irishtimes.com today. Read here: www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/20...

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The Research Ireland Fellowship Programme is now open for applications! This programme provides an opportunity to experience first-hand the diversity of activities carried out by a funding agency. Visit: www.researchireland.ie/funding/research-ireland-fellowship-programme/

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Great interview with Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council, who recently visited Dublin www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

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Video explainer of the new Patient Stem Cell Discovery Core in RCSI @rcsi.bsky.social & Beaumont Hospital. With patients like David Crosby we aim to find treatments for pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis. 🧪 #CureIPF #iPSC #CF Supporting work by @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.bsky.social HRB

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What a fantastic Mass Thoracic Society meeting this year. Thank you to MTS President Dr. Finn Hawkins @BUPulmonary for leading an outstanding day of lung 🫁 clinical and research presentations!

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Last Friday, the statue of 9-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was unveiled in London - a powerful symbol of a global issue: the right to breathe clean air. Ella was the first person in the world to have air pollution officially listed as a cause of death.

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Excellent summary video of last weeks European Research Council Impact Forum at Research Ireland’s HQ @researchireland.bsky.social in Dublin. 🇮🇪 Thank you for the invite to speak at this event. #SciSky @marialep.bsky.social @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @rcsi.bsky.social

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New tool 💪 from @steinaerts.bsky.social lab: CREsted, a DL-based approach for predicting cell type-specific reg. elements, applying it to many datasets, incl. mouse cortex, human PBMCs & glioblastoma, demonstrating its ability to identify key TF binding sites: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Very productive visit from ERC President Maria Leptin - on the same page as our Taoiseach and Minister for Science when it comes to the need for increased funding for science in Ireland and Europe and ERC independence

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President of the @erc.europa.eu, Prof Maria Leptin, delivering the keynote address at an European Research Council Impact Forum hosted by Research Ireland in Dublin today. Prof. Leptin is on a visit to Dublin for a series of engagements with research and political leaders. (Photo: Finbarr O'Rourke)

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Delighted to present my ERC Starting Grant at Research Ireland’s ERC Impact Forum. Great to listen to and speak with @marialep.bsky.social ERC President and Prof Luke O’Neill. A diversity of talks from social sciences, history, engineering and basic science. 🧬 @erc.europa.eu @rcsi.bsky.social

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Thank you to those who joined our #RCSIMyHealth conversation about cannabis and young minds yesterday. We are grateful to our panel of experts and partner support groups. Special thanks to Laura Stack who generously shared her family’s story. More: tinyurl.com/2bu9b6ux

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2 laughing Irish men trying to keep it together for a photo. Thank you Liam Galvin (European Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation) for your amazing work for patients with #IPF in Europe. ERS #LSC2025 conference Lisbon. @ilfa-ireland.bsky.social @tissueengdublin.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

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Beyond delighted and proud of @anjaschweikert.bsky.social who won a poster prize at the ERS Lung Science Conference. #LSC2025 Well done on all the hard work that lead to this. Good luck for your PhD viva next week! @tissueengdublin.bsky.social

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Very proud of the LivingLungLab.ie members at the ERS Lung Science Conference in Lisbon. #LSC2025 - Mari Ozaki - Telomere related lung fibrosis. - @anjaschweikert.bsky.social the effect of sex hormones in #IPF. - Cormac Murphy - 3D BioPrinting alveolar cells. @tissueengdublin.bsky.social

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Fascinating presentations this morning at the ERS Lung Science Conference #LSC2025 from: Carla Kim - regulation of progenitor identity Emma Rawlins - Cell fate decisions Reinoud Gosens - Airway neuroplasticity in asthma #SciSky #IPF #Asthma @labrawlins.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

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Wonderful to have Mari Ozaki and @killianhurley.bsky.social in TERG yesterday to discuss the iPSC core they have been setting up in Beaumont!

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Excellent talk about lung regeneration from Nan Tang at the ERS Lung Science Conference #LSC2025 in Lisbon. Beautiful work on #IPF, intermediate cells, cross talk and the effects of aging on regeneration in the lung. 🫁 #SciSky #MedSky @labrawlins.bsky.social

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Science is for everyone!

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Bravo to the organizers of @standupforscience.bsky.social 👏 ‘Stand Up for Science’ rallies call for Trump to reverse research cuts wapo.st/3DcGEoa

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