AMBER investigators and the leadership team have established themselves as thought leaders on national and international committees supporting the development of policies relevant to the economy and society. In 2020, the AMBER Director (Prof. M.A….
Read moreAMBER EPE programme effectively leverages partnerships across the education system and public-facing entities such as the Science Gallery and the ReDiscovery centre to maximise the reach and impact of our education and public engagement programmes….
Read moreAddressing the challenges of climate change and sustainability has never been more important and, increasingly, AMBER researchers across all themes are contributing to finding materials science solutions in areas such as biobased materials, circular processes…
Read moreA common theme across all Materials for Health research activities within AMBER is the development of materials which improve outcomes for patients with debilitating conditions including osteoarthritis, peripheral arterial disease and nerve injury. The collaborative…
Read moreAMBER researchers are committed to continuing to perform commercially relevant research. Our researchers have filed 154 invention disclosures, 94 patents, and signed 32 licenses or assignments of IP to companies. AMBER continues to develop technologies…
Read moreThe development of RD&I capacity within the Irish SME sector has been identified as a national priority. Amongst our most successful SME-based research programmes in the current portfolio is with Irish Agri-tech company MagGrow who…
Read moreForeign multinationals account for 70% of Business Expenditure on R&D (BERD) in Ireland and engagement with these companies forms the backbone of the AMBER Business Plan. Our value proposition to these companies is to be…
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29 May 2022
Patient and Public Involvement/Engagement (PPI/E) has formed a central part of the Irish Rugby Football Union Charitable Trust/AMBER Health Theme Spinal Cord Repair Project. Involving people affected by conditions being researched helps improve the relevance,…
Read moreDr Alessandro Lunghi, Research Fellow at AMBER, the Trinity Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and Trinity’s School of Physics, has been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant Awards worth…
Read moreProf. Justin Holmes: Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme RADICAL, Fundamental Breakthrough in Detection of Atmospheric Free Radicals, FET Open project aims to develop devices which will lead to improved monitoring and control of air…
Read moreProf. Michael Morris Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine NXTGENWOOD, multisectoral research programme funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, will address innovation in structural timbers, green adhesives and resins for…
Read moreProf. Ramesh Babu Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Dr Ramesh Babu from Trinity’s School of Physics is the AMBER lead on the AgriChemWhey project that aims to take low…
Read moreProf. Danny Kelly ERC Advanced Award The 4D-BOUNDARIES project will leverage emerging 3D bioprinting technologies to provide precisely controlled physical and biochemical signals to cells to engineer structurally and mechanically functional musculoskeletal tissues. Damage to…
Read moreProf. Fergal O’Brien ERC Advanced Grant ReCaP, ‘Regeneration of Articular Cartilage using Advanced Biomaterials and Printing Technology’ proposes a new approach to articular joint repair which will transform the way articular cartilage injuries are treated….
Read moreProf. Conor Buckley ERC Consolidator Award INTEGRATE, Personalised Medicine for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration – Integrating Profiling, Predictive Modelling and Gene Activated Biomaterials, proposes to combine gene based therapy and biomaterials to develop a new method…
Read moreProf. Larisa Florea ERC Starting Grant ChemLife, Artificial micro-vehicles with life-like behaviour, aims to develop bio-inspired microscopic vehicles fabricated from stimuli responsive materials using advanced 3D fabrication technologies, which hold potential as autonomous drug delivery…
Read moreProf. Johnathan Coleman H2020 The Graphene Flagship is tasked with bringing together academic and industrial researchers to take graphene from the realm of academic laboratories into European society in the space of 10 years, thus…
Read moreProf. Parvaneh Mokarian H2020 NMBP programme Prof. Mokarian is coordinating SunPilot, Piloting of Innovative Subwavelength Nanostructure Technology for Optical and Injection Moulding Applications. SUN-PILOT is an EU-funded collaboration that aims to prototype an industrial and…
Read moreProf. Valeria Nicolosi ERC Consolidator 3D2D Print, 3D Printing of Novel 2D Nanomaterials: Adding Advanced 2D Functionalities to Revolutionary Tailored 3D Manufacturing, is Prof. Nicolosis’ 6th ERC award. 3D2D Print aims to examines the processing…
Read moreAMBER has a strong emphasis on collaboration. Central to AMBER’s research remit are collaborative projects performed with industry partners, and working with academic, industry and wider stakeholder on international and national research programmes.
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