Poster for National Heritage Week event hosted by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. Background features a vintage illustration of Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Ltd. pharmacy storefronts. Text reads: “From Apothecaries to Innovation: The Story of Pharmacy in Ireland. Free talk on the story of pharmacy in Ireland and tours of RCSI’s historic home, 123 St Stephen’s Green. Book a free tour at www.rcsi.com/heritageweek.” Logos for National Heritage Week and RCSI are included, with a small circular World Health Organization “Good Health and Well-Being” SDG badge at the bottom right.
We're opening the doors of RCSI for #HeritageWeek2025 with tours of 123 St Stephen's Green by our Head Porter, Frank Donegan on 18 and 20 August and a special talk, ‘From apothecaries to innovation; The story of pharmacy in Ireland’ on 19 August.
More info: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
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Promotional poster for the "RCSI Millin Meeting" on 14 November 2025. The background features a red-tinted photograph of surgeons in an operating theatre. The text prominently announces a Call for Abstracts, with a submission deadline of Friday, 12 September 2025. The RCSI crest is displayed in the upper left corner, along with icons representing surgery, neuroscience, and research. A QR code on the bottom left corner is included for abstract submission.
Abstract submissions for the RCSI-NSRSC Research Symposium at the Millin Meeting are now open.
Surgical trainees, NCHDs and early career surgeons are encouraged to showcase their research and compete for the RCSI National Surgical Research Medal.
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01.08.2025 11:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Microscopy image of mitochondria, stained to highlight their elongated, branched structures in vivid orange and pink tones, with bright cyan areas indicating stained nuclei or other subcellular components. The background is black for contrast. Overlay includes the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences crest and the RCSI Discover branding.
A new RCSI study in Nature Communications reveals how blocking HDAC6 alters metabolism in cancer cells.
It also shows a new role for HDAC6 in regulating cells' energy pathways, making it a potential target for tumour metabolism.
➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#RCSIdiscover @ttclab.bsky.social
29.07.2025 10:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Four people pose together in a formal indoor setting with classical busts and columns in the background. Two women stand in the foreground—one in a blue blazer and black top, the other in a black outfit. Behind them, a woman in a navy dress and a man in a blue suit smile while standing on stairs. The setting has a black and white checkered floor and white walls with decorative molding.
The winners of RCSI’s High Potential Innovation Awards have been announced.
The winning projects explore access to vaccinations against shingles, preparing older patients for kidney transplants and the avoidance of inappropriate cell testing in labs.
🔗 www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
28.07.2025 14:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The photo shows a man receiving a framed award certificate titled "Vice Chancellor Innovation Awards 2025". He is pictured standing outdoors alongside a taller male figure in formal attire. Behind them is a RCSI building, clearly marked with its logo and crest.
Dr Aamir Hameed won the Vice Chancellor’s Commercialisation Innovation Award at RCSI Research Day.
The award recognised his work in founding the RCSI spin-out company Pumpinheart to progress a miniaturised heart pump technology for the treatment of heart failure.
#RCSIdiscover
23.07.2025 09:52 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic image promoting the RCSI Millin Meeting, scheduled for 14 November 2025. The background features a red-toned image of surgeons in scrubs and masks. Text reads: 'RCSI Millin Meeting 14 Nov ’25 – Save the Date'. The RCSI crest and logo appear in the top left corner, and small icons representing surgery, neurology, and research are placed above the event name.
Save the date for the 2025 Millin Meeting on Friday 14 November.
A must-attend event for the #surgical community to come together to discuss the latest trends in surgery 💬
Registration is essential, CPD available: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
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Photovoice exhibition at RCSI shares lived experience of Sjögren’s
An innovative new project from the SYNERG-IE research programme at RCSI is providing powerful insights into what it means to live with Sjögren’s. More ...
A new exhibition from @synerg-ie.bsky.social at RCSI offers powerful insights into what it means to live with Sjögren’s.
Participants were invited to document their experiences of Sjögren’s through photography and personal reflection.
Learn more and register ⬇️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
18.07.2025 08:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A young person wearing a red t-shirt and wristbands is focused on working on a silver laptop at a desk in a bedroom. The room is decorated with handprints and photos on the wallpapered wall behind, and a white desk lamp is visible on the right. The person appears to be deeply engaged in their task, possibly studying or working on a project.
RCSI, @asiamireland.bsky.social and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre are exploring how Autistic people, their families and those who support them understand and practice sexual consent.
Young Autistic adults (18-25): tinyurl.com/mucfwnu9
Parents of Autistic children (9-17): tinyurl.com/4ad99vr8
17.07.2025 14:44 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1
A focused student in a white top practices suturing or surgical knot-tying using forceps and thread under bright surgical lights in a clinical skills lab.
An instructor wearing a black floral blouse provides guidance to a student in a black top and gloves in a surgical simulation room with overhead medical lighting.
Two students, one smiling broadly, work together on a hands-on surgical or technical task in a bright lab environment with operating theatre-style lights above.
A classroom of students seated at lab benches in a surgical training facility, attentively watching an instructor or demonstration, some wearing gloves and lab badges.
100 surgical trainees took part in the RCSI Surgical Bootcamp, marking the beginning of their careers as surgeons.
As part of this intensive course, trainees practice technical surgical skills such as tying, suturing and closure.
More: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
17.07.2025 12:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New strategic partnership to expand RCSI executive healthcare leadership education in UAE
RCSI has announced a new strategic partnership with Saudi German Health in a bold move to shape the future of healthcare leadership in the UAE and beyond.
RCSI has announced a new strategic partnership with Saudi German Health.
The collaboration involves the launch of an executive leadership development programme tailored to empower both executive and middle management teams across the Saudi German Health network.
More ⬇️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
16.07.2025 15:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A healthcare professional speaks with a patient in a hospital room. The patient is seated on a hospital bed, and the clinician stands holding a clipboard, engaged in conversation. Sunlight streams through large windows behind them.
RCSI experts write in BMJ Global Health about how rising obesity, coupled with globalisation of healthcare, is driving people to seek bariatric surgery abroad - a growing trend in medical tourism.
They call for stronger regulation to address the risks this poses.
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16.07.2025 11:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RCSI researchers develop 3D printed implant to help repair spinal cord injuries
A research team at RCSI has developed a 3D printed implant to deliver electrical stimulation to injured areas of the spinal cord. More ...
An implant developed by RCSI and @ambercentre.bsky.social researchers has been shown to deliver electrical stimulation to injured areas of the spinal cord.
The study, in partnership with the IFRU-CT, offers a potential new route to repair nerve damage.
➡️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIdiscover
15.07.2025 13:25 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Seminar at RCSI calls for greater progress in management of fragility fractures and bone health
Ireland needs to develop an integrated, coordinated, system-wide approach to bone health and the management of fragility fractures. More ...
A seminar on Fracture Prevention and Bone Health for Ireland at RCSI highlighted the need for an integrated, coordinated, system-wide approach to bone health and the management of fragility fractures.
Over 160 healthcare professionals attended the event.
Read more ⬇️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
15.07.2025 08:41 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
A smiling woman with long blonde hair, wearing a black outfit, stands outside a wooden doorway. To the left is a red quote box with white text that reads:
"On behalf of RCSI, I wish to acknowledge the contribution of NCHDs as they take up their new posts today. Without their dedication and commitment, the delivery of high quality surgical and medical services across the country would not be possible."
Below the quote is the attribution: President, Prof Deborah McNamara - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
More than 7,500 NCHDs, including nearly 600 surgical and emergency trainees, commence new posts today.
Registration for RCSI's CPD scheme for NCHDs is now open.
www.rcsi.com/dublin/profe...
14.07.2025 13:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A female RCSI researcher in a white lab coat and blue gloves instructs two younger students in a modern laboratory setting. They are examining a scientific sample together, with a microscope and laboratory equipment visible on the bench. All three women are focused and engaged. The RCSI crest is visible on the lead researcher's coat. A badge overlay in the bottom-right corner reads: "World #1 for Good Health and Well-being – Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025".
We are delighted that RCSI is featured on the Sunday Times Ireland Best Places to Work 2025 list.
Organisations must have excellent scores across a six-step framework, including reward and recognition, well-being and job satisfaction.
🔗 www.thetimes.com/world/irelan... #BestPlacestoWork2025
14.07.2025 09:35 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
We were pleased to be joined by Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill who opened our Dental Education Centre in Sandyford. During her visit, Minister Carroll MacNeill saw the centre’s dentistry clinic and clinical skills centre.
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#RCSIeducate @roinnslainte.bsky.social
11.07.2025 13:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill stands smiling beside a dental chair, joined by the President of RCSI, the Vice Chancellor of RCSI, the Head of the RCSI School of Dentistry and other guests celebrating the launch of the RCSI Dental Education Centre in Sandyford.
Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Professor Albert Leung, Head of the RCSI School of Dentistry, jointly operate dental tools on a mannequin in the simulation lab. The new RCSI Dental Education Centre is bustling with guests in the background.
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and a colleague smile as they demonstrate dental tools on a training mannequin, framed creatively through a dental model’s open mouth. The modern dental simulation lab is visible in the background with RCSI School of Dentistry branding on the monitors.
Three smiling guests, including alumni of the RCSI School of Dentistry, pose proudly with a dental model during the centre’s opening event. Background screens display visuals of the new Dental Education Centre.
We were pleased to welcome Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to open RCSI's purpose-built €12m Dental Education Centre in Sandyford yesterday - a milestone in the expansion of dental education in Ireland.
Learn more ➡️ rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIeducate @roinnslainte.bsky.social
11.07.2025 08:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Staying positive might protect against memory loss
How to boost your mood and help your memory stay sharp.
Want to remember things better as you get older? The secret might be simple: focus on feeling good.
In a new article for @theconversationuk.bsky.social, Professor Christian van Nieuwerburgh outlines how investing in wellbeing could prevent memory loss.
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10.07.2025 14:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Minister James Lawless TD, wearing a dark suit and patterned tie, is welcomed during the official opening of newly refurbished laboratories at the RCSI School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. He is pictured smiling alongside RCSI representatives and staff, including a researcher in a white lab coat, during a tour of the state-of-the-art teaching facilities. The group stands beside laboratory equipment in a modern, well-lit lab space.
Professor Cathal Kelly, Vice Chancellor of RCSI, and Minister James Lawless TD unveiling a commemorative plaque during the official opening of RCSI’s redeveloped School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. The two men are smiling and standing in a modern laboratory setting, with RCSI and PBS Science Lab branding visible in the background.
Professor Cathal Kelly, Vice Chancellor of RCSI, and Minister James Lawless TD unveiling a commemorative plaque during the official opening of RCSI’s redeveloped School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. The two men are smiling and standing in a modern laboratory setting, with RCSI and PBS Science Lab branding visible in the background.
Professor Cathal Kelly, Vice Chancellor of RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, addressing an audience at the opening of the redeveloped School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences science lab. He stands at a podium in a modern laboratory, with attendees listening in the foreground and a large screen displaying the lab's branding.
We were pleased to be joined by Minister for @deptoffhed.bsky.social James Lawless yesterday to open RCSI’s redeveloped School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences teaching labs - a €1.2 million investment in Irish health sciences education.
More ➡️ rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIeducate
10.07.2025 09:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The new Centre will support RCSI School of Dentistry's innovative Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree programme, enabling us to increase the number of dentists trained in Ireland and improve access to care where it is needed most.
#UNSDG3
10.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic for the RCSI Dental Education Centre in Sandyford, featuring a rendered image of a modern, bright, multi-storey building with large windows. The RCSI logo and text appear prominently on the left. Below the image, the text reads: ‘RCSI Dental Education Centre, Sandyford – Thursday, 10 July 2025’. A circular badge on the lower right corner notes RCSI’s #1 global ranking for ‘Good Health and Well-being’ in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025.
We are looking forward to welcoming Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill this morning for the opening of our new state-of-the-art Dental Education Centre in Sandyford.
#RCSIeducate @roinnslainte.bsky.social
10.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
RCSI opens next-generation laboratories to power the future of pharmacy and biomolecular sciences
RCSI has today celebrated the formal opening of its newly redeveloped School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences teaching labs. More ...
RCSI Vice Chancellor Professor Cathal Kelly thanked the Department and the HEA for their support.
Prof Kelly said the labs will enable RCSI to "prepare a new generation of pharmacists and health scientists to thrive in an ever-evolving health system.”
More ⬇️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
09.07.2025 16:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Minister @deptoffhed.bsky.social also noted that "RCSI has been a crucial partner in our efforts to expand training for healthcare professionals in order to ensure our health services have the high-quality graduates they need to serve the people of Ireland."
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Minister James Lawless, wearing a dark suit and patterned tie, is welcomed during the official opening of newly refurbished laboratories at the RCSI School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. He is pictured smiling alongside RCSI representatives and staff, including a researcher in a white lab coat, during a tour of the state-of-the-art teaching facilities. The group stands beside laboratory equipment in a modern, well-lit lab space.
Opening RCSI's redeveloped School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences labs, Minister James Lawless said “This state-of-the-art facility will be a centre of excellence, preparing our health science professionals of the future to hit the ground running."
🔗 www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIeducate
09.07.2025 16:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The new facilities will also support an increase in the pool of graduates who will go on to work in clinical patient-facing healthcare settings and the Irish BioPharma industry, making a significant contribution to health and well-being nationally.
09.07.2025 15:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We’re looking forward to welcoming Minister James Lawless @deptoffhed.bsky.social, to officially open RCSI’s redeveloped School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences teaching labs today. The redevelopment will increase the lab’s teaching capacity by 60%.
#RCSIeducate
09.07.2025 15:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Find a course
Applications are open for three new short courses for mid- and senior-level healthcare managers.
Taking place this summer, they are:
- MBA Essentials
- Summer Leadership Series
- Executive Leadership for Women in Healthcare
More: www.rcsi.com/online/find-...
09.07.2025 13:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Professor Donncha O’Brien appointed National Clinical Advisor in Neurosurgery
Professor Donncha O’Brien has been appointed as National Clinical Advisor in Neurosurgery for the RCSI National Clinical Programme in Surgery. More ...
Professor Donncha O’Brien has been appointed National Clinical Advisor in Neurosurgery for the RCSI National Clinical Programme in Surgery.
The new role will support the Programme in improving neurosurgical waiting list management and service delivery.
Read more ⬇️ www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
09.07.2025 08:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
