DCU plays key role in international research technology conference
The Core Technologies for Life Sciences Congress gives institutions the chance to network and share emerging technologies and best practices in shared resource and core facility management. Dublin City University was the leading partner on the bid for the conference which involved ten partners from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Vice President for Research, John Doyle said
“The level of north-south co-operation demonstrated in both attracting this event to Dublin and in its organisation, was a very welcome development, and strengthens the case for a shared all-island strategy in higher education, and for investment in shared research resources.”
Prof. Andrew Kellett from the School of Chemical Sciences presented research in drug discovery using high-throughput screening technologies at the CTLS meeting held in Croke Park, Dublin.
The talk also discussed recent large-scale SFI infrastructure funding secured by Prof. Kellett which will see the construction of a breakthrough robotic cancer cell screening facility, called AUTOPILOT, in the Nano Research Facility at DCU.
The conference at a glance
235 delegates
Representatives from 23 countries
64 delegates from Irish institutions
43 speakers including two keynote speakers