SFI funding of €30 million announced, two major DCU projects funded

€30 million in funding was announced last Friday by Minister Damien English and will be delivered by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation through the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Investigators Programme. The money will go to fund twenty-three projects in over fourteen institutions. Congratulations to Tia Keyes and Richard O'Kennedy who have two major projects funded as part of this announcement. Prof Keyes project will build advanced models of the cell-membrane that will help build our understanding of how Alzheimers and Cancer develop and can be treated. Prof Kennedy's project will asses the extent to which freshwater algal microcystin toxins aid the development of Colorectal and liver cancer, the 3rd and 6th most common cancers globally.  Pictured above are Professor Anne-Marie Healy, TCD; Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland; Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD; and Professor Richard O'Kennedy, DCU. You can find more information on this funding on the SFI website.