€3 million announced for DCU Life Sciences

15/12/2022

An investment of €3 million to support life sciences at DCU was announced by President Daire Keogh on Tuesday, 14th December. The funds will support the expansion of open access equipment suites at DCU with expert technical support.

"This will help DCU to build a really strong reputation in life sciences based on what we already have here," said the Vice-President of Research, Professor John Doyle, speaking at a reception in the NCBI building where the expanded open access facilities will be based.

The funding announcement took place in the context of a life sciences strategy for DCU due to be published next year, said the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Health, Professor Michelle Butler.

"We have been working very closely with the life sciences community to identify what the priorities are for the equipment and the facilities," the Dean said.

It is expected that the life sciences strategy will be in place next year when a new Director of Life Sciences will also be appointed.

Christine Loscher, Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean for Research at DCU, who attended the reception, said the funding was 'good news' and shows how much DCU values its life sciences research.

The investment, said Prof Loscher, will see an increase in the number of principal investigators involved in life sciences at the university and enhance our multi-disciplinary approach to research at DCU.

"It's great to end 2022 on such a positive note," she said.