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Neuroscientists at the University of Galway have made an exciting discovery that could revolutionise stem cell-based brain repair therapy for Parkinson’s disease.

Sketches for an Artificial Forest by artist Catriona Gallagher will open at the Roscommon Arts Centre tomorrow evening (Friday, November 10).

Professor Roger Watson has recently assumed the role of Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the School of Nursing at NUI Galway.

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has bestowed NUI Galway’s Professor Brian McStay with the lifetime honour of EMBO membership in recognition of his achievements in the life sciences.

A team at NUI Galway has been awarded funding of US$300,000 from The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research to develop a novel approach to brain repair for Parkinson’s disease.

CHAGRIN FALLS, an exhibition of new work by Blaise Drummond, comprised primarily of landscape paintings, is running at the Engage Art Studios gallery, Churchfields, Salthill.

NUI Galway will host the 43rd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium, the largest Surgical Conference in Ireland, from 7-8 September. The Symposium, named in memory of the Galway-born surgeon, Sir Peter Freyer, who performed the first successful surgical operation to remove an enlarged prostate in 1900, comprises of multiple research and education sessions across the various surgical subspecialties, two keynote addresses and a discussion forum around the future of Surgical Care in Ireland.

Professor Donncha O’Connell of the School of Law at NUI Galway has been appointed by the Government to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland.

The Mayo Association Dublin hosted their annual awards banquet in the Ballsbridge hotel, Dublin, last Friday night. Over 520 guests were in attendance at the event which saw Maria Walsh, former Rose of Tralee, act as MC on the evening.

As the holiday season winds down, we can sometimes feel a little worn down and be more susceptible to colds and flu.