The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, James Lawless, announced the reciepients of €23.6 M in funding through Research Ireland‘s ‘Frontiers for the Future’ grants this week. Five Principal Investigators at the University of Galway have been awarded funds under this scheme, four of which are hosted at our own reseach centre. More than €5 million in funding will go toward expanding the research of the Gahan, Lowndes, Morrison, and Santocanale groups into new frontiers of research in chromosome biology.

These announcements come on the heels of the Frank group being awarded a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award for further research in Hydractinia. When it comes to good news at the CCB – when it rains, it pours! We congratulate all the research groups in their awards and wish them success in their new frontiers alongside their fellow colleagues at the CCB with ongoing projects.

If you would be interested in joining the talented network of researchers at the CCB, please see our open positions here or contact other group leaders to discuss alternative possibilities.

For PI’s interested in joining this collaborative cohort of chromosome biologists, please contact our Director (noel.lowndes@universityofgalway.ie) or another relevant group leader.