BiOrbic Director Wins UCD Innovation Award
Yesterday, BiOrbic’s Director Kevin O’Connor received Innovation Champion of the Year Award from UCD’s start-up hub, NovaUCD. Professor O’Connor was presented with the award by Professor Orla Feely, President of
Scoil Mhuire Wins Environmental Innovators 2025
Students from Scoil Mhuire, Trim were crowned National Champions of the Agri Aware and BiOrbic Environmental Innovators Transition Year Programme at the Bord Bia Global Hub in Dublin yesterday. Students,
BiOrbic Hosts February Bioeconomy Forum
Today BiOrbic welcomed members of the Bioeconomy Forum to University College Dublin for their February meeting. The day started with tours of our Biomanufacturing Suite, where researchers working on sustainable,
Talent4BBI Summer School at ADM, Valenica
Last week, our Talent4BBI group of PhD students had the privilege of attending an engaging training session hosted by ADM in Valencia, Spain. The experience was both eye-opening and inspiring,
Second Year of Generation Glas Launches
Last week, BiOrbic, Ireland’s national bioeconomy research centre, and Foróige proudly launched the second year of their flagship youth sustainability ambassador programme, Generation Glas, with 25 teenagers taking part for
Webinar: Open Science and Data Management in research proposals
BiOrbic, iCRAG and I-Form SFI Centres once again joined forces to deliver a research funding training webinar on, ‘Open Science and Data Management in research proposals.’ This webinar was the
BiOrbic ‘Slow Fashion’ Exhibition at UCD
The second edition of BiOrbic’s ‘Green is the New Black‘ slow fashion course culminated in a slow fashion exhibition at UCD last week. Run by BiOrbic researchers, the course is
First Generation Glas Summer School huge success!
BiOrbic and Foróige welcomed 13 students to University College Dublin for the first Generation Glas Summer School from the 9th-11th of August! Generation Glas is an 8-month programme, combining in-person and remote workshops, lectures
Talent4BBI Summer School Empowers Early-Stage Researchers in Bio-Based Industries
The MSCA Talent4BBI Summer School, held at Novamont from June 26th to 30th, in Novara, Italy, provided a transformative learning experience for early-stage researchers (ESRs) aiming to excel in the
