DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama Past and Present: A Celebration of 30 Years of the Bachelor of Music Performance Degree in DIT

Tonight we celebrate the success of the last three decades by connecting our Conservatory alumni and current students through what we do best. The music you will hear has been chosen specially for this evening and in many cases has a special meaning or memory for the groups/alumni involved. We are tremendously grateful to our alumni performing this evening: to the eleven featured soloists who represent many different eras of the last 30 years and who immediately said yes when we called, to the alumni who are performing tonight in our ensembles alongside our current students and staff, and to all the alumni who tried to be here but couldn\u27t come back due to their international performance committments, DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama offers a heartfelt thank you

TU-NET Joint Statement on Open Research

The statement demonstrates a sectoral commitment to meeting ambitious TU and national targets for Open research, benefitting the economy and society and asserts “that fully applying the principles of principles of openness, collaboration and accessibility to the research process is key to achieving optimum research outcomes and will more effectively catalyse regional economic development.

Investigating the Role of Gold Nanoparticle Shape and Size in Their Toxicities to Fungi

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are increasingly being used in a wide range of applications, and such they are being released in greater quantities into the environment. Consequently, the environmental effects of GNPs, especially toxicities to living organisms, have drawn great attention. However, their toxicological characteristics still remain unclear. Fungi, as the decomposers of the ecosystem, interact directly with the environment and critically control the overall health of the biosphere. Thus, their sensitivity to GNP toxicity is particularly important. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of GNP shape and size in their toxicities to fungi, which could help reveal the ecotoxicity of GNPs. Aspergillus niger, Mucor hiemalis, and Penicillium chrysogenum were chosen for toxicity assessment, and spherical and star/flower-shaped GNPs ranging in size from 0.7 nm to large aggregates of 400 nm were synthesised. After exposure to GNPs and their corresponding reaction agents and incubation for 48 h, the survival rates of each kind of fungus were calculated and compared. The results indicated that fungal species was the major determinant of the variation of survival rates, whereby A. niger was the most sensitive and M. himalis was the least sensitive to GNP exposure. Additionally, larger and non-spherical GNPs had relatively stronger toxicities

A Midsummer Night\u27s Dream

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Grangegorman 2019

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TU Dublin\u27s Central Quad September 2020 Update

A quick look at the progress in TU Dublin\u27s new Central Quad Building, set to open in Grangegorman during the 2020/21 Academic year