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SciFest 2025!

DISCO coordinator Prof Damien Woods, postdoctoral researcher Dr Abeer Eshra and project manager Dr Kim Reilly were delighted to be invited as judges for the 2025 SciFest competition at Maynooth Post Primary. SciFest is an annual programme that seeks to inspire the...
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#DigNA webinars!

Our current digital data storage technologies are reaching 🌍sustainability limits due to high energy consumption and reliance on scarce and toxic materials, as well as having  limited data integrity over time. To address these challenges, the European Commission...
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Senior Postdoc and Junior Postdoc needed!

Are you looking for a new role in 2025? We are recruiting for Senior Postdoc and Junior Postdoc positions to work on DNA computation and DNA molecular robotics - closing date is 23rd March 2025.Roles are full time and based at Maynooth University, Ireland. To read...
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The 5th busy Beaver number is solved! BB(5) = 47,176,870

DISCO collaborator, Tristan, and his friends over on bbchallenge.org have settled the 5th Busy Beaver number, or BB(5), by finally announcing that they've proved BB(5) = 47,176,870. The work includes verifying the proof in the automated theorem-prover Coq, and now...
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We are hiring!

Great opportunity to work in the cutting edge research area of DNA nanotechnology in our Maynooth University TAPDANCE lab (https://dna.hamilton.ie/). We are looking for a talented Technical Officer with expertise in techniques including atomic force microscopy (AFM),...
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State of the Art DNA Data Storage

The first DigNA webinar is happening on Thursday .🧬State of the Art DNA Data Storage 🧬 presented by Robert Grass and Tomaz Karcnik (Karčnik)🗓️: Thursday, 12 December 2024, 14:00 CET📍: Zoom meeting https://lnkd.in/d2cKwxbh📥: get your calendar invite...
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We are hiring!

We are hiring for some exciting roles : Postdoc and Senior Postdoc - Closing date 23rd March 2025. Full details here: https://my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecruit/apply?id=032822 Technical Officer - Closing date 5th January 2025. Full details here:...
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DISCO public launch

As part of Maynooth University Research Week 2024 we were delighted to host a public launch of our EIC Pathfinder Challenge project, in partnership with prgm.dev and tilibit nanosystems. The event was held on Monday 21st Oct 2024, in the...
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DISCO at Maynooth University Research Week

As part of Maynooth University Research Week 2024 the DISCO team are delighted to formally launch the DISCO project. The event will take place at 1.30pm on Monday 21st October in the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University. It will include a short presentation of...
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#DigNA Portfolio Meeting

We were delighted to attend the first DNA-based digital data storage (#DigNA) portfolio meeting which took place in Munich last week. DISCO is one of 9 #EUeic funded projects from the 2022 #EUeic Pathfinder challenge in DNA based data storage. The portfolio is managed...
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SciFest 2025!

SciFest 2025!

Mar 7, 2025

DISCO coordinator Prof Damien Woods, postdoctoral researcher Dr Abeer Eshra and project manager Dr Kim Reilly were...

read more
#DigNA webinars!

#DigNA webinars!

Mar 7, 2025

Our current digital data storage technologies are reaching 🌍sustainability limits due to high energy consumption and...

read more
We are hiring!

We are hiring!

Dec 16, 2024

Great opportunity to work in the cutting edge research area of DNA nanotechnology in our Maynooth University TAPDANCE...

read more
We are hiring!

We are hiring!

Nov 6, 2024

We are hiring for some exciting roles : Postdoc and Senior Postdoc - Closing date 23rd March 2025. Full details here:...

read more
DISCO public launch

DISCO public launch

Oct 25, 2024

As part of Maynooth University Research Week 2024 we were delighted to host a public launch of our EIC Pathfinder...

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