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  • Queen’s to help build Northern Ireland ‘Food Fortress’ 16 May, 2013 A global food safety expert has called on the government to work together with Queen’s University and local food producers to build a Northern Ireland ‘Food Fortress’. The call follows the publication today of the Agri-Food Strategy Board’s report on the future of the Northern Ireland agri-food sector. The report has strongly endorsed a ‘Food Fortress’ approach from Queen’s Institute for Global Food Security, recommending that the Institute be commissioned to review the Northern Ireland food supply chain. Professor Chris Elliott, a world authority on food safety and Director of the Institute for Global Food Security, says the report presents a golden opportunity for the Northern Ireland government to work together with Queen’s world-leading scientists, local farmers and food producers to hel...)
  • Queen’s scientists develop ‘magic bullet’ nanomedicine for Acute Lung Injury 15 May, 2013 Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have devised a ‘magic bullet’ nanomedicine which could become the first effective treatment for Acute Lung Injury or ALI, a condition affecting 20 per cent of all patients in intensive care. There are 15,000 cases of ALI every year in the UK. The main causes are road traffic accidents and infections, and many with the condition die as a result of lung failure. ALI patients can become critically ill and develop problems with breathing when their lungs become inflamed and fill with fluid. These patients frequently require ventilators to aid breathing within an ICU hospital unit. An ICU bed costs the NHS in excess of £1800 per day. There are currently no effective treatments for this serious condition, but in a joint collaboration between the School of Pharmacy and Centre for I...)
  • Queen’s leads €5M European effort to ReNEW approach to waste 13 May, 2013 A new €4.88 million research project at Queen’s University Belfast is aiming to recover valuable materials from the estimated 5.2 tonnes of waste we generate per person each year. Known as ReNEW, the QUESTOR Centre at Queen’s is leading the project and is working with the Department of the Environment and Belfast City Council to identify the needs of Northern Ireland’s waste management industry and facilitate innovation among SMEs in the waste sector.  Through the project the DoE will fund a new member of staff for WRAP, the Waste Resources Action Programme to develop policy areas related to resource recovery. ReNEW (Resource Innovation Network for European Waste) is a European initiative to bring together researchers, public authorities and businesses to explore new ways to extract valuable resources – ...)
  • Queen’s ranked among the world’s best universities 13 May, 2013 Queen’s University Belfast has been ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world according to a new report by the QS World University Rankings by Subject. Out of 30 subjects evaluated, Queen’s now has 5 subjects in the top 100; English, History, Geography, Law, and Politics and International Studies, with a further 13 in the top 200. For these rankings, QS Intelligence Unit (QSIU), evaluated 2,858 universities and ranked 678 institutions in total. Now in its 3rd year, the QS World University Rankings by Subject series takes into the account the opinion of academics and employers via a global survey. Professor Shane O’Neill, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen’s said: “It is a marvellous accolade for the University to have so many key subjects in the Faculty...)
  • Queen’s appoints CERN Director as Honorary Professor 07 May, 2013 Queen’s University has appointed the Director of Accelerators and Technology at CERN, Dr Steve Myers, as an Honorary Professor. Professor Myers, who is also a Queen’s graduate, has been appointed Honorary Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.  He will visit the University twice a year giving presentations to undergraduates and masters classes and will advise on research opportunities and will contribute to the University’s strategic research plans. Professor Myers, as Director of Accelerators and Technology at CERN, currently has one of the most prominent engineering positions in the world with complete charge of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He has been at the forefront of engineering that has enabled many of the advances in physics over the last 20 years.  He is a Fellow of the...)
  • New report reveals 70,000 people living with cancer in Northern Ireland today 02 May, 2013 Some 70,000 people in Northern Ireland are living with a diagnosis of cancer made within the last 18 years (69,377 people as of 31st December 2010), according to a report being launched today by Queen’s University’s Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, in association with Macmillan Cancer Support. Living with and beyond cancer provides the first ever detailed picture of cancer prevalence in Northern Ireland, which is defined as the number of living people who have ever had a cancer diagnosis. The report reveals that the number of people living with cancer in Northern Ireland has risen by 3.5 per cent annually since 1993.Excluding the rarely fatal Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC), the number of people who are living in Northern Ireland following a diagnosis made within the last 18 years was 45,265. The report also analyses the chan...)