Family-run company mBryonics is at the cutting edge of satellite technology and is looking to expand 7th February, 2021
John Mackey, chief executive, mBryonics: firm employs 12 people at its HQ in Galway Picture: Andrew Downes xposure
A satellite communications company run by three siblings in Galway can count the European Space Agency (ESA) among its high-profile customers.
John, Ruth and David Mackey, the founders of mBryonics, are at the cutting edge of research into optics and photonics technologies for space satellites.
The company is now in recruitment mode, with plans to create eight jobs for engineers, scientists and industrial designers this year at a new cleanroom facility in Galway, which will be used to manufacture advanced space technologies.
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Dr Lynette Keeney at Tyndall National Institute is leading research into groundbreaking materials that are bringing us closer to next-generation data storage.
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Minister Harris announces â¬193 million investment in five world- leading SFI Research Centres
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD today announced an investment of â¬193 million in five Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres for six years.
The five centres will carry out research into smart medical devices, e-health, telecommunications networks, cybersecurity, smart cities, artificial intelligence, ethics and data privacy, as well as applied geosciences, energy security and marine resources.
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Minister Heydon announces grant awards of over â¬1 million under two transnational European Research Area Networks
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, today announced awards by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of over â¬1 million for Irish researchers, collaborating in five international research projects. These awards arise under European Research Area Networks (ERANETs) co-funded competitive research Calls and relate to information and communications technology (ICT) and data innovations in the agri-food system, and the improvement of animal health via novel vaccine technology platforms and diagnostics.
Announcing the awards today the Minister said: