We officially launched our €4m EIC Pathfinder Challenge project, DNA Infrastructure for Storage and Computation (DISCO), in partnership with prgm.dev and tilibit nanosystems.

From left to right, front: Abeer Eshra, Rachel Msetfi, Damien Woods, Kim Reilly. Back: Janet Adio, Constantine Evans, Angel Cervera Roldan, Ahmed Shalaby, Cai Wood.


The launch event was held on Monday 21st Oct 2024, in the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University, with folks joining in-person and online. Maynooth's Vice-President for Research and Innovation, Prof Rachel Msetfi, gave an overview of European funding at Maynooth and an introduction, followed by a presentation by Damien on the DISCO project which included acknowledging the many folks helping to create our exciting research environment for DNA computing and storage. Lunch followed.

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