{"id":638119,"date":"2026-09-28T02:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T02:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/638119\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T02:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T02:46:38","slug":"young-scientist-winner-wins-special-jury-award-at-european-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/638119\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Scientist winner wins Special Jury Award at European contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition winner Aoibheann Daly has been awarded a top prize while representing Ireland at the EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS).<\/p>\n<p>At the closing ceremony in Germany this weekend, Ms Daly, a student at Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk in Tralee, received the Special Jury Award for Youth, a core prize awarded directly by the European Commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The prize represents the highest recognition for the best scientific projects presented during the contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She received the honour for her project, &#8216;GlioScope: Multi-task Deep Learning and Causal AI for Glioma &amp; Glioblastoma Profiling&#8217;, which was her winning project at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/munster\/arid-41773076.html\">the 2026 national event<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Through the project, Ms Daly aims to use <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/artificial-intelligence_topic-2072861.html\">artificial intelligence<\/a> to help doctors diagnose and treat brain cancer and improve patient care.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Aoibheann was also chosen to participate as a finalist at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2027 in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The EUCYS competition took place in Kiel, Germany. More than 140 young scientists from 36 European and international guest teams showcased their research across a range of scientific disciplines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Receiving a core prize at EUCYS and being selected as a finalist for Regeneron ISEF 2027 is an incredible honour,&#8221; Ms Daly said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;To represent Ireland on the European stage was already a privilege, and I&#8217;m hugely grateful to the Stripe Young Scientist &amp; Technology Exhibition, my teachers, family, and everyone who supported me along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mari Cahalane, EUCYS national organiser for Ireland, said she was &#8220;delighted&#8221; to see Aoibheann receive a core prize at EUCYS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;This highlights the consistently outstanding quality of projects emerging from Stripe YSTE, and the exceptional scientific talent nurtured across Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Alison Ahern, of the international financial tech giant Stripe, said that from the moment Ms Daly presented her project, it was &#8220;clear that her work combined scientific rigour, innovation, and real-world impact.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;To see that recognised on the European stage is a proud moment for Irish science, and reflects the extraordinary standard of young scientific talent in Ireland, which we at Stripe are honoured to play a small part in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Aoibheann&#8217;s research with Glioscope aims to help doctors predict what genetic mutation is likely to be present from a simple MRI brain scan, in order to make quicker treatment decisions and reduce risk for the patient. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As there are no good methods currently to identify such mutations, doctors must rely on samples of brain tissue, which carries a high risk of bleeding in the brain for patients, as well as being slow and expensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Head judge for the Health and Wellbeing category, Professor Catherine Darker, said: \u201cBrain cancer is a devastating condition for people. Glioscope, developed by a 15-year-old student, is an extraordinary achievement.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition winner Aoibheann Daly has been awarded a top prize while representing Ireland at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,2334,219,835,61,60,2137,80],"class_list":["post-638119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence-ai","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-education","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-life-sciences","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}