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Student wins Young Scientist with cancer diagnosis tool
Aoibheann Daly won €7,500 for GlioScope, an AI tool predicting brain cancer mutations from MRI scans, reducing invasive biopsies and aiding treatment decisions.
- On Friday, Aoibheann Daly, a fourth‑year student at Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk in Tralee, won the 2026 Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with GlioScope, earning €7,500 and representing Ireland at the EU Contest for Young Scientists later this year.
- From nearly 2,000 entries this year, 550 finalist projects faced stiff competition, with doctors relying on slow, costly brain tissue samples driving demand for non-invasive AI diagnostics.
- The award was presented by Minister Hildegarde Naughton and Patrick Collison, with Professor Catherine Darker praising Aoibheann for combining medicine and computer science to improve early brain cancer intervention.
- The jam-packed exhibition saw more than 1,000 students present 550 projects and more than 200 awards were handed out, while Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tanaiste Simon Harris and Patrick Collison, Stripe co-founder, toured the event.
- Stripe, this year’s main sponsor, said they were impressed by the talent on display after taking over from BT Ireland, while nearly a quarter of projects examined AI, highlighting future collaboration optimism.
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Kerry student (15) wins Young Scientist contest with ‘stunning’ work on tool to improve treatment of brain cancer
A fourth-year student from Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk in Co Kerry has won the 2026 Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with her tool aimed at helping doctors improve the treatment of brain cancer.
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