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Founded in 1784 as the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) with national responsibility for training surgeons in Ireland, today RCSI is an innovative, world-leading international health sciences university and research institution offering education and training at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional level. RCSI clinicians and researchers strive to share their knowledge and discoveries to empower people with information that leads them to better health.

In POLINA, RCSI is the project coordinator and contributes to the development of lithographic patterning as well as its application integration for tracheal implants and spheroid models.