A Tralee student has won has won the top prize at this year's Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition for developing a tool to diagnose brain cancer.
Aoibheann Daly is a fourth year student from Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk.
Her winning project GlioScope is designed to help doctors improve the treatment of brain cancer.
Her work involves developing an AI deep-learning model which allows doctors to predict what genetic mutations are likely to be present after examining MRI brain scans.
This model reduces the need for invasive biopsies.
"Aoibheann has brought together scientific areas of medicine with computer science to improve the chances of early intervention for people with brain cancer," said Professor Catherine Darker, head judge for the health and wellbeing category.
Professor Darker described the Tralee student's work as stunning.
The Stripe YSTE trophy was presented to Aoibheann by Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton, and Stripe co-founder and former Young Scientist winner Patrick Collison.
Aoibheann also received a prize of €7,500, and will represent Ireland at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Kiel in Germany next September.
It's the second year in a row that Kerry has won the top prize in the Young Scientist competition. Last year sisters Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy won the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for their project called 'Aid Care Treat', a medical assistance app designed to support emergency healthcare response.
