Here’s a quick summary of some of the events that you could go along to during the Startup Gathering in the coming week.

The world’s first and only synthetic biology accelerator programme in Cork is positioning Ireland at the forefront of a wave of innovation that could revolutionise industry across the globe.

From life-prolonging yogurts to non-allergenic peanuts, teams of researchers from all over the world have descended on UCC with the common goal of creating scientific magic.

Seven companies spent last night pitching for investment from leading venture capitalists and angel investors at Cork’s County Hall.

From Italian fashion to food and photo-sharing, a select group of start-up companies based in the heart of Cork City are embarking on a 12-week course designed to hone their skills across an eclectic range of issues.

AT a family gathering in Cork City on a recent weekend, I walked through a Japanese garden, the owner of which is a dedicated cultivator of bonsai trees.

Bank of Ireland has selected Cork as the test bed for its first ever accelerator programme which will be home to 10 innovative start-ups from September.

Is the brain drain a constraint or an opportunity for growth?

Bill Liao’s daughter’s diagnosis with type 1 diabetes has fired his latest passion — reprogramming biological cells.

The CorkMEET business conference will focus on business networking and opportunities for Cork companies when it takes place on Apr 10.

The world’s youngest app developer was just another kid beside the dozens of Irish students teaching Europe to write code in a European Parliament meeting room.

Guidance counsellors said “it should be no surprise that the problem of cyberbullying is exploding” when vulnerable children cannot access counselling sessions in school due to government cutbacks.

The Irish whizz kid who, at just 12, became the world’s youngest app developer has unveiled a new game that’s set to be another smash hit.

They are the computer programmers of tomorrow who are hardwired to succeed.

The youngest ever eircom Spider Award winner was announced last night at the annual internet award ceremony at the National Convention Centre, Dublin.

CoderDojo is a not-for-profit organisation founded by James Whelton and entrepreneur Bill Liao.

Last April, Cork teenager Joanne O’Riordan delivered a keynote speech to the UN in New York.

The third annual Dot Conf digital conference is taking place at the National College of Ireland in Dublin today.

More than 300 of Ireland’s internet community will gather in Dublin this Friday for the dot conf a conference which seeks to support the growth and development of the web industry in Ireland.

Three West Cork schoolboy entrepreneurs who created a drink made from seaweed have landed a prize worth €20,000 to help kickstart their business.

It’s a bartering system ideally suited for the economic times we’re in — a free exchange of labour or skills between people.

Fresh capital from Enterprise Ireland’s early-stage investment initiative is to create more than 340 jobs by the end of 2014, 143 of which should come on stream this year.

A €15,000 prize fund, four ‘warhorses’ and one blindingly good business idea — that’s Clon’trepreneur, an initiative by a West Cork town determined to stimulate local employment.

Applications have flooded in and are long closed for The Entrepreneur Experience 2012, the second annual non-stop 24-hour business fast-tracking event widely dubbed Sleepless in Kinsale.

An informal group helping children and teens develop their skills as computer coders started in Cork last year — and it’s just about to go global, writes Tommy Barker

THE 24-hour Entrepreneur Experience event is looking for aspiring entrepreneurs eager to fast track ideas into real opportunities.

With the eurozone crisis showing no sign of letting up and the Irish economy receding in the last quarter, Brian O’Grady looks at what the current climate is like for start-up businesses seeking investment

EUROPE’S “most dangerous woman” is expected in Cork next month to advise businesses on how to do better.

BIG world, or small world? For people like Bill Liao, it’s both.

THERE’S no shortage of entrepreneurs in Ireland, according to one of the world’s leading businessmen.

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind…” so sang Bob Dylan in the enigmatic verses of his lyric on The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, an album released in May, 1963.