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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
🧬 💻 GOLD Lab is expanding!
We have 2 Postdoc opportunities in RNA #cancer #genomics to uncover how tumour mutations act through #lncRNAs to promote cancer. Covering cutting-edge genome editing, bioinformatics and large datasets (in. Genomics England).
🔗More details below
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
In this #SymposiumReview, Martin T. W. Kueh (@UCD_Conway @rcsiucdmalaysia) et al. discuss #oxyntomodulin physiology and its therapeutic development in #obesity and associated complications 🧠 ✍️
🔗 Read the article here: buff.ly/ZP8IwTi
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So well deserved! Delighted that Lorna Donlon has been recognised by the prestigious @TheRDS for her incredible work 🧵🔬🦠#cutfromthesamecloth @Researchirel
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
📃New report: Island of Ireland punches above its weight in #CancerResearch & Innovation worldwide, thanks to collaborative approach.
All-Island Cancer Research Landscape Report, supported by @IrishCancerSoc, was launched today by @AlCRIproject
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Congratulations @drkevinbyrne 🤝🎓
Delighted to be an honoree in the inaugural MRA Outstanding Instructor Award. I received an honorable mention for recent research publications co-authored with undergraduate students as part of the Wild Yeast Project. Very welcome international recognition
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
UCD is partnering in the ARC Hub for Therapeutics, a new €31.6m national research initiative dedicated to fast-tracking biomedical innovation into real-world therapies and companies, officially launched yesterday.
#euinmyregion #ARCHubForTherapeutics
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ALT Pictured (l-r) at the ARC Hub for Therapeutics launch event at Trinity are; Henry Abbott, European Commission Representation in Ireland; Dr Siobhan Roche, Research Ireland; Dr Colm O’Reardon, Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Prof. Vincent Kelly, ARC Hub for Therapeutics; Dr Araz Raoof, ARC Hub for Therapeutics; Prof. Sinéad Ryan, TCD; Dr Diarmuid O’Brien, Research Ireland and Enda Hogan, Southern Regional Assembly.
ALT Pictured (l-r) at the launch of the ARC Hub for Therapeutics are; Prof. William Gallagher (UCD), Deputy Academic Director; Prof. Leonie Young (RCSI), Deputy Academic Director and Prof. Vincent Kelly (Trinity), Academic Director.
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Congratulations to Conway Fellow, Dr Alison Reynolds on this success #OcuHealth 🎉
OcuHealth, an emerging eye therapeutics start-up, has been named winner of UCD's 2025 VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme, delivered by @NovaUCD to support the creation and launch of new start-ups emerging from @ucddublin.
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@Entirl @UCDinnovation
ALT Pictured is Dr Alison Reynolds, Assistant Professor, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and a fellow of the UCD Conway Institute, and a member of the OcuHealth team, winner of the 2025 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Award.
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
Proud to highlight this 💡
How cells adapt to low oxygen is key to understanding IBD & cancer
Prof Taylor’s @ucddublin @UCDMedicine @UCD_Conway is revealing how hypoxia reshapes metabolism & could inform therapy
➡️bit.ly/4rncjHD
#CancerResearch #IBDResearch #science
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INSPIRE programme is a very welcome investment in research infrastructure - €750m in research funding for higher education sector via @RTENews rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/112…
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#AIforGood Making a difference to the health of mothers and babies 👶 Vanessa Carvalho, PhD researcher @fniainle
Launching #UCD_Ai stories!
Meet Vanessa Carvalho, researcher with UCD's ConwaySPHERE group & #UCDAIHealthCareHub making a real difference to patients' lives
❤️'Every line of data is a person'
Learn more about UCD's #data #revolution in #health #UCD_Ai
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
Today is #InternationalMensDay, and we conclude our SBBS series with two tributes honouring academic and family mentorship:
💙 Matteo Prencipe, honoured by Dr Maria Prencipe
💙 Prof. Breandán Kennedy, celebrated by Camilla Maria Fontana
Full stories: ucd.ie/sbbs/about/equalitydi…
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
Day 2 of our #InternationalMensDay series celebrates mentors that build confidence and support early-career scientists in our school research community:
💙 Gary Brennan
💙 Breandán Kennedy
💙 David O’Connell
Read their mentee's stories➡️:
bit.ly/4r1Dtng
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
Gratz to @jf_grady, Dr John O'Grady, on passing his @ucddublin, @ucdagfood PhD viva today with no examiner corrections—a rare feat! 😀
Thx: @colmr @PatLonerganUCD #AlexBagnato @LaStatale (U of Milan)
Support: @Researchirel @GenomicsCRT @UCD_Conway @agriculture_ie @UCD_OneHealth
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🧬Congratulations to Prof Wenxin Wang @CharlesUCD @UCDMedicine, Prof Geraldine Butler @yeastpi @UCD_SBBS, Dr Martina Wallace @martina5wallace @ucdagfood on @Researchirel funding awards 🔬
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
🧠#ScienceWeek Catch Anupa Sara Paulose's talk 'Not All Brains Fight the Same: Why Women and Men Experience Alzheimer’s Disease Differently' at 10.30 & 11.30, 12 Nov @ExploriumI!
@anupa_sp is a Neuroscience PhD Candidate @UCD_SBBS. #UCDxExplorium
➡️explorium.ie
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
Registration is open for the 2025 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Showcase and Awards event on 26 Nov where the latest research-backed start-ups will be pitching their businesses to a panel of leading investors.
All welcome to register to attend.
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ALT Register to attend the 2025 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Showcase and Awards event on 26 Nov.
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
Delighted to be exhibiting ‘The Blossoming’ at the 5th Annual #CAYAS Conference in @CrokePark - nice to see the visual narrative told again by the talented @vincent_devine @AlCRIproject @ChildhoodCanIre @CanTeen_Ireland @UCD_Conway
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UCD Conway Institute retweeted
Delighted to share our review on the relevance of epigenetics for the diagnosis of bovine TB with @david_machugh and @Eamonn_Broc @ucdagfood @ucdvetmed @UCD_CHAS @UCD_Conway Funding from @Researchirel sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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'Encore on Tour' by @zoeryan23 🙏- a walk through of #cutfromthesamecloth exhibition, a merging of art, science and community captured at the launch event @dunamaise
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Tune in: Encore Zoe Ryan tonight 7pm Midlands 103 to hear about recent exhibition opening in @dunamaise #CutFromtheSameCloth - fabric stories of 164 women from minority communities in Ireland, 21 research stories of patterns seen in cells. midlands103.com/podcasts/enc…
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