Andrew O'Connor, PhD

PhD in Infection Biology in UCD. Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Awardee. All views are my own.

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

Estimated Tally for Dublin Rathdown. Connolly 51%
Gavin 9%
Humphreys 40% #Aras25

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua, Ballyogan #Aras25

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

Our Lady’s Boys National School, Ballinteer Dundrum #Aras25

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

St Attractas Jnr School, Dundrum, Dublin #Rathdown #GE24 #GE24

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

St Brigids Boys NS, Stillorgan, Dublin #Rathdown #GE24 #Election2024

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

Muslim National School, Stillorgan. #Rathdown #GE24

[Siobhán McClean @mcclean_siobhan]

Congratulations @AndrewO_Connor_ on your PhD conferring today. Well deserved 🎉 A pleasure to work with you & supervise your #CysticFibrosis research project which started in @WeAreTUDublin & finished @UCD_SBBS @ucddublin Thanks @IrishResearch for funding. #Burkholderia #proudPI

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

Officially Dr. Andrew O’Connor!! I am delighted to have been able to graduate today in person from @ucddublin with my PhD in infection biology. A big thank you to my supervisor @mcclean_siobhan for all her support. It was a great day spent with family. #PhD #ImADoctor #UCD

[Siobhán McClean @mcclean_siobhan]

Huge congratulations to
Dr @AndrewO_Connor_ on successful completion of his PhD viva today @UCD_SBBS. It was a pleasure to supervise his PhD project. Thanks Annette Vergunst & @dr_Jen_Mitchell as examiners @IrishResearch for funding #Burkholderia #Adaptation #cysticfibrosis

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

Delighted to say that today I successfully completed my PhD viva over zoom! I would like to thank my examiners @dr_Jen_Mitchell and Annette Vergunst for a fantastic discussion. And a big thank you to my supervisor @mcclean_siobhan for all her help and support. @IrishResearch

[Siobhán McClean @mcclean_siobhan]

Very clear explanation of Covid-19 structures, potential treatments & vaccines by @mark_coughlan with @geraldmbarry @ucddublin

[Siobhán McClean @mcclean_siobhan]

100 days of Science to tackle #COVID19 What will the next 100 days bring? Great video by @Mark_Coughlan @RTE_PrimeTime capturing the scientific advances in such a short space of time. Delighted to have been involved @UCD_SBBS @UCD_Conway

[Department of Health @roinnslainte]

Analysis of public health contact tracing has shown that the average number of close contacts per confirmed case has decreased from 20+ to the region of 5 contacts. This shows that the public is following health advice and actively limiting the amount of people they engage with.

[UCD MicroSoc @ucdmicrosoc]

A focused meeting on ‘Microbes in Medicine’ will be held @tcddublin on 24-25th Oct 2019.
The extended deadline for abstract submission is this Thursday, Sept 5th 2019.
Further details about registration, abstract submission and grants are available at: https://t.co/csoNXjPBHy

[Siobhán McClean @mcclean_siobhan]

Looking forward to this opportunity to talk about our research on June 30th in Dublin city centre at the @SoapboxSciIRL #Dublin event. #SciComm #VaccinesSaveLives @UCD_SBBS

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

Looking forward to presenting my research today on investigating the chronic infection of Burkholderia cepacia complex in cystic fibrosis at #MicroBio19 in Belfast. Come along to see me in Hall 2A at 11:30am @MicrobioSoc @IrishResearch @UCD_SBBS

[Andrew O'Connor, PhD @AndrewO_Connor_]

A great talk from Dr. Pauline Paterson of the London School of School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on “Vaccine Hesitancy”
#Microbio19 @MicrobioSoc

[PharmToxUCD @PharmToxUCD]

Just over a month to go 🙈 have you got your ticket yet?! No doubt this will be an amazing, lively night with lots of entertainment 💃🏻🕺🏻- raffles, live band and an amazing 4 course meal at the Royal Marine Hotel. Get in touch ASAP to reserve your spot!

[UCD MicroSoc @ucdmicrosoc]

What a fascinating evening at our Microbiome event in collaboration with @PharmToxUCD. Thank you to everyone who came and a big thank you to our speakers @AlanEdHoban @harschellekens @sineadccorr and @NuritasResearch
We also appreciate @BritPharmSoc for sponsoring this event.

[UCD MicroSoc @ucdmicrosoc]

Our Microbiome event includes speakers who will discuss interesting areas such as “Gut-brain axis at the interface of appetite, food & mood” and the “Gut Microbiome on Brain and Behaviour”

Register for this free event at https://t.co/fjqi6vI4C1…

#Microbiome #UCDMicroSoc