Cian O' Connor

Fulbright Ireland NUI and HRB Health Impact Scholar 2024 | Postdoctoral Researcher @hseas, Harvard University & @TERG, RCSI |

[Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio]

Excited to be chosen as a @Fulbright_Eire -National University of Ireland and Fulbright-HRB HealthImpact Scholar! 🇮🇪🇺🇸 @NUIMerrionSq @hrbireland

Looking forward to working with Prof David Mooney's group @hseas on biomaterials for spinal cord repair
@TissueEngDublin @fjobrien

[Fulbright Ireland @Fulbright_Eire]

We are delighted to announce 21 #Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2024-2025. Congratulations!👏
#FulbrightFamily #FulbrightAwards #Ireland #USA 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Read the news: https://t.co/dk6k7P4sO5
Photo: Robbie Reynolds

[Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio]

Thanks to the @IRFUCharTrust , @ambercentre & @anat_soc for supporting this work.

Thanks to @fjobrien, @AdrianDervan, @iWoodsie at @TissueEngDublin, @RCSI_Irl & Maeve Caldwell @TCDPhysiology for all their help on this

[Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio]

Out now in Advanced Healthcare Materials @AdvPortfolio! We show that tuning scaffold stiffness and matrix composition can enhance the angiogenic, immunomodulatory and neurotrophic capacity of astrocyte progenitors for SCI applications

Read it here: https://t.co/7nBKawvrdP

[Journal of Anatomy @JournalofAnat]

Also from @TissueEngDublin, @RCSI_Irl we see how matrix proteins including laminin-1, fibronectin, and collagen-IV enhance neural cell growth & drive changes at both the whole-cell and nanoscale levels. These insights can help inform the design of biomaterial scaffolds! 🧠🔬

[Fulbright Ireland @Fulbright_Eire]

📌The 2026-27 U.S. #Fulbright Scholar competition is now open!🇺🇸 Learn about the opportunities available to U.S. professionals, artists & scholars to research/teach in Ireland. Join the @IIEglobal webinar on May 21 at 2PM EST (UTC/GMT -5:00).
➡️https://t.co/wAPMwEVcH1

[Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio]

Well done @J_C_Palomeque! Check out the paper below!

[Prof. Fergal O'Brien @fjobrien]

Well done to @J_C_Palomeque for leading this study just published on a VEGF-activated scaffold with enhanced angiogenic and neurogenic properties for chronic wound healing applications.
Funded by @Researchirel @ambercentre https://t.co/Oz0yAKLKIy

[Prof. Fergal O'Brien @fjobrien]

Well done to @J_C_Palomeque for leading this study just published on a VEGF-activated scaffold with enhanced angiogenic and neurogenic properties for chronic wound healing applications.
Funded by @Researchirel @ambercentre https://t.co/Oz0yAKLKIy

[AMBER @ambercentre]

AMBER Deputy Director Prof @fjobrien of @RCSI_Irl spoke on Today with Claire Byrne with Ciarán a participant in the PPI (Patient and Public Involvement) work part of spinal cord regeneration research in association with @IRFUCharTrust funded by AMBER

https://t.co/RHP1NQOGuw

[Michelle Huang @michshuang]

Excited to share our new review paper on organoid bioprinting in @natrevbioeng! 🎉

We highlight recent advances and envision a future that integrates organoid biology and biofabrication approaches to engineer complex tissues. Hope you enjoy! 😊

🔓: https://t.co/32SgQUvt0D

[Marcello Trucas @TrucasMarcello]

Proud to share our latest article on the JoA, great team 🙏 @FabQu_ 💪&
@AdrianDervan. Results pave the way for the dev. of new models to study human CNS in ageing and disease. Thanks to Prof. Lee, Prof @fjobrien, @claudio_intini, Marko Dobricic. https://t.co/fW7WJadYRH

[Jack Maughan @maughan_jack]

Delighted that I'll be presenting at Materials Research Society in Boston, this Thursday at 9AM! If you're here in Boston, come and hear about my work in graphene-based microelectrode arrays for neural interfacing, or drop me a DM to meet or chat online!
#F24MRS

[Liam Leahy @liamolaochdha]

I will be presenting at the Materials Research Society #F24MRS Conference in Boston this Monday at 11:00. Swing by to hear about my work on 3D-printed electroconductive scaffolds and electrostimulation for spinal cord injury repair, or DM me to meet and talk about it further!

[Ian Woods @iWoodsie]

I'm going to be giving a talk this Wed (4:30 pm) at #F24MRS on my work at @TissueEngDublin on 3D-printed MXene-based scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair and how melt-electrowritten microarchitectures can drive delivery of electrical stimulation. Check it out/DM me to meet!

[David Hoey @HoeyLab]

🚀 Exciting PhD / Postdoc Opportunities in Biomedical Engineering/Immunology at Trinity College Dublin🚀

More information on the project and positions can be found at https://t.co/MgS6Qw1pEB 🌟

Feel free to share this post with your network #PhD #Postdoc #JobOpportunity #Hiring

[Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio]

@CiaraWalsh_1 @PhillipsLab @MarieSestier @DooleyLab Congrats Ciara!

[Harvey Sihota @HarveySihota]

Neurotrophic extracellular matrix proteins promote neuronal and iPSC astrocyte progenitor cell- and nano-scale process extension for neural repair applications - O’Connor, C., Mullally, R.E., McComish, S.F., O’Sullivan, J., Woods, I., Schoen, I. et al.

https://t.co/XGa1Qck4sY

[Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio]

@0lgaPiskareva @TissueEngDublin @anat_soc @ambercentre @IRFUCharTrust Thanks Olga!

[Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio]

Happy to have this study out where we looked at neuronal and astrocyte progenitor responses to different matrix proteins at the cell and nanoscale level 🔬🧠

Thanks to @anat_soc @ambercentre @IRFUCharTrust for the support

👇 Check out the paper here👇
https://t.co/YffK1Towqy

[Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio]

It was great to work with Rena Mullally, supervisors @fjobrien & @AdrianDervan, all the team in @TissueEngDublin and @CaldwellMaeve lab at @TCDPhysiology on this

Thanks to @physoc for the professional development award and @MicroscopyIrl for supporting my STED training!

[Zaida Alvarez laboratory @zaidalpi]

🚨 Looking for a postdoc interested in applying for the Fundación Tatiana’s postdoctoral fellowships at @IBECBarcelona ! 🚨
📌 Requirements:
1.Spanish nationality
https://t.co/WuQ9cAhkpd obtained between 2020-24
🗓️ Deadline: November 11th
🔗 More info: https://t.co/rZLf3O3JB9

[Michael Monaghan @drmgmonaghan]

We have x2 funded #PhD positions available in our group. Feel free to share and check out https://t.co/UHUUs9WiFN for more information.