UCD Conway Institute

We uncover the hidden workings of the human body to understand what keeps us healthy—and what goes wrong when disease strikes. Tweets by Elaine Quinn

[GOLD Lab @GOLDLab_UCD]

🧬 💻 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

[Journal of Physiology @JPhysiol]

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: https://t.co/CVPRrO62zO

[UCD Conway Institute @UCD_Conway]

So well deserved! Delighted that Lorna Donlon has been recognised by the prestigious @TheRDS for her incredible work 🧵🔬🦠#cutfromthesamecloth @Researchirel
https://t.co/9dWE1Nzcia

[UCD Research @UCD_Research]

📃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

https://t.co/WWmKV9Zcqu

[UCD Conway Institute @UCD_Conway]

Congratulations @drkevinbyrne 🤝🎓

[Kevin Byrne @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
https://t.co/6sJUUAzjdV

[NovaUCD @NovaUCD]

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

https://t.co/yOaZ7SX58O

[UCD Conway Institute @UCD_Conway]

Congratulations to Conway Fellow, Dr Alison Reynolds on this success #OcuHealth 🎉

[NovaUCD @NovaUCD]

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.

https://t.co/hJyuW0Hrvb

@Entirl @UCDinnovation

[UCD College of Health & Agricultural Science @UCD_CHAS]

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
➡️https://t.co/NNx5MPxyDx
#CancerResearch #IBDResearch #science

[UCD Conway Institute @UCD_Conway]

INSPIRE programme is a very welcome investment in research infrastructure - €750m in research funding for higher education sector via @RTENews https://t.co/GZdEZwTBrn

[UCD Conway Institute @UCD_Conway]

#AIforGood Making a difference to the health of mothers and babies 👶 Vanessa Carvalho, PhD researcher @fniainle

[UCD Research @UCD_Research]

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
https://t.co/Bc93FbM4Cb

[UCD SBBS @UCD_SBBS]

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: https://t.co/MmsYwH7Bq1

[UCD SBBS @UCD_SBBS]

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➡️:
https://t.co/P2W57fYTjX

[David MacHugh @david_machugh]

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

[UCD Conway Institute @UCD_Conway]

🧬Congratulations to Prof Wenxin Wang @CharlesUCD @UCDMedicine, Prof Geraldine Butler @yeastpi @UCD_SBBS, Dr Martina Wallace @martina5wallace @ucdagfood on @Researchirel funding awards 🔬

[UCD Research @UCD_Research]

🧠#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

➡️https://t.co/QboHAjS0xx

[NovaUCD @NovaUCD]

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.

https://t.co/BSFvmgiS8Z

[Liam Gallagher @WaterfordMafia]

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

[Kieran Meade @kmeade11]

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 https://t.co/L7v0Zaw0Hk

[UCD Conway Institute @UCD_Conway]

'Encore on Tour' by @zoeryan23 🙏- a walk through of #cutfromthesamecloth exhibition, a merging of art, science and community captured at the launch event @dunamaise
https://t.co/QRSrLhXPRO

[UCD Conway Institute @UCD_Conway]

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. https://t.co/6Yd0P1B0Sh