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

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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
We are delighted to announce 21 #Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2024-2025. Congratulations!👏 #FulbrightFamily #FulbrightAwards #Ireland #USA 🇮🇪🇺🇸 Read the news: bit.ly/3VqEu9z Photo: Robbie Reynolds
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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: doi.org/10.1002/adhm.2025008…
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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
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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! 🧠🔬
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📌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). ➡️bit.ly/41kvoz6
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Well done @J_C_Palomeque! Check out the paper below!
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 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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19 Dec 2024
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 ambercentre.ie/amber-researc…
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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! 😊 🔓: rdcu.be/d3H6u
Organoid bioprinting is used to create complex 3D models of human tissues. In this Review, Heilshorn et al. discuss additive manufacturing approaches to advance disease modeling, drug testing, and the production of bioprinted-tissues for clinical use. go.nature.com/3VGB6YN
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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. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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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
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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!
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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!
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21 Nov 2024
🚀 Exciting PhD / Postdoc Opportunities in Biomedical Engineering/Immunology at Trinity College Dublin🚀 More information on the project and positions can be found at hoeylab.com/vacancies 🌟 Feel free to share this post with your network #PhD #Postdoc #JobOpportunity #Hiring
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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. x.com/OptimisticBio/status/1…

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👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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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👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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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!
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🚨 Looking for a postdoc interested in applying for the Fundación Tatiana’s postdoctoral fellowships at @IBECBarcelona ! 🚨 📌 Requirements: 1.Spanish nationality 2.PhD obtained between 2020-24 🗓️ Deadline: November 11th 🔗 More info: fundaciontatiana.com/media/F…

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We have x2 funded #PhD positions available in our group. Feel free to share and check out monaghanlab.com/vacancies for more information.
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Excited to launch our Microscopic Maths 🔬 competition for #mathsweek2024 We invite classes from all schools to submit their mathematical questions based on these beautiful SEM images taken by @ambercentre researchers as part of their work #AMBERmicromaths
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Wonderful opportunity for a leader in anatomy or bioengineering. Chair of Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine in @RCSI_Irl - our oldest and most historic dept. which also hosts a large dynamic research cluster in @TissueEngDublin RTs appreciated linkedin.com/jobs/view/40466…
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