On the 15th of June 2020 SBBS celebrated the graduation of eleven PhD & two MSc students with a live video presentation through Zoom. The presentation was introduced by our Head of School Prof Wim Meijer and featured clips from each of the academic supervisors who recorded a piece about their student and their research.
The list of the graduates and their theses are as follows:
Audrey Bradford, PhD, Dr Andrew Irving
Characterisation of GPR68-Mediated Calcium Signalling in a Recombinant System and Native Cells
Stephen Fitzsimons, PhD, Supervisor Prof Orina Belton
Regulation of Immune Cells, microRNAs and Extracellular Vesicles in Atherosclerosis
Valeria Giannone, PhD, Supervisor Dr Yan Yan, Co-supervisor Prof. Kenneth Dawson
Investigating the effect of complex branched particle shape on immune responses
Rebecca Gorry, PhD, Assoc Prof Margaret McGee
Investigation into the function and regulation of the prolyl prolylisomerase Cyclophilin A during the cell cycle
Anne-Marie Howe, PhD, Supervisor, Dr Derek Costello
Dietary fat-induced sensitivity to neuroinflammation: Implications in Alzheimer’s disease
Elise Iracane, PhD, Supervisor Prof Geraldine Butler
Analysis of virulence of pathogenic Candida species
Sarah McCormack, MSc, Supervisor Assoc Prof Siobhan McClean
Investigating the role of a putative DNA mimic in chronic colonisation by the cystic fibrosis pathogen, Burkholderia cenocepacia
Josiah O'Sullivan, PhD, Supervisor Prof Keith Murphy
Investigating the psychedelic 5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltr yptamine as a novel addiction therapy
Mihaela Ola, PhD, Supervisor Prof Geraldine Butler
Genome analysis of pathogenic Candida species
Joao Pacheco, PhD, Supervisor Prof Geraldine Butler
Gene editing and virulence of the pathogenic yeast Candida tropicalis
Snehal Pisal, MSc, Supervisor Assoc Prof David O'Connell
Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (S)-PHA in an engineered Pseudomonas putida KT2440 using globally relevant biobased resources
Matt Whelan, PhD, Supervisor Dr Tadgh O'Croinin, Co-Supervisor Prof. Jeremy Simpson
The effect of DNA supercoiling on biofilm formation and host -pathogen interaction by Campylobacter jejuni