Cora O’Neill
Biography
Cora graduated from UCD with a BSc in Biochemistry and obtained her PhD in Biochemistry from Trinity College Dublin. After post-doctoral research in the University of Umea, Sweden and Karolinska Institute, Sweden she moved to UCC where she is a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Her main research interests are focused on understanding the biology and early signals that cause age-related neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and dementia. She is Director of the Cork NeuroScience Centre and Deputy Head of the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.