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MSc in Science
Hamid Arslan Loualich, MSc Science
Supervisor: Dr Justin McCarthy, Signal Transduction Laboratory
Thesis Title: Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis of Insulin Growth Factor Receptor-1 and Insulin Receptor.
Graduated: 2010
Robert Barrett, MSc Science
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary O’Connor, Cell Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: The Role of Rack1 in IGF-I Signalling.
Graduated: 2012
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Ciara Caplis, MSc Science
Supervisor: Professor Tom Cotter, Tumour Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: Isolation and Characterisation of Retinal Ganglion cells: Implications for Apoptosis.
Graduated: 2004
Andreea Factor, MSc Science
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary O’Connor, Cell Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: Investigation of Molecular and Cellular Aspects of FKBP12 and the Ryanodine Receptor.
Graduated: 2009
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Ciaran Forde, MSc Science
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary O’Connor, Cell Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: Nuclear TRIB2 Directly Interacts with the Leucine Zipper Domain of CLEBP2.
Graduated: 2011
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Catherine Harrington, MSc Science
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary O’Connor, Cell Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: The C-Terminal Tyrosines 1250 and 1251 IN IGF-IR SIGNALLING AND FUNCTIONS.
Graduated: 2013
Sara Harvey, MSc Science
Supervisor: Dr Paul Galvin, Tyndall National Institute & Professor Tom Cotter, Tumour Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: Development of a Novel Magnetic Biosensor Platform for DNA Hybridisation Detection.
Graduated: 2004
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Emer Hickey, MSc Science
Supervisor: Dr Justin McCarthy, Signal Transduction Laboratory
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Selective GAMA-Secretase Inhibitors as Novel Modulators of IL-1 Beata and TNF-ALPHA-Mediated Inflammatory Disease.
Graduated: 2012
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Breda Kearney, MSc Science
Supervisor: Dr Linda Giblin, Teagasc & Professor Thomas McCarthy, Cell Biology and Cell Signalling Laboratory
Thesis Title: Genotypic Alanysis of Dairy Cattle Ranked Low and High for Body Condition Score.
Graduated: 2009
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Zoe McIntyre, MSc Science
Supervisor: Dr Ruaidhri Carmody, Carmody Laboratory
Thesis Title: Identification of 1KKß as an NF-kB p50 Kinase and Regulator of p50
Graduated: 2012
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Deirdre Ni Shuilleabhain, MSc Science
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary O’Connor, Cell Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: Purification of Recombinant Proteins for Polyclonal Antibody Generation and Investigation of Novel Protein Protein Interactions.
Graduated: 2010
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Grainne O’Donovan, MSc Science
Supervisor: Dr Tom Moore, Developmental Genetics Laboratory
Thesis Title: Express and Methylation Analysis of the IGF2 and IGF2 Antisense Genes of the CD1 Mouse and the Reaction of the Promoter 2 Region to Hypoxia.
Graduated: 2004
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Sylvia O’Sullivan, MSc Science
Supervisor: Professor Mary McCaffrey, Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: An Investigation of Novel FIP Interactions with the Cytoplasmic.
Graduated: 2013
Induprabha Patwal, MSc Science
Supervisor: Dr Justin McCarthy, Signal Transduction Laboratory
Thesis Title: Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis of Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4).
Graduated: 2009
Honorata Ropiak, MSc Science
Supervisor: Professor Dmitri Papkovsky, Biophysics and Bioanalysis Laboratory
Thesis Title: Phosphorescence-based Oxygen Sensing Probes for the Analysis of Cellular Function.
Graduated: 2012
Jamie Urquhart, MSc Science
Supervisor: Dr Ruaidhri Carmody, Carmody Laboratory & Professor Tom Cotter, Tumour Biology Laboratory
Thesis Title: Nuclear Export and the Alternative Pathway to Activation of NF-kB.
Graduated: 2014