Congratulations to Olive Cosgrave recipient of a Staff Citizenship Award and Jenny Duane recipient of a Student-nominated Staff Award at the annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) STEM Awards Ceremony on 16 May 2023.
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Administrative and Technical Biochemistry staff honoured at SEFS Staff Awards
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2022 Eli Lilly Awards for Academic Excellence in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
23 Mar 2023The Eli Lilly Awards for Academic Excellence in Biochemistry and Biotechnology were held on Wednesday 22nd March.
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UCC announces new research drive for Future Pharmaceuticals
14 Apr 2023- Applications open for seven new academic positions at UCC.
- Closing date for applications is 12pm (Irish Standard Time) on Thursday, 22 June 2023.
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Digital badge in Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP)
09 Mar 2023UCC Innovation in collaboration with the College of Science, Engineering and Food Sciences (SEFS) has launched a new digital badge in Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) for Scientists and Engineers.
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Research from Professors' Pavel V. Baranov and John F. Atkins get the cover in Nature this week
27 Jan 2023On the cover of Nature, 'Stops making sense' in protein synthesis.
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Life Sciences Postgraduate Programmes seminar
25 Jan 2023Professor Marcus Claesson initiated the information evening session with the MSc in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
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UCC Researchers from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and the School of Pharmacy join with all-island collaborators to progress HEA North-South Research Programme, AIVRT
18 Jan 2023AIVRT brings together researchers from QUB, UCD, TCD and UCC in an ambitious four year alliance to better human health through vaccination and to train the next generation of all-island researchers in vaccine design, development, testing and deployment research.
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Professor John Atkins recognised at Researcher of the Year Awards
06 Dec 2022Congratulations to Professor John Atkins, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, who has been recognised at the Irish Research Council Researcher of the Year Awards.
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UCC's Eli Lilly Scholars visit company's Dunderrow site
05 Dec 2022UCC's Eli Lilly PhD Scholars and staff from the School of Engineering and Architecture recently visited Eli Lilly at their Dunderrow site in recognition of the pharmaceutical company’s contribution to the university over the years.
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Pharma Careers seminar
23 Nov 2022On Tuesday the 22nd of November, the Biochemistry and Biotechnology held an information seminar regarding UCC’s MSc Biotechnology programme.
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Congratulations to Professor Rosemary O'Connor on her recent 25-year Long Service Award
23 Nov 2022Congratulations to Professor Rosemary who completed 25 years’ service at UCC.
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Postgraduate Research Information Seminar
16 Nov 2022The Biochemistry Graduate Studies Committee and the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society UCC hosted a research seminar on Tuesday 15th November. Science undergraduate and postgraduate MSc students were invited to attend.
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Transition Year Biology Trip to School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology UCC
16 Nov 2022A report of the day of science in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology as experienced by one of the TY students, Sam Hernan. Thank you for your article, Sam!
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Summer Placement Information Seminar
02 Nov 2022On Tuesday 1st of November, the Biochemistry & Biotechnology society held a summer placement information seminar.
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Arthur K. Champlin Gold Medal Award 2022
27 Oct 2022The Professor Art Champlin Gold Medal Award for academic excellence in Biochemistry, was presented to Donagh Gribbon by Professor John O’Halloran, President, UCC, and Professor Justin McCarthy, Head of School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC on the 26th October 2022.
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Undergraduate Conferring, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology 2022
26 Oct 2022The BSc Biochemistry, BSc Biotechnology and BSc Genetics conferring ceremony was held on 26 October 2022.
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Joint UCC-MTU Conferring 2022
15 Oct 2022The joint UCC-MTU conferring ceremony for the BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science class was held in UCC on Friday 14 October.
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Dr Patrick Leonard, a 1956 Biochemistry graduate, returns 66 years later to visit the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
12 Oct 2022Dr Patrick Leonard together with his wife Glenda, and twin sister Sr Emmanuel, returned after 66 years after his graduation to visit the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology on Tuesday 11 October.
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A very warm welcome to Dr. Pedro Tetteroo, newly appointed Adjunct Professor in Biochemistry
05 Sep 2022We are delighted to welcome Dr Pedro Tetteroo to the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology as an Adjunct Professor.
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Research achievements of the Biophysics and Bioanalysis Lab
30 Aug 2022The Biophysics and Bioanalysis has successfully advanced its research projects, particularly the SFI and IPIC (Irish Photonics Integration Research Centre) projects in the area of Biophotonics and sensors.
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Robot to help students with disabilities to complete lab classes
26 Aug 2022Traditional laboratory classes in science subjects require mobility, the use of both hands, fine motor control and good eyesight. This makes it very challenging for students with physical disabilities or visual impairments to complete practical classes. In fact, it may put such students off choosing STEM subjects in university in the first place.
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Welcome New Academic Staff: Dr Katja Burk and Dr Martina Yordanova
08 Aug 2022We are delighted to welcome two new Academic staff, Dr Katja Burk and Dr Martina Yordanova to the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology both of whom have been appointed as Lecturers.
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Welcome New Staff: Dr Alexander Zhdanov
08 Aug 2022We are delighted to welcome Dr Alexander Zhdanov to the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology team as our new Technical Officer.
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Welcome New Staff: Dr Carolyn O'Driscoll
08 Aug 2022We are delighted to welcome Dr. Carolyn O’Driscoll to the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology team as our new Programme Co-ordinator, Higher Diploma in Design and Manufacture of Biopharmaceuticals.
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UC Davis Summer Abroad returns to UCC’s School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
29 Jul 2022After a two-year gap, a University of California (UC) Davis Summer Abroad program, led by Dr Kellie Dean, returned to UCC from 21 June – 27 July 2022.
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Irish Cancer Society Translational Summer Studentship 2022 awarded to Mark Leahy
11 Jul 2022Congratulations to Mark Leahy, BSc (Hons) Medical and Health Sciences, for being awarded the Irish Cancer Society Translational Summer Studentship 2022.
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Dr Kellie Dean receives DAAD funding for a research stay at EMBL, Heidelberg
30 Jun 2022Dr Kellie Dean was successful in obtaining funding from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) – German Academic Exchange Service for a research stay at EMBL-Heidelberg to work in the Protein Expression and Purification Core Facility.
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EDI School Values and Training Day
27 May 2022The School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology recently held a School Values and Culture Awareness and Training Day that was attended by staff and researchers.
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Yvonne Brennan presented with a Student-nominated Staff Award
17 May 2022Congratulations to Yvonne Brennan, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology staff member who was presented with a Student-nominated Staff Award at the annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) STEM Awards Ceremony.
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Dean lab attends the EMBO-EMBL Symposium, “Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation,” in Heidelberg, Germany
16 May 2022Three members of the Dean lab, Dr Kellie Dean, John Fehilly (MRes student) and Olivia Carey (MSc by research student) attended the EMBO-EMBL Symposium: “Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation,” in Heidelberg, Germany, from the 9 – 12 May 2022.
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Principal Investigators in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology receive research grants valued at 2.3 million
10 May 2022Congratulations to School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology staff who received research grants through the SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme valued at €2.3 million.
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Dr Anne Moore appointed to the Life and Medical Sciences multidisciplinary committee of the Royal Irish Academy
06 May 2022Congratulations to Dr Anne Moore, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, who has been appointed to the Life and Medical Sciences multidisciplinary committee of the Royal Irish Academy.
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Dr Anne Moore named as leading member of the Government’s new Covid-19 Advisory Group
29 Apr 2022Dr Anne Moore, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, named as leading member of the Government’s new Covid-19 Advisory Group.
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Four PhD students in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology shortlisted for poster prizes at the 58th Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Cancer Research (IACR)
06 Apr 2022The IACR hosted their annual conference in The Radisson Hotel, Little Island, Co Cork.
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Family of newly discovered viruses, Atkinsviridae, named after Professor John Atkins
24 Mar 2022To honour the contribution of Professor John Atkins, a family of newly discovered viruses, Atkinsviridae, has been named after Professor John Atkins (1944–present) for his discovery of the lysin protein from Escherichia virus MS2 [Atkins JF. et al., Cell. 1979; 18:247–256] PubMed.
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Eli Lilly Awards in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
23 Mar 2022The Eli Lilly Awards ceremony for Academic Excellence in Biochemistry and Biotechnology was held in-person on Wed 23rd March 2022.
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Funding success for Dr Anne Moore under the Shared Island North-South Research Programme
02 Mar 2022Congratulations to Dr Anne Moore, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, recent funding success under the Shared Island North-South Research Programme.
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MSc Programmes information seminar
25 Jan 2022On Tuesday 25th of January, the UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society held an information seminar on MSc Programmes in UCC.
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WiSTEM2D Johnshon & Johnson Scholarship for Third Year Biochemistry student
24 Jan 2022Congratulations to Jennifer McCarthy, who attained a WiSTEM2D Johnshon & Johnson Scholarship.
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