Dr Justin McCarthy, and Dr Michael W. Bennett have recently been awarded a Translational Research Access Programme (TRAP) grant from the School of Medicine.
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TRAP grant awarded to study breast cancer and therapies
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UCC students win gold in Synthetic Biology competition
05 Oct 2015Seven students from UCC brought home a gold medal this year in a prestigious synthetic biology competition held in Boston, USA from Sept 24th – 28th.
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Electives modules briefing
16 Sep 2015Fourth Year Biochemistry students discuss with Third Year Biochemistry students about the elective modules they took last year.
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Conferrings: PhD in Biochemistry 2015
18 Jun 2015On 18 June 2015 at a joint SEFS/Medicine and Health conferring, four students graduated from this School with PhD degrees; Drs Alina Kondrashina and Alicia Waters (Professor Papkovsky’s lab), Dr Joanna Stannika (Professor Cotter’s lab) and Dr Siti Nurtahirah (Tahirah) Jaafar (Professor Sheehan’s lab).
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UCC Researchers publish a key research paper on the consequences of oxygen deprivation in neural cells
12 May 2015Researchers in UCC’s School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology have published important new research on a medically-important phenomenon - ischemia - which occurs when cells are deprived of oxygen and glucose due to a blocked blood-supply. This is commonly associated with heart attacks and strokes.
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Dylan O’Donovan wins Runner-Up Award at SEFS Graduate-of-the-Year ceremony
13 Mar 2015Dylan O'Donovan has been one of the top students in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) over the past four years, having obtained a SEFS undergraduate award on each consecutive year since his registration.
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MSc in Biotechnology ranked as 3rd most popular postgraduate course in UCC
11 Mar 2015The MSc in Biotechnology was profiled in today's Irish Times and ranked 3rd in the top 5 postgraduate courses in UCC.
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Team Mad Scientists – back for the third time in UCC’s Relay for Life!
27 Feb 2015With students and staff from the MSc in Molecular Cell Biology with Bioinnovation programme, Team Mad Scientists participated in the third “UCC Relay for Life” held on 27–28 February 2015 in support of the Irish Cancer Society.
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Two new Adjunct Professors for School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
19 Feb 2015The University has sanctioned the appointment of two new Adjunct Professors to the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.
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Neuroscience success!
08 Mar 2015A UCC submission led by Dr Cora O’Neill, Director of the Cork NeuroScience Centre, has led to the Cork NeuroScience Centre being designated as a “Centre of Excellence in Neurodegeneration” (CoEN) after a national and international review process.
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