The School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology recently held a School Values and Culture Awareness and Training Day that was attended by staff and researchers.

Congratulations 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.

Three 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.

Congratulations 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.

Congratulations 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.

Dr Anne Moore, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, named as leading member of the Government’s new Covid-19 Advisory Group.

The IACR hosted their annual conference in The Radisson Hotel, Little Island, Co Cork.

To 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.

The Eli Lilly Awards ceremony for Academic Excellence in Biochemistry and Biotechnology was held in-person on Wed 23rd March 2022.

Congratulations to Dr Anne Moore, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, recent funding success under the Shared Island North-South Research Programme.