2018 Summer Placement Seminar

19 Oct

On Thursday, 18th of October, Dr Sinéad Kerins hosted an event for third year Biochemistry, Biomedical Science and Genetics students where 4th year Biochemistry students delivered presentations about placements they had obtained during the summer between 3rd and 4th year. These ranged from industry placements to research internships within UCC. 

Johnson and Johnson Careers Event

25 Oct

A careers event held by Johnson and Johnson was collaboratively organised between the UCC Biochemistry & Biotechnology society and WiSTEM society. The careers workshop was presented by personnel from Johnson & Johnson.

2018 BSc in Biomedical Science Conferring

18 Oct

The conferring ceremony for the BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science class was held in University College Cork, on Wednesday, 17th October. Thirty BSc (Hons) students graduated from the Biomedical Science programme, which is run jointly with Cork Institute of Technology.

2018 BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry Conferring

16 Oct

Forty-three of our BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry students graduated at a ceremony on Tuesday, 16th October 2018.

News from the Biophysics and Bioanalysis Lab in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

16 Oct

A Book, Review, Paper, Conference and Funding.

Collaboration between the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and UC Davis

09 Oct

Science writer with UC Davis, Greg Watry, reports on the UC Davis science student undergraduate experience on the Ireland programme directed by Dr Kellie Dean, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology UCC.

Congratulations Dr Justin McCarthy receives Outstanding Teacher Award

10 Jul

Congratulations to Dr Justin McCarthy who has been awarded a School of Medicine Teaching Award (Outstanding First Year Lecturer, FM modules). 

2018 Summer PhD and MRes Conferrings

15 Jun

On Friday, 15 June 2018, Dr Stephen Heaphy, Dr Romika Kumari and Dr Jennifer Moloney from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology were conferred with their PhD degrees and Conor Dolan and Begona Zapateria Gomez from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology were conferred with their MRes (Master of Research) degrees.

Dr Justin McCarthy, Dr Kellie Dean, MRes (Master of Research) graduates: Begona Zapateria Gomez and Conor Dolan, and Dr Eoin Fleming.

Final Year BSc in Biochemistry (Honours) class of 2018

23 May

Congratulations to the Final Year BSc in Biochemistry (Honours) students who completed their exams in May.

A transition year students' experience in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

03 May

Transiton year participant and Overall winner of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2018, Simon Meehan of Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co Cork, describes his experience in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

BT Young Scientists ask "Natural antibiotics: Can they solve the resistance crisis?"

03 Apr

The School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology facilitated experiments by BT Young Scientist competitors, Aisling O'Connor and Aisha Ghori from Christ King Girls Secondary School, Douglas, Cork. Aisling and Aisha tell us about their experience.

UCC student reports on visit to Janssen Sciences Ireland

29 Mar

On Tuesday 26th February, a group of 50 UCC students from third and fourth year biochemistry, 3rd year microbiology and the biotechnology masters, travelled to the Janssen (Johnson&Johnson) plant down in Ringaskiddy. This was as part of an event organised by the UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology society.

Top Biochemistry and Biotechnology students receive Eli Lilly Awards for Academic Excellence

16 Mar

The UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society hosted the annual Eli Lilly undergraduate and postgraduate awards for academic excellence on Tuesday 20th February 2018. 

2018 Spring MSc Conferring

26 Feb

The conferring ceremony for the MSc Biotechnology and MSc Molecular Cell Biology and Bioinnovation class was held in University College Cork on Thursday 22 February 2018.

2018 Spring PhD and MRes Conferring

26 Feb

On Friday, 23 February 2018, Dr Patrick O’Connor was conferred with his PhD degree and Mr Jayanth Anantha was conferred with a Master of Research. 

MSc programmes information seminar

16 Feb

The UCC  Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society hosted an information seminar on MSc Programmes in UCC on Tuesday, 30 January 2018.

Engaging the Next Generation of Scientists

15 Feb

The fourth year BSc in Biochemistry students, Lorcan Bannon, Orla Brosnan, Denise Burns, Emer Cantillon, Roisin Cassidy, Kevin Foley, Klaudia Juda, Cora Steemers, Peter Townsend and Erika Vasiliauskaite demonstrated a DNA Workshop to secondary school students attending Christ King Secondary School. They all did an excellent job explaining the experiments to the students, demonstrating how to use the equipment and answering the students questions.

Summer placement briefings by fourth year Biochemistry, Biomedical Science and Pharmacy students

14 Feb

The current Biochemistry, Biomedical Science and Pharmacy fourth year students presented their experiences to the third year students on their summer work placements on Wednesday 11 October 2017.

Team event with a successful outcome

14 Feb

Congratulations to the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society who raised €2000, by running DNA workshops for secondary school students in order to raise money to assist their fellow classmate Éabha Wall.

Small solutions for large healthcare problems: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology researchers are at the forefront of nano-biosensor research

24 Jan

Some materials, when they get a billion times smaller than size of a human body, acquire principally new and often unexpected features. Miniscule but powerful nanoparticles (from Greek word “nanos” meaning “dwarf”) drive the modern technical progress and shape the way we live. Computers and smartphones, medical scanners and spacecrafts, CCTV cameras, telescopes and the cosmetics are just a few examples of devices that exist thanks to the advanced nanomaterials.

Luxcel Biosciences has been acquired by Agilent Technologies

09 Jan

An article published in the Irish Times newspaper today highlights the acquisition of Luxcel Biosciences by Agilent Technologies.

Ribosome counting mechanism in human mRNA

04 Jan

Researchers from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology discovered a molecular timer in the human gene AMD1.

BioPharma Careers seminar hosted by UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society

16 Nov

The first seminar, hosted by the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society this academic year, was held on Wednesday 15th November at 6.00 pm in Western Gateway Building G01.

Ageing with good health

14 Nov

An article published in the Irish Times newspaper today highlights the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology's, Professor Tom Cotter's, research on age-related degenerative eye conditions.

SFI Investigator Award for Professor Rosemary O’Connor

20 Nov

Professor Rosemary O'Connor of this School was awarded an investigator award for her research programme on “Targeting the regulators of cellular metabolism to promote healthy ageing”. 

Exciting Scholarship Opportunity for STEM Students

17 Nov

Science, Engineering, Technology and Maths Entrepreneurship Excellence Masters Program (ESTEEM) at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.

Art Champlin Gold Medal Award 2017

20 Oct

The Professor Art Champlin Gold medal award for academic excellence in Biochemistry, was presented to Carolyn Murray on Thursday October 19th by Professor Rosemary O’Connor of this School.

BSc in Biochemistry Conferring 2017

19 Oct

Forty of our BSc (Hons) Biochemistry students graduated at a ceremony on Thursday, 19th October.

BSc in Biomedical Science Conferring 2017

20 Oct

The BSc Biomedical Science class of 2017 were conferred with their awards at the joint UCC-CIT conferring ceremony on Friday October 20^th hosted by CIT.

Dr Dmitriev connects our School with the American Society for Cell Biology

09 Nov

Dr Ruslan Dmitriev has been recently appointed as the Society Ambassador, secured a travel grant from the Society and was selected for a Microsymposia talk.

Dr Ruslan Dmitriev is book editor

07 Nov

Dr Ruslan Dmitriev edited the book 'Multi-parametric live cell microscopy of 3D tissue models', recently published by Springer publishing house (eBook available from 30-Oct-2017, printed version available from Nov-2017, ISBN 978-3-319-67357-8), as part of renown Advances on Experimental Medicine and Biology series (vol. 1035). 

Professor Dmitri Papkovsky receives an Invitational Fellowship

03 Nov

Professor Dmitri Papkovsky from our School received an invitational Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. 

Irish Biopharma: What the Future Holds

17 Oct

The UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society hosted a careers seminar on Tuesday 17th October 2017 entitled “Understanding the Irish Biopharma & Medical Device Sector.

UCC starts a new science outreach programme for schools

28 Aug

The School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at University College Cork has established a new science outreach programme, Cell EXPLORERS UCC, for primary or post-primary schools located in the Cork area.

Final Year BSc in Biomedical Science (Honours) class of 2017

07 Jun

Congratulations to the Final Year BSc Biomedical Science (Honours) students who completed their exams in May. 

Final Year BSc in Biochemistry (Honours) class of 2017

25 May

Congratulations to the Final Year BSc in Biochemistry (Honours) students who completed their exams in May.

2017 UCC Spring Open Day

17 May

The UCC Open Day held over two days, 16 and 17 May 2017, offers a fantastic opportunity to prospective students to find out more about facilities and course details before making a decision on what to study.

The Transition Year class of 2017

07 Apr

The School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology run their annual Transition Year Programme....

A Transition Year student's experience in our School

07 Apr

A Transition Year Student's experience in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology by Conleth Aspel.

The placement at the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology was the most interesting and enjoyable placement I could have done!

New Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, SEFS

06 Apr

Congratulations to Dr Justin McCarthy on his appointment to the position of Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, College of Science, Engineering and Food Science.

SEFS Undergraduate Quercus Scholarships

31 Mar

The College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) held a presentation ceremony on Friday, 31 May 2017 to celebrate the accomplishments of undergraduate students, who have been awarded a Quercus College Scholarship.

EMBL Training and Travel Award for Julia Samson in the Dean Lab

30 Mar

Julia Samson, a first-year PhD student supervised by Dr Kellie Dean, recently attended a hands-on training course at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, from 27 – 30 March 2017. 

Erasmus+ Trainee in the Dean Lab

23 Mar

Rahel Fitzel, a student at the Universität Ulm in Germany, completed a 10-week Erasmus+ research traineeship, under the supervision of Dr Kellie Dean in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Team Mad Scientists raises over €1000 for the Irish Cancer Society

04 Mar

With students and staff from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Team Mad Scientists participated in their fifth UCC Relay for Life, on 3 and 4 March 2017.

2017 Eli Lilly Awards for Biochemistry and Biotechnology

03 Mar

The UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society hosted the annual Eli Lilly undergraduate and postgraduate awards for academic excellence on Thursday, 2 March 2017.

Dr Sarah Roche delivers invited research lecture

03 Mar

Dr Sarah Roche delivers invited research lecture at the National Eye Institute in Washington DC on her research on the role of inflammation in degenerative conditions of the eye.  

2017 Spring PhD Conferring

24 Feb

Congratulations to Drs Charlotte O'Donnell, Ioanna Tzani, James Jenkins, Caroline Ann Kelly, Anita Murphy & Alice Wyse Jackson who were conferred with their PhD degrees.

2017 Spring MSc Conferring

24 Feb

The conferring ceremony for the MSc Biotechnology and MSc Molecular Cell Biology and Bioinnovation class was held in University College Cork, on Thursday, 23 February 2017.

Evolution in Biologics at Janssen seminar

02 Feb

The UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society hosted a seminar “Evolution in Biologics at Janssen” on Wednesday, 1st February. 

Information seminar on MSc programmes in the life science area

25 Jan

The Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society UCC hosted an information seminar on MSc Programmes, UCC on Tuesday, 24 January 2017. 

Pharma Careers Seminar

09 Nov

The Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society UCC hosted a careers seminar on Wednesday 9th November at 6.00 pm on the MSc in Biotechnology, as well as an insight into the roles of Biochemistry and Biotechnology Graduates in BioMarin and Janssen. 

2016 BSc in Biomedical Science Conferring

28 Oct

The conferring ceremony for the BSc (Honours) Biomedical Science class was held in University College Cork, on Friday, 28 October 2016.

2016 BSc in Biochemistry Conferring

25 Oct

Forty eight of our BSc (Honours) Biochemistry students graduated at a ceremony on Monday, 24 October 2016. 

Art Champlin Gold Medal Award 2016

24 Oct

Elaine O'Brien graduated as top student, with a first class honours degree in Biochemistry and received the Art Champlin Gold Medal Award  in 2016. 

Undergraduate Student Research

12 Sep

Shannon Quilty (4th year Biochemistry, UCC) received a Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship and Grace O’Mahony (4th year Biomedical Science, UCC & CIT) received a HRB Summer Studentship Award to spend 8 weeks during the past summer in the research group of Dr Ken Nally, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and APC Microbiome Institute, UCC. 

2016 Biochemical Society Summer Vacation Studentship

29 Jul

Shona Cronin (4th year Genetics, UCC) received a 2016 Biochemical Society Summer Vacation Studentship to spend eight weeks in the research group of Dr Kellie Dean, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

New Masters Programme in UCC: MSc in Entrepreneurial Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology (MESBB)

08 Jul

A new Masters Programme in Entrepreneurial Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology (MESBB) has just been launched in UCC.

Protein discovered in UCC is critical for activation of the immune system

01 Jun

A crucial event of immune system activation, in response to infections, is elicited by T-cells. The work has just been published online in the EMBO Journal and features as the cover image of the Journal’s current printed edition

Fourth Year BSc in Biochemistry (Honours) class of 2016

19 May

Congratulations to the Fourth Year BSc in Biochemistry (Honours) students who completed their exams in May. 

UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society raise €2000 for Cork Penny Dinners

08 Mar

The UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society, as their charity event this academic year, ran two DNA workshops during Cork Science Festival week, in aid of Cork Penny Dinners. 

Top students receive Eli Lilly awards

03 Mar

The annual Eli Lilly undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for academic excellence were recently presented to students from this School at an event hosted by the UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society on 2nd March last.‌

MSc in Molecular Cell Biology with Bioinnovation student wins prestigious IBYE award

18 Jan

UCC MSc in Molecular Cell Biology student, Blaine Doyle, won the top prize of €20,000 investment for his company GlowDX under the ‘Best New Idea’ category at the finals of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur competition. Additionally he won €10,000 investment at his Local Enterprise Office competition on the way to the finals.

DNA Workshops in aid of Cork Penny Dinners.

11 Nov

UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology students demonstrate for charity at DNA workshops for Christ King Girls’ Secondary School, Bandon Grammar School and Presentation Brothers College.

Information on the MSc in Biotechnology at UCC and on roles in Janssen Pharmaceutical

10 Nov

The third seminar, hosted by the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society, was held on Tuesday 10 November 2015 at 6.00 p.m. 

Summer placement briefing by 4th year Biochemistry and Biomedical Science students

03 Nov

Current BSc in Biochemistry and BSc in Biomedical Science 4th year students gave presentations to the 3rd year Biochemistry and 3rd Year Biomedical Science students on their Summer work placement experiences last year.

Hot off the Press! Recent Research Publications from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

01 Nov

Keep up-to-date with recent Research publications from this School - they are published in our monthly newsletter.

UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society host their first seminar this semester

20 Oct

The Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society hosted a seminar on Tuesday 20th October entitled “An Insight into BioMarin and roles in the Biotechnology Sector”. 

Art Champlin Gold Medal Award 2015

19 Oct

The Professor Art Champlin Gold Medal Award for academic excellence in Biochemistry, was presented to David O’Sullivan on 19 October 2015 by Professor Dave Sheehan of this School. 

BSc in Biochemistry 2015 conferrings

19 Oct

Thirty five of our BSc (Hons) Biochemistry students graduated at a ceremony on Monday, 19 October 2015. 

BSc in Biomedical Science 2015 conferrings

19 Oct

The conferring ceremony for the BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science class was held in University College Cork, on Monday, 19 October 2015. 

TRAP grant awarded to study breast cancer and therapies

15 Oct

Dr Justin McCarthy, and Dr Michael W. Bennett have recently been awarded a Translational Research Access Programme (TRAP) grant from the School of Medicine. 

UCC students win gold in Synthetic Biology competition

05 Oct

Seven students from UCC brought home a gold medal this year in a prestigious synthetic biology competition held in Boston, USA from Sept 24th – 28th. 

Electives modules briefing

16 Sep

Fourth Year Biochemistry students discuss with Third Year Biochemistry students about the elective modules they took last year.

Conferrings: PhD in Biochemistry 2015

18 Jun

On 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).

UCC Researchers publish a key research paper on the consequences of oxygen deprivation in neural cells

12 May

Researchers 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.

Dylan O’Donovan wins Runner-Up Award at SEFS Graduate-of-the-Year ceremony

13 Mar

Dylan 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.

MSc in Biotechnology ranked as 3rd most popular postgraduate course in UCC

11 Mar

The MSc in Biotechnology was profiled in today's Irish Times and ranked 3rd in the top 5 postgraduate courses in UCC. 

Team Mad Scientists – back for the third time in UCC’s Relay for Life!

27 Feb

With 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.

Two new Adjunct Professors for School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

19 Feb

The University has sanctioned the appointment of two new Adjunct Professors to the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Neuroscience success!

08 Mar

A 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. 

Annual Eli Lilly postgraduate scholarships for Academic Excellence

19 Feb

The annual Eli Lilly undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for academic excellence were recently presented to students from this School at an event hosted by the UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society on 18^th February last.‌ 

UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society charity event raises EUR 2300 for Pieta House.

03 Feb

UCC Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society present a cheque for EUR 2300 to Pieta House representative, Mr Pat Duffy.

Welcome to Dr Susan Joyce

02 Feb

Dr Susan Joyce has just joined our School as a part-time College Lecturer.

UCC students are the first Irish team to compete in iGEM competition

04 Nov

Nine students from UCC were the first Irish team to participate in a prestigious synthetic biology competition held in Boston, USA from Oct 31st – Nov 3rd.  The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition saw 245 teams from leading universities all over the world compete based on a synthetic biology research projects conducted over the summer.

People on the move

01 Nov

A regular feature: People on the move to and from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Hot Off the Press! Recent Publications from this School

09 May

Hot Off the Press! Recent Publications from this School.

Dr Kellie Dean appointed to College Lectureship

31 Oct

Congratulations to Dr Kellie Dean who has been appointed to a College Lecturership in this School.

Autumn 2014 PhD Conferrings in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

29 Oct

Three students from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology were awarded PhD degrees at the Autumn  Conferring ceremony held at UCC on October 29th last. 

2014 Conferrings: BSc in Biochemistry

28 Oct

Forty of our 2014 BSc (Hons) Biochemistry students graduated at a ceremony on Tuesday, 28th October. 

2014 Art Champlin Gold Medal Award winner is Fergus Collins, BSc Biochemistry graduate

28 Oct

The Professor Art Champlin Gold medal award for academic excellence in Biochemistry, was presented to Fergus Collins on October 28th by Professor David Sheehan of this School. 

Research Team of the Year award for Professor John Atkins and Dr Pasha Baranov

10 Oct

Professor John Atkins, SFI Research Professor in our School, and Dr Pasha Baranov, College Lecturer in our School, received the Research Team of the Year Award from the President, Dr Michael Murphy, at the University Staff Awards ceremony held in the Aula Maxima on Thursday 9th October last. 

Dr Meghan Coakley invites you to use the NIH 3D Print Exchange!

18 Jun

It has been an exciting time for Dr Meghan Coakley, a recent PhD graduate from Dr Cora O’ Neill’s lab in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. The week after her PhD graduation ceremony at UCC, Meghan was a featured exhibitor at the White House Maker Faire in Washington DC as part of the official launch of the NIH 3D Print Exchange.

PhD Conferrings in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

12 Jun

UCC enters iGEM Competition

02 Jun

UCC Leads the Way in Synthetic Biology- Students awarded venture capital to form SynBio start-up and compete in international competition.

Hot Off the Press! Recent Publications from this School

07 Jan

Hot Off the Press! Recent Publications from this School.

Loss of function mutations in the PINK1 gene cause Parkinson’s disease.

09 May

The O’Neill lab with first author Ciara O’Flanagan have discovered a totally new function for PINK1, as a regulator of the cell cycle published in Oncogene (advance online March 31 2014).

Student wins Best Poster Award at Biomedica 2014

30 Apr

Hot off the Press! Recent Publications from the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

01 Nov

You can keep up-to-date with recent Research publications from this School - they are published in our monthly newsletter.

Hot Off the Press! Recent Publications from this School

05 Dec

Hot Off the Press! Recent Publications from this School.

Hot off the Press! Recent Publications from this School

01 Nov

Hot off the Press! Recent Publications from this School.