Dr Ciara O'Flanagan

Position: Post Doctoral Fellow

Address: Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork.

Email: c.oflanagan@umail.ucc.ie

Phone: +353 (0)21 490 1762

Research Interests: Identification and validation of biomarkers for IGF-1R-targeted therapies. IGF-1R signaling in cancer cell survival, adhesion and migration.

Approach: Molecular and Cell Biology, Biochemistry.

Ciara graduated with a PhD in Cancer Biology from University College Cork in 2013, and has been a member of our laboratory since March 2013.

Publications

C.H. O’Flanagan, V.A. Morais, W. Wurst, B. De Strooper, C. O’Neill (2014) The Parkinson’s gene PINK1 regulates cell cycle progression and promotes cancer-associated phenotypes Oncogene  doi:10.1038/onc.2014.81.