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Please note the Postgraduate Research Travel/Registration Grant is now closed to applications.
PG Travel award recipients 2022
| Student Name | Abstract Title | Conference details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aoife | Slyne | Accessory Muscle Support of Breathing in Young Dystrophin-deficient mdx Mice | Experimental Biology 2022 Philadelphia, USA 2nd - 5th April 2022 |
| Caoimhe | Lynch | Sex Dependent Effects of Early-Life Microbiota Depletion on Behaviour, Neuroimmune Function and Neuronal Development |
Advance Neuroscience Course (NSAS): Microbiota and the Brain Venice, Italy 30th April - May 7th 2022 |
| Cristina | Cuesta Marti | Gut microbiota modulate hypothalamic and hippocampal gene expression regulating eating behaviour, food reward and stress |
ECNP Workshop for Early Career Scientists in Europe Nice, France 17th - 20th March 2022 |
| Kevin | Baker | IL-36 signalling enhances a pro-tumorigenic phenotype in colon cancer cells with cancer cell growth restricted by administration of the IL-36R antagonist. |
AACR Annual Meeting 2022 Louisiana, USA 8th - 13th April 2022 |
| Colm John | McElwain | Mitochondrial dysfunction drives a dysregulated inflammatory response in gestational diabetes mellitus | ASRI 2022 Tennessee, USA
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| Raminder | Singh | An IBD-associated pathobiont collaborates with the NSAID piroxicam to promote inflammation and cell death in a susceptible host via rge casppase 8/NLRP3 axis | EMBO: Innate immunity in host-pathogen interactions Heidelberg, Germany 17th - 20th July 2022 |
| Clara | Deady | The investigation into the anatomical, neuronal, and histochemical changes in the brain and the gastrointestinal tract induced by early life stress in a rat model |
Anatomical Society Winter Meeting (Rescheduled over Covid-19). Dublin, Ireland 4th - 6th July 2022 |
| Patricia | Flynn | A Bioinformatics Approach Highlights the Potential of Retinoids in Glioblastoma Growth Regulation | Cancer research UK Brain Tumour Conference London, UK 5th - 7th Sept 2022 |
| Michael | Vaughan | Altered calcium homeostasis in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived human neural progenitor cells containing familial presenilin1-linked Alzheimer’s disease mutation, M139V. | Europhysiology 2022 Continental Physiology Congress Copenhagen, Denmark 15th - 18th Sept 2022 |
Postgraduate Research Travel Grant Awardees 2019
| Recipient | Abstract Title | Conference Name | |
| Sarah | Drummond | Role of NADPH oxidase in chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced respiratory dysfunction: insights from phamacological and transgenic approaches. | Experimental Biology 2019, Orlando, Florida USA |
| Sara | AlMarabeh | Blunted diuretic and natriuretic responses to volume expansion following exposure to chronic intermittent hypoxia. | 019 APS/ASN Control of Reneal Function in Health and Disease Conference, Virginia USA |
| Andreea Mona | Pavel | Early predictive biomarkers for grade and seizures in neonatal encephalopathy | Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies |
| Francisco | Donoso | Dietary Intervention with Polyphenols Ameliorates Maternal Separation-Induced Depressive Behaviours | European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) Biennial Meeting 2019 |
| Eimear | Maloney | The incidence of first seizures, new diagnosis of epilepsy, and seizure mimics in a defined geographic region in Ireland | Society for Social Medicine and Population Health and International Epidemiology Association European Congress, Joint Annual Scientific Meeting. |
| Patricia | Flynn | Retinoic Acid Receptor Specificity in Glioma Growth Suppression | 2019 meeting of Irish Society of Human Genetics |
Postgraduate Research Travel Grant Awardees 2018
| Student Surname | Student Firstname | Conference/Meeting | Location | Abstract Title |
| Fennelly | Mehael | Actions of Infections Conference | Birmingham | Real-time Monitoring of Biological Airborne Particles in the Hospital Environment (ReM-BAPHE) |
| Jinih | Marcel | Society of Academic and Research Surgery Annual Meeting | University of Nottingham | Evaluation of the novel anti-neoplastic agent 1,4,5-Oxathiazinane-4,4-dioxide (OTD) in Triple-negative Breast cancer |
| Burns | David | International meeting of the American Physiological Society | San Diego, USA | Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Enhances Respiratory Muscle Weakness in Dystrophindeficient mdx Mice |
| Leacy | Jack | Experimental Biology 2018 | San Diego, USA | The Neurovascular Coupling Response Remains Intact During Incremental Ascent to High Altitude (4370m) in Acclimatized Healthy Volunteers |
| Boscaini | Serena | 25th Experimental Congress on Obesity (ECO 2018) | Vienna, Austria | Dietary alpha-lactalbumin influences energy balance in association with altered gut microbiota composition and intestinal nutrient transporters without affecting body weight in high-fat diet fed mice. |
| Maloney | Eimer | International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology & American Academy of Neurology | Washington, USA | The Incidence of First Seizures, New Diagnosis of Epilepsy and Seizure Mimics in County Cork, Ireland; An Epidemiologic Protocol and Interim Report |