2009 Press Releases
UCC scientists appointed to panel of experts
30.06.2009
The Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) to the Government, Professor Patrick Cunningham, has appointed nine distinguished Irish scientists to his Panel of Experts. The panel includes UCC scientists, Professor Tom Cotter, Department of Biochemistry and Professor Alan Dobson, Director, Environmental Research Institute.
30.06.2009
The Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) to the Government, Professor Patrick Cunningham, has appointed nine distinguished Irish scientists to his Panel of Experts. The panel includes UCC scientists, Professor Tom Cotter, Department of Biochemistry and Professor Alan Dobson, Director, Environmental Research Institute.
The role of the Panel is to provide the CSA, and by extension the Government, access to the best expertise available on scientific issues in Ireland.
The panel was chosen from an open, competitive selection process, which attracted over 70 highly qualified applicants.
Tom Cotter is Professor of Biochemistry at UCC. He graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from UCC before completing a PhD at the University of Oxford where he was a Pirie-Reid Scholar. Professor Cotter was awarded the RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for his research work in 1999, followed by the Royal Irish Academy medal for Biochemistry in 2002 and was subsequently elected to membership of the RIA in 2005.
His main research interests are in understanding cell death & survival mechanisms. Professor Cotter is also co-founder of two start-up biotechnology companies. He has served on the Boards of Science Foundation Ireland, Health Research Board of Ireland and is currently a Board Member of Cancer Research Ireland and Chairs the Board of Meridian Theatre Company.
Alan Dobson is Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Environmental Research Institute, UCC.
His scientific interests focus primarily on gaining a fuller understanding of how microbes survive, grow and interact in either natural or artificial environments; an approach which is fundamental to their exploitation for biotechnological applications.
His lab is currently interested in developing and applying both marine and terrestrial metagenomic based approaches to define and predict the behaviour of microbial communities involved in the production of novel bioactive compounds and those with potential utility in novel bio-energy production strategies.
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The panel was chosen from an open, competitive selection process, which attracted over 70 highly qualified applicants.
Tom Cotter is Professor of Biochemistry at UCC. He graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from UCC before completing a PhD at the University of Oxford where he was a Pirie-Reid Scholar. Professor Cotter was awarded the RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for his research work in 1999, followed by the Royal Irish Academy medal for Biochemistry in 2002 and was subsequently elected to membership of the RIA in 2005.
His main research interests are in understanding cell death & survival mechanisms. Professor Cotter is also co-founder of two start-up biotechnology companies. He has served on the Boards of Science Foundation Ireland, Health Research Board of Ireland and is currently a Board Member of Cancer Research Ireland and Chairs the Board of Meridian Theatre Company.
Alan Dobson is Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Environmental Research Institute, UCC.
His scientific interests focus primarily on gaining a fuller understanding of how microbes survive, grow and interact in either natural or artificial environments; an approach which is fundamental to their exploitation for biotechnological applications.
His lab is currently interested in developing and applying both marine and terrestrial metagenomic based approaches to define and predict the behaviour of microbial communities involved in the production of novel bioactive compounds and those with potential utility in novel bio-energy production strategies.
Visit http://www.chiefscientificadviser.ie/panelofexperts/
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