2014
Research Prizes at the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Annual Meeting
Andrew O’Leary (PhD trainee) and Paul Lemaire (intern) were both awarded prizes for their poster presentations at the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Section of Biomedical Sciences Annual Meeting held at University College Dublin on June 19th.
Both received their awards from Professor Aidan Bradford, President of the RAMI Section of Biomedical Sciences at a dinner held in Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green. UCC Department of Physiology was well represented at the event with David Burns and Aidan Kaar short-listed in the Donegan Medal competition; Maria Buckley competed in the Barcroft Medal competition. There were additional contributions to the programme from the Department including two posters from undergraduate students who performed research in the department last year as part of the BSc Physiology degree. Congratulations to all!
TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSES OF THE MOUSE DIAPHRAGM TO ACUTE SUSTAINED HYPOXIC STRESS
A.J. O’Leary, K.D. O’Halloran
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
EFFECTS OF CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA ON RAT RESPIRATORY MUSCLE METABOLIC AND ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITIES
P. Lemaire1,2, P. Lewis2, K.D. O’Halloran2
1Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France; 2Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland.
RESPIRATORY CONTROL AND DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE FUNCTION IN THE MDX MOUSE MODEL OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
D. Burns, K.D. O’Halloran
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF CYCLIC ADP RIBOSE IN GROUP I METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-MEDIATED CALCIUM SIGNALLING IN RAT HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONES
A. Kaar, K. O’Donoghue, M.G. Rae
Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
CHANGES IN COLONIC MUCOSAL PROTEIN EXPRESSION UNDERLIES THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF ANTI-IL-6R AND ANTALARMIN ON IBS-LIKE SYMPTOMS IN THE WISTAR KYOTO RAT
M.M. Buckley, D. O’Malley
Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA BLUNTS THE EXPRESSION OF VENTILATORY LONG TERM FACILITATION IN SLEEPING RATS
D. Edge1,2, K.D. O’Halloran2
1UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; 2Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
EFFECTS OF AGEING ON PROTEINS INVOLVED IN EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING IN THE MOUSE HEART
R. A. Carey1, B. McDonagh2 and J.J. Mackrill1
1Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Ireland; 2Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
EFFECTS OF POSTURAL AND EXERCISE CHALLENGES ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN TRAINED AND UNTRAINED HEALTHY MALE AND FEMALE VOLUNTEERS
J. Higgins, C. Gallagher, K.D. O’Halloran
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.