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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 1d

🏅 Huge congratulations to Dr Tess McCann from SBBS & UCD Conway Institute — winner of the 2025 UCD Conway Festival Gold Medal for discovering a new gene mutation linked to inherited blindness, with Prof Breandán Kennedy’s team. 👏
#UCDResearch #SBBSUCD #WomenInSTEM

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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · Sep 9

Borrowing books from the James Joyce Library?📚 We've permanently merged the Short Loan and Reference collections into the main book collection on Levels 2 & 4. Look for the tape on the book spines!

More information about our Library Development Project is on our website: www.ucd.ie/library/cont...

Books on shelves in the UCD James Joyce Library, showing coloured tape on the book spines.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔜⏳👀Coming soon, 6-10 Oct '25! This interactive art installation by artist Olga Diego explores the issue of plastic pollution. Part of the ‘Imagined Sustainabilities’ project led by Eva Bru-Dominguez & Ana Vera, co-funded by the Humanities Institute & UCD Sustainability Seed Funding Schemes.

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Sep 4

Celebrating the #ClassOf2025! 🌍🚀

🎓 Congrats to our top BSc students awarded medals yesterday:

🥇Aoife McLoughlin – Biochemistry
🥇Maryna Startseva – Biochemistry Project
🥇Seán O’Reilly – Genetics
🥇Alanna Doherty – Microbiology
🥇Clíodhna de Brún – Neuroscience
🥇Toni Oladimeji – Pharmacology

#UCD

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Sep 3

A HUGE CONGRATS to the #Classof2025 graduating today from across our 5 BSc degrees:

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 🧬
Genetics 🔬
Microbiology 🦠
Neuroscience 🧠
Pharmacology 💊

We are so proud of what you have achieved. Well done to our incredible graduates! 🎉🎓✨

#UCDGraduation #BelieveInScience

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Aug 27

👏 Congrats to @conwayer1.bsky.social on a major @genesdev.bsky.social‬ publication!

In collab with @adrianbracken.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social & Dr Orla Deevy @ucdscience.bsky.social, the team showed how EZH2 mutations disrupt PRC2, driving Weaver syndrome🧬

📖 Read more here ▶️bit.ly/3HL0YiI

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Jun 30

🎓 A huge congratulations to our newest PhD graduates @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social 🌟

These researchers are tackling global challenges in health, disease, & the environment. We are incredibly proud of their achievements & the impact they’ve made in our research community. 👏🌍🧪🔬

#ScientificDiscovery #STEM

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Geraldine Butler @yeastpi.bsky.social · Jun 4

Postdoc position in new area for lab on yeast biodiversity. See www.findapostdoc.com/search/job-d.... Please forward! @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social

PostDoc | Job Details - Postdoctoral fellow level 1 in yeast biodiversity at Conway Institute, University College Dublin

Postdoctoral fellow level 1 in yeast biodiversity at Conway Institute, University College Dublin, listed on FindAPostDoc.com - A jobs site exclusively listing postdoctoral research posts.

www.findapostdoc.com

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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · May 23

UCD student Simran Khatri and TCD student Kevin O’Leary are the joint winners of the 2025 science communication award, which was founded to honour the life and legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill.

TCD, UCD students share Mary Mulvihill award for explorations of life and loss

Students from across Ireland entered the science communication competition this year, with submissions including illustrated essays, videos and manga.

www.siliconrepublic.com

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · May 23

🎉Huge congratulations to Simran Khatri, Stage 3 Pharmacology student,who has been named joint winner of the 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award. Her essay “In Life for Life – A Monologue from the Heart of a Young Researcher,” is a powerful reflection on the ethics of animal research in science.
bit.ly/4mtiwPR

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Systems Biology Ireland @sysbioire.bsky.social · May 20

📢Introducing our 5 exceptional Plenary Speakers for #ICSB2025: Dong-Yup Lee, Ines Thiele, Kathryn Lilley, Rune Linding & Sabrina Spencer.

For more info & the list of Invited Speakers icsb2025.com

‪@linding.bsky.social‬ ‪@inesthiele.bsky.social‬ @precisiononcire.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · May 2

🎉 Huge congrats to our 3 #PhD students

⭐Grace Ruddin ⭐
⭐Rhys Orimaco⭐
⭐Molly Davies⭐

who each won a prize for their presentations at yesterday’s SBBS Research Day 2025 🏆🧪

🔗 lnkd.in/e2-WFaug

@ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

#SBBSRD2025 #UCDResearch

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · May 1

🎉 SBBS Research Day 2025 is here!
An internal UCD event celebrating our research in:
🔬Infection Biology
🧠Disease Mechanisms
💊Drug Discovery
🧫Biomedical Models
🧪Biotech & Synthetic Biology

Talks, posters & more! Stay tuned for highlights from our community throughout the day 📈🦠 🧬🌾
lnkd.in/e2-WFaug

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Apr 25

Awesome to be able to share our work on PAX8 in high-grade serous ovarian cancer, super job @daviesmolly13.bsky.social! Thanks for the opportunity to share @gensocuk.bsky.social

@ucd-sbbs.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social

Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · Apr 25

Last morning of the conference with Molly Davies talking about how PAX8 coordinates oncogenic transcription independently of stable interactors in high-grade serous ovarian cancer #Epigenetics2025

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Jens Rauch @jensrauch.bsky.social · Apr 17

Brilliant poster presentations today from our 36 #MSc #Biotherapeutics students at @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social ! Impressive use of #proteomics, #statistics and #bioinformatics to tackle challenges in #drugdevelopment. Thanks to all the poster judges and for their support!

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 17

Delighted to announce our #ENGAGE2025 winners:

🏆🥇Clodagh Murphy–Orchestrating a Treatment for Lung Cancer
🥈 Molly Davies–UnPAXing DNA Structure in Ovarian Cancer
📊 Best Poster: Caoimbhe Burke
🥈 Runners-Up: Braden Miller & Climate Change Poster

Huge thanks to all who joined us in person & online!🙏

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 15

🎤 It’s nearly showtime…

TOMORROW is the ENGAGE 2025 Grand Final!

📍 UCD Science Centre Wed 16th April 5PM
💻 Or join us online

Open to the public 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦

6 science stories that will inform, inspire & entertain 🧬🎭

Register to attend in person or online👉 bit.ly/3EUekHj

#ENGAGE2025

UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 14

👋 Last week we introduced the 6 finalists for ENGAGE 2025…Now it’s time to meet our host & judges!

🎤 MC: @claireoconnell.bsky.social
🧠Judges: @Stephen Flanagan, Joan Mahon, Kate Gajewska

Open to the public join us this Wed April 16 at 5pm in person or online⬇️
🔗 bit.ly/3EUekHj

#AccessibleScience

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 11

Our ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight concludes!

Introducing Finalist #6: Clodagh Murphy⭐🎼

🫁 Clodagh’s work uses long non-coding RNAs to silence cancer genes in lung tumours—a new wave in RNA-based therapies

Catch Clodagh live at UCD or online April 16 @5pm👇
www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...
#AccessibleScience

UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 11

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight! ⭐

📢Introducing Finalist #5: John Fehilly⭐

John uses zebrafish🐟to study genetic eye conditions and bring new hope for vision research 👁️‍🗨️

📅 See his talk in person or online next Wed 5pm April 16👇
www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...
#AccessibleScience

UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight! ⭐

📢Introducing Finalist #4: Emma Doyle 🧬

🔬 Emma explains CRISPR gene editing and how it’s unlocking powerful discoveries in biomedical research

📅 Catch her live in UCD or online at 5pm Wed April 16👇
www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...

#AccessibleScience @conwayer1.bsky.social

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight!⭐

📢Introducing Finalist #3: Molly Davies 🎗️

🧬 Molly investigates how ovarian cancer rewires DNA structure—giving new insights into tumour behaviour🧫

📅 Don’t miss her talk at the ENGAGE Final, 5pm April 16 at UCD or online👇
www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...
#AccessibleScience

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 9

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight! ⭐

📢Introducing Finalist #2: Ciarán Carey🧫

🫁 Ciarán explores how a deadly bacterium adapts in the low-oxygen lungs of people with cystic fibrosis—and how to fight it

📅 Register to see him live on April 16 in UCD or online👇
www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...

#AccessibleScience

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 9

🎉 Just 1 week to go until ENGAGE 2025 Final!

We are delighted to spotlight each of our 6 finalists this week, starting with Felix Joel Brooke🎤!

Felix is brewing a solution to food waste—using microalgae to turn brewery leftovers into omega-3 and biofertiliser!
See him on April 16👇
lnkd.in/dh9QeYbx

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 2

🎉 Just 2 weeks to go until ENGAGE 2025!
Wishing the very best to our six brilliant finalists as they prepare to share their research with the world. 🎤🧬🎼🐟

📅 April 16 | 📍 UCD Moore Auditorium & online
🔗 Register: https://www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsandevents/2025/engage2025/

#ENGAGE2025 #ScienceForAll #UCD

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