DCU Life Sciences Institute

DCU's Life Sciences Institute is a multidisciplinary research centre focused on the study of living organisms.
LSI’s more than 70 research teams are focused on addressing global challenges.
For more info, you can visit the @dcu-lsi.bsky.social website at dcu.ie/lifesciences

26.06.2025 14:48 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It was brilliant to attend and present my research at the #SCNAC2025 conference last week in the beautiful Český Krumlov. Thanks to @hoceklab.bsky.social for organising another fantastic meeting of nucleic acid scientists 🧬👩‍🔬

@dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @dcu-lsi.bsky.social

17.06.2025 10:00 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Our Carbon Dots are also at the 22nd SFRR-I Biennial Meeting in Galway! ✨

@sfrre-ecr.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @dcu-lsi.bsky.social

04.06.2025 18:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Prof Anne Parle-McDermott

A 'game changing' way for Irish farmers to test for potato blight.
Piece by Prof Anne Parle-McDermott, Director of the Life Sciences Institute @dcu-lsi.bsky.social, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4kC6D8k
#RTEBrainstorm

27.05.2025 15:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What do we do in our research group? ⚗️🧪🧬

Our group leader Prof Silvia Giordani tells you about it in this video! 👇🏻

I enjoyed so much this filming session 🤣 and the result is amazing!

@dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcu-lsi.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social

youtu.be/sAAvrxyg-BI?...

16.04.2025 18:54 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Happy New Year to Emma Rowan ,from DCU SoBT and DCU LSI, leading a study on the impacts of ionic liquids (ILs). ILs are classified green solvents but a threat to the aquatic ecosystem. Molecular signatures capture toxicity relative to the carbon tail of ILs. Funded by
@researchireland.bsky.social

02.01.2025 15:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📢 PhD Opportunity Alert! 🌍🔬

Join the ProtoSigns Lab to explore novel biosignatures for microfossil interpretation! Fully-funded 4-year PhD with fieldwork, cutting-edge facilities & interdisciplinary training.

🔗 Apply by 31 Jan 2025

Full details:

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/302167

20.12.2024 10:30 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Come and join our team here at the ProtoSigns Lab in DCU as part of our ERC funded project!

We're making some really exciting discoveries around protocell membrane formation with implications for the origin of life and the search for life elsewhere in our solar system!

#originoflife #modeling

16.12.2024 17:33 — 👍 10    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

Delighted to present our work on NK cells in metastatic HER2+ breast cancer @ The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2024!
Work is funded by The Cancer Clinical Research Trust and The Caroline Foundation. @dcu-lsi.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social #sabcs2024

13.12.2024 20:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Massive congratulations to Marta Valenti on passing her PhD viva today! Marta was funded through the @researchireland.bsky.social ACORN project in @dcu-lsi.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to supervise the project. My thanks to the co-supervisory panel members Dr Alex Eustace and ProfJohnCrown

13.12.2024 20:28 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

On Monday evening, Dr @EadaoinCarthy, @R2B2_13 and Prof Fiona Regan featured on the latest episode of @rte's 10 Thing to Know About

The episode covered the impact of plastic pollution

Watch here: rte.ie/player/serie...

12.12.2024 11:24 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Congrats to Myra Castel on passing her viva and obtaining her PhD! It was a pleasure to supervise the project funded through our @researchireland.bsky.social ACORN project. Thanks to the co-supervisory panel members @neilconlon.bsky.social, Dr Naomi Walsh, Prof John Crown @dcu-lsi.bsky.social

11.12.2024 13:48 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0