UCD Brendan McGonnell Professor of Childhood Leukaemia research in Dublin @sysbioire @UCDMedicine @CHIatCrumlin. Français 🇫🇷 Gaeilge 🇮🇪 🏉 Own views.

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New data from our group! All details in the tweetorial from @cosmint_ 👇
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ICYMI, check out our Sept Spotlight article on Dr. Claire Fitzgerald/the Bond Group at SBI and the team's ongoing research for more precise, less toxic treatment options for childhood AML patients. In collaboration w/ @ypag_nccs & funded by @LPTrustUK 💜 ucd.ie/sbi/research/research…
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Join us online next week for this free Childhood Cancer Panel discussion. Contact [email protected] for more information and login details. 🗓️Wednesday, September 3 🕒3:30 PM (Dublin) 🌍Via Zoom #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth🎗️ @jbond2019 @weare_tlm @CHIatCrumlin @muhimbiliuniver
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New #SBIblog from @sophie_carlin4, an AICRIstart student with the Bond Group @ SBI & the Matchett Group @ Ulster Uni. Hear how this cross-border research programme enhanced Sophie's PhD experience. ucd.ie/sbi/news/blog/aicrist… @AlCRIproject @jbond2019 @drkylematchett @PersonalMedNI
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Thanks so much to @LPTrustUK for supporting our new research project! This will be led by Claire Fitzgerald @ClaireFitzG18 @sysbioire @UCDMedicine with collaborators @NiTriona and Cormac Taylor @UCD_Conway . More details in the links below!
📣 We’ve supported @LPTrustUK in funding four new #BloodCancer research projects! 🔬 CAR-T therapy optimisation - Dr Barnett 🧬 SET gene research - @MariaTeresaEs 🔥 Targeting metabolism - @jbond2019 🔍 Treatment resistance - Prof Turner Find out more at bit.ly/4lBeQKn
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Hear from SBI's Walter Kolch as he explains why #ICSB2025 is a must-attend event for all who are interested in #systemsbiology applications for health. Join us in Dublin this Oct for fantastic speakers & diverse session topics! @ucddublin @UCDMedicine @UCDCompSci @PrecisionOncIre
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Bond group out in force ⁦@News_IACR⁩ Congrats to Luke ⁦@iamnotaprawn⁩ for his poster 🏵️ and Theodora ⁦@TheodoraGrosu⁩ for selection for the Fitzpatrick medal competition ⁦@sysbioire⁩ ⁦@IrishCancerSoc⁩ ⁦@Researchirel⁩ ⁦@PrecisionOncIre⁩
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Are you an Epigenetics enthusiast interested in Super-enhancer hijacking in blood cancer, using cutting edge techniques and harnessing the power of data generated from them? Join the team, as we have two 3-year PDRA posts currently advertised funded by CRUK, more info below!
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The big one! It’s time for #MatchDaySorted 🥳🎉 Follow & RT for a chance to win: 2x Tickets to Ireland v France match on March 8th in AVIVA 4x Pints of @Heineken_IE 2x Match Day Burger Winner announced lunchtime on Thursday, March 6th.
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Congrats to @sysbioire investigator @jbond2019 and the SALAMA project team whose work improving care for patients in Africa is receiving global recognition as part of an @EU_AfricaPerMed series. Shout out to @LPTrustUK & @cclguk for their support! More: shorturl.at/rV6ay
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Delighted to see the SALAMA study highlighted in this series. This is an ongoing collaboration @sysbioire @MuhimbiliTaifa and others, supported by @LPTrustUK @cclguk #childhoodcancer #Genomics 🇮🇪🇹🇿
🤝SALAMA- Studying Acute #LeukemiA Mutations in Africa: A #SuccessStory of Africa-Europe Collaboration in #PersonalisedMedicine 🌍 📄 Explore the flyer below for key takeaways. 🔗 Find more information and read the full success story here: euafrica-permed.eu/salama-2/
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Stellar talk on B-ALL genetics and latest epigenomics research by ⁦@LJRussell_Lab⁩ on her visit to Dublin. A great note to finish our ⁦@sysbioire⁩ ⁦@CHI_Ireland⁩ #childhoodcancer seminar series for this year.
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Huge congratulations to the new Dr @cosmint_ for an excellent PhD achievement. And many thanks to the examiners @LJRussell_Lab @david_machugh and chair David Gomez for putting him through his paces @GenomicsCRT
Congratulations to Cosmin Tudose on passing his viva yesterday! 🥂🎉 Cosmin is co-supervised by @colmr & @jbond2019 funded by @GenomicsCRT. Thesis title: "Defining molecular vulnerabilities in childhood leukaemia through biological network analysis". Well done @cosmint_! #viva
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Delighted to say that our own Tânia Dias (not on Twitter) has received a @Researchirel scholarship to continue her childhood leukaemia research @sysbioire @PrecisionOncIre @UCDMedicine @CHFIreland
💙💛 Fifty UCD postgrad and postdoc projects have received funding as a part of a €27.5 million investment by Research Ireland. The large cohort is part of 290 projects funded under this year’s Government of Ireland postgraduate scholarship and postdoctoral fellowship programmes, which aim to support “exceptional” early-career researchers to pursue and implement their research. 🥁 ...and the 2024 UCD Postgrad & Postdoc Awardees are: 🔹 Caimin Mc Kenna 🔹 Kendra Ní Nualláin 🔹 Rachel Bayer 🔹 Victoria Poulain 🔹 Golla Ramesh 🔹 Christina Koretsidou 🔹 Maryam Saeedi 🔹 Rebecca Bermingham McGuire 🔹 Megan Reilly 🔹 Grace Nolan 🔹 Colin Brock 🔹 Mia McCalmont 🔹 Romeo Fraccari 🔹 Niamh O'Dwyer 🔹 Jia Ge 🔹 Conor McNamee 🔹 Michele Derrico 🔹 Ruth Colbert 🔹 Thomas Karagiannis 🔹 Kieran Mohr 🔹 Dakota Youngeagle 🔹 Natalija Cera 🔹 Samantha Trevaskis 🔹 Leah Halpenny 🔹 Matthew Hilborn 🔹 Emma Cadoria 🔹 Nawal Ashraf 🔹 Savannah Devine 🔹 Alexis Delamare 🔹 Orlaith Darling 🔹 Francesco Scatigna 🔹 Niamh Clarke 🔹 Silvano Zuccarelli 🔹 Anh-Quân Nguyen 🔹 Qiancheng Zhang 🔹 Ioannis Lainas 🔹 Ovidiu Alexandru Petrisor 🔹 Simon Costello 🔹 Carline Klijnman 🔹 Rana Chatterjee 🔹 Jiajia Wei 🔹 Philipp Wagenhals 🔹 Tânia Dias 🔹 Christian Henkel 🔹 Rhona Jamieson 🔹 Sandhya Kapurwan 🔹 Sara Esteves 🔹 Silvia Ivani 🔹 Xianqing Wang 🔹 Yinghao Li
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Congrats to Gold Medal Runner Up @cosmint_ 👏 🎉 His study shows that Gene expression is a better predictor of cancer cell sensitivity to treatments than gene regulatory networks. 🔍 #conwayfest24 #CancerResearch #Genomics #CRISPR
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Annual group retreat day today. We also marked recent good news including @cosmint PhD thesis submission and arrival of @AlCRIproject student Sophie Carlin. We also had to celebrate our successful exit of the escape rooms.
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Postdoc Role in Kolch Group - Deadline extended to 16 September! For full job description or to apply, visit the Work at UCD website and search Job. Ref. 017594 📢Spread the word! ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/ #massspec #drugresistance #proteomics #researchcareers @UCDMedicine
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