Seed Funding 2024
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Career Development
- *Dr Joanna Drabinska (Lead PI) and Professor Lorraine Brennan (Co-PI)*UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science\ Title: Exometabolomic characterization of Mycobacterium abscessus clinical isolates\ Awarded: €5,000.00
- *Dr Hamda Ajmal (Lead PI)*UCD School of Computer Science\ Title: Systems Biology Course at EMBL-EBI\ Awarded: €1,330.17
- Dr Simone Marcone (Lead PI), Professor Breandán Kennedy (Co-PI) and Professor Catherine Godson (Co-PI)\ UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science\ Title: Targeting the inflammatory microenvironment in Barrett’s Oesophagus to prevent disease progression: towards an ERC Consolidator Grant\ Awarded: €6,800.00
- Dr Antonio Benedetto (Lead PI), Professor Brian Rodriguez (Co-PI), Dr Monica De Gaetano (Co-PI) and Dr Maria Prencipe (Co-PI)\ UCD School of Physics\ Title: Controlling cell membrane viscoelasticity via magnetic ionic liquids and external magnetic fields: An "ERC Advanced Grant" Plan\ Awarded: €8,000.00
- *Dr Valentina Tonelotto*UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science\ Title: CysLT Receptor Antagonists and Ferroptosis: Exciting Potential Treatments and Prognosticators for Lung Cancer\ Awarded: €5,000.00
Dissemination & Outputs
- *Professor Maria Meehan (Lead PI)*UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics\ Title: Present at Annual SIGMAA on RUME Conference 2025, Washington DC, USA\ Awarded: €2,053.99
- *Dr Simone Ciuti (Lead PI)*UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science\ Title: Representing UCD at EURODEER and EUROBOAR MEETING, September 2024\ Awarded: €820.00
- Dr Aniello Palma (Lead PI), Associate Professor Eoghan McGarrigle (Co-PI), Associate Professor Marcus Baumann (Co-PI) and Dr Peter Byrne (Co-PI)\ UCD School of Chemistry\ Title: EUChemS Organic Division Young Investigator Meeting 2024\ Awarded: €2,500.00
- *Dr Sam Kelley (Lead PI)*UCD School of Earth Sciences\ Title: COSMO2024 - workshop on cosmogenic nuclides\ Awarded: €990.00
- *Dr Waseem Ahmad Wani (Lead PI), Professor Brian Rodriguez (Co-PI), David Mc Laughlin (Co-PI), Aeshah Farhan M Alotaibi (Co-PI), Soukaina Barroug (Co-PI), Michelle Fox (Co-PI), Aidan O'Dowling (Co-PI), Qiancheng Zhang (Co-PI), Dr Ajay Iyer (Co-PI), Lima Zhou (Co-PI), Yevhen Brych (Co-PI) and Nawal Ashraf (Co-PI)*UCD School of Physics\ Title: Science Starts Small: Promoting Nanotechnology in Young Minds with Atomic Force Microscopy\ Awarded: €2,500.00
- *Dr Jana Haase (Lead PI)*UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science\ Title: Gordon Conference Membrane Transport Proteins\ Awarded: €1,507.00
- *Dr Brett Becker (Lead PI)*UCD School of Computer Science\ Title: A UCD-led Dagstuhl Seminar: Generative AI in Programming Education\ Awarded: €900.00
- *Dr Polat Goktas (Lead PI)*UCD School of Computer Science\ Title: Image Cytometry Analysis using AI Techniques\ Awarded: €1,554.00
- *Patrizia Colucci (Lead PI) and Professor Breandán Kennedy (Co-PI)*UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science\ Title: Attendance to ZDM17 Conference\ Awarded: €1,550.00
- *Dr Emmelyne Cuza (Lead PI) and Associate Professor Grace Morgan (Co-PI)*UCD School of Chemistry\ Title: Thermal-Induced Chirality in Spin Crossover Crystal – Work will be presented at the "International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Magnets (ISCOM) ", September 2024\ Awarded: €2,400.00
- *Dr Andrew Tighe (Lead PI) and Associate Professor Jens Carlsson (Co-PI)*UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science\ Title: Attending annual meeting of the society for molecular biology and evolution\ Awarded: €1,000.00
- *Ciara Murphy (Lead PI) and Professor Maria Meehan (Co-PI)*UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics\ Title: Present at SIGMAA on RUME Conference 2025, Washington DC, USA\ Awarded: €2,082.83
- *Aishwarya Chanady Babu (Lead PI) and Associate Professor Brian Vohnsen (Co-PI)*UCD School of Physics\ Title: Forward and Backward Second-Harmonic Imaging in the Retinal Lamina Cribrosa and its relation to Glaucoma\ Awarded: €2,104.00
- *Nanyu Wei (Lead PI) and Dr Aline Melo (Co-PI)*UCD School of Earth Sciences\ Title: Present of the work on the Petrophysical characterization of the mineralization of the Lisheen Zn - Pb deposit in Ireland\ Awarded: €2,418.42
- *Matteo Lotriglia (Lead PI) and Associate Professor Miguel Bustamante (Co-PI)*UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics\ Title: Nonlinear Dynamics of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou System\ Awarded: €1,720.00
- *Marzia Pendino (Lead PI) and Professor Breandán Kennedy (Co-PI)*UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science\ Title: Harnessing Cannabinoids for Innovative Solutions in Uveal Melanoma - Bridging Insight at ARVO 2024\ Awarded: €1,475.00
- *Zhongyi Lu (Lead PI) and Dr David Lillis (Co-PI)*UCD School of Computer Science\ Title: A Reputation-based Microservices Trust Model Using Similarity Domains\ Awarded: €2,500.00
- *Vanessa Becker (Lead PI)*UCD School of Chemistry\ Title: Synthesis and Applications of Organosulfur Compounds\ Awarded: €2,500.00
- *Colleen Lawless (Lead PI), Dr John Finarelli (Co-PI) and Dr Graham Hughes (Co-PI)*UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science\ Title: Decoding Deception: The Molecular Mechanism of Cuttlefish Ink on Shark Smell Receptors\ Awarded: €1,631.40
- *Lea Schäfer (Lead PI) and Associate Professor Antoinette Perry (Co-PI)*UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science\ Title: Investigating NKAPL, a Potential Marker for Platinum Resistance, in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer\ Awarded: €250.00
- *Olivia Breen (Lead PI), Associate Professor Tony Keene (Co-PI), Viktorija Mikaite (Co-PI), Noheem Kadiri (Co-PI) and Colm Ó hUallacháin (Co-PI)*UCD School of Chemistry\ Title: Dissemination of results at the 9th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism in Krakow\ Awarded: €2,441.32
- *Catherine Higgins (Lead PI) and Dr Michelle Carey (Co-PI)*UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics\ Title: Conference Funding: Novel methodology for Curve Clustering and Network Sample Analysis\ Awarded: €1,805.07
- *Jullian Scully (Lead PI)*UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science\ Title: Molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions and virulence in human fungal pathogens\ Awarded: €1,000.00
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
- *Dr Marianne Haarr (Lead PI), Dr Kaat Philippe (Co-PI), Dr Sara M. Esteves (Co-PI) and Dr Simon Nicholas Smith (Co-PI)*UCD School of Chemistry\ Title: Enhancing the sense of belonging and career development for UCD early career researchers\ Awarded: €1,600.00
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