# Seed Funding 2024

**Source**: https://www.ucd.ie/science/research/seedfunding2024/
**Parent**: https://www.ucd.ie/science/

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- [Career Development](#h778668)
- [Dissemination & Outputs](#h778672)
- [Equality, Diversity & Inclusion](#h778673)

## 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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