Bioengineer, sports fan, dad to small twins | @RCSI_IRL DVC of Research & Innovation | @AMBERcentre & @TissueEngDublin PI | @ERC_Research PI | Member @RIADawson
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Our latest publication in Bioactive Materials showing how scaffold based #genedelivery can be applied to #spinalcord with a PTEN-siRNA activated scaffold promoting axonal regrowth sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
Great to have this paper published in Small. Well done to the whole team, particularly @JavierGG092. Another nice output from our @TissueEngDublin @ambercentre collaboration with Prof Valeria Nicolosi’s lab.
Congratulations to @JavierGG092 on publication of 'Tailoring MXene Flake Morphology via Aerosol Jet Printing for Biological and Strain Sensor Applications' in Small!
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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A great turnout today for the launch of the PPI Ignite Network Phase II! The launch included discussion panels and an introduction from Head of TERG @fjobrien. Great to have so many PPI collaborators, research staff and RCSI president Deborah McNamara in attendance.
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Great to have 'PolyGraph – Flexible, Biocompatible & Electrically Optimized Graphene-Polymer Composites for Next-Generation Neural Interfaces' published in Advanced Healthcare Materials! Read the article here: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…
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We were delighted to welcome Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD and Minister @lawlessj to our labs yesterday for the opening of 118 St Stephen's Green, where the Taoiseach spoke with spinal cord injury activist and TERG PPI collaborator Ciaran McCarthy, and head of TERG @fjobrien
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Cian O'Connor speaking this week at the SMA European Congress
about how biomimetic viscoelastic hydrogels promote motor neuron outgrowth and modulate astrocyte behaviour for Spinal Muscular Atrophy regeneration applications!
This work is kindly supported by the SMA Foundation.
Well done to Juan Carlos Palomeque and the whole interdisciplinary team involved in the study. Grateful to all funders particularly @Researchirel through the AMBER Centre who funded Juan Carlos's PhD thesis carried out under the supervision of @Sbrowne4 @cathaljkearney & I.
Our latest @TissueEngDublin @ambercentre paper in Bioactive Materials on a new #bioactive #biomaterial for #woundhealing showing how scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition promotes regenerative macrophage polarisation to direct chronic wound healing.
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Our latest @TissueEngDublin @ambercentre paper in Bioactive Materials on a new #bioactive #biomaterial for #woundhealing showing how scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition promotes regenerative macrophage polarisation to direct chronic wound healing.
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AMBER Researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences develop a novel implant that delivers tiny growth-promoting particles directly to injured nerve cells helping them to regrow after spinal cord injury
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#bioengineering @IRFUCharTrust
Very much a multidisciplinary team effort led by Tara McGuire as part of her @ambercentre & @IRFUCharTrust funded PhD. Thanks to everyone involved particularly our #PPI advisory panel consisting of clinicians & seriously injured players living with spinal cord injury.
Our latest publication in Bioactive Materials showing how scaffold based #genedelivery can be applied to #spinalcord with a PTEN-siRNA activated scaffold promoting axonal regrowth sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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This work was led by @ZuzanaKoci, and was undertaken in collaboration with @integra_life and the @Researchirel @ambercentre.
@fjobrien @Alan_Hibbitts @BuckleyLabTCD @Giulio_Brunetti
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Our latest paper is out! Read more about laser patterning of biomaterials that enables to control their degradation and thus improves vascularisation and complex tissue repair (such a nerve discontinuity). Thanks to the amazing researchers at @TissueEngDublin and collaborators
New study detailing the development of a next generation biomaterial for nerve repair using tailored laser patterning treatment which may promote early vascularisation and tissue regeneration is now published in @ActaBio!
Read it here: lnkd.in/gciPtdjd
Delighted to see this paper published from our @ambercentre collaboration with @integra_life which shows how laser treatment of natural polymers can be used to tailor site-specific degradation, controlled vascularization and enhanced tissue repair.
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Lovely weekend at @bini_irl conference. Superb plenary talks by Molly Stevens & Haughton Lecturer Michael Walsh. Well done to @TissueEngDublin team for excellent presentations including prize winners Aamena Mejevdiwala, Eavan Pakenham & Joshua Pepper! #BinI2026 #TERGonTour
