Lucy Dornan
@lucygdornan.bsky.social
Cell biology PhD candidate & Golgi enthusiast with a fondness for live cell microscopy 🧫🔬
Nature lover, hobby baker, optimist ☀️
ucd.ie/hcs
Nature lover, hobby baker, optimist ☀️
ucd.ie/hcs
6 hours in the thermocycler later
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
6 hours in the thermocycler later
Send help, I think I have met the cloning final boss of my PhD
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Send help, I think I have met the cloning final boss of my PhD
Happy halloween 🎃
This year’s pumpkin design is based on what occupies my thoughts and haunts me every minute of every day at the moment
This year’s pumpkin design is based on what occupies my thoughts and haunts me every minute of every day at the moment
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy halloween 🎃
This year’s pumpkin design is based on what occupies my thoughts and haunts me every minute of every day at the moment
This year’s pumpkin design is based on what occupies my thoughts and haunts me every minute of every day at the moment
After many years of hm-ing and haw-ing about why some of the fusion proteins I’ve cloned showed cytoplasmic background I’ve finally found the culprit
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
After many years of hm-ing and haw-ing about why some of the fusion proteins I’ve cloned showed cytoplasmic background I’ve finally found the culprit
Spending my weekend churning out data from live cell time series for a poster I have left very, very last minute; but at least the backdrop is pretty 🥹💞
September 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Spending my weekend churning out data from live cell time series for a poster I have left very, very last minute; but at least the backdrop is pretty 🥹💞
Late night live cell sesh, captured by @madeleenbrink.bsky.social 🫶
(featuring hair tied back by the chopped off end of a latex glove, life hack for all long hair havers who find themselves short of a hair tie in the lab)
(featuring hair tied back by the chopped off end of a latex glove, life hack for all long hair havers who find themselves short of a hair tie in the lab)
September 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Late night live cell sesh, captured by @madeleenbrink.bsky.social 🫶
(featuring hair tied back by the chopped off end of a latex glove, life hack for all long hair havers who find themselves short of a hair tie in the lab)
(featuring hair tied back by the chopped off end of a latex glove, life hack for all long hair havers who find themselves short of a hair tie in the lab)
Just finished imaging my last rep of an experiment that has taken a grand total of 6100 minutes (101.66 hrs) of live-cell confocal imaging, spread across 305x 35mm dishes
September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Just finished imaging my last rep of an experiment that has taken a grand total of 6100 minutes (101.66 hrs) of live-cell confocal imaging, spread across 305x 35mm dishes
Went outside to go look at the stars and all I can see are Starlink satellites . :(
September 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Went outside to go look at the stars and all I can see are Starlink satellites . :(
A brief moment of solitude and reflection beneath the trees today :)
After 7 years in UCD between my undergrad and the PhD, today I finished my last ever accredited module. Feeling so grateful for the opportunity to have learnt so much about myself and the world, and excited for the future :)
After 7 years in UCD between my undergrad and the PhD, today I finished my last ever accredited module. Feeling so grateful for the opportunity to have learnt so much about myself and the world, and excited for the future :)
August 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A brief moment of solitude and reflection beneath the trees today :)
After 7 years in UCD between my undergrad and the PhD, today I finished my last ever accredited module. Feeling so grateful for the opportunity to have learnt so much about myself and the world, and excited for the future :)
After 7 years in UCD between my undergrad and the PhD, today I finished my last ever accredited module. Feeling so grateful for the opportunity to have learnt so much about myself and the world, and excited for the future :)
Found outside the confocal room this morning… perhaps the most ironic book that could have been dropped outside the microscope bunker 😂
July 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Found outside the confocal room this morning… perhaps the most ironic book that could have been dropped outside the microscope bunker 😂
Too pretty to wait until #FluorescenceFriday 😊
Golgi in green nestled amongst the microtubules in magenta :)
Golgi in green nestled amongst the microtubules in magenta :)
July 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Too pretty to wait until #FluorescenceFriday 😊
Golgi in green nestled amongst the microtubules in magenta :)
Golgi in green nestled amongst the microtubules in magenta :)
Me and my army of freshly poured plates ready for more cloning
July 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Me and my army of freshly poured plates ready for more cloning
Not been lucky enough to get my hands on it myself (yet..!), but @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social have a lego set that I’ve seen some people get!
July 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not been lucky enough to get my hands on it myself (yet..!), but @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social have a lego set that I’ve seen some people get!
Cell Screening Team lab “away” day - featuring the golgi on the big screen at today’s super fun membrane trafficking webinar 🤩 @madeleenbrink.bsky.social @teerna.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Cell Screening Team lab “away” day - featuring the golgi on the big screen at today’s super fun membrane trafficking webinar 🤩 @madeleenbrink.bsky.social @teerna.bsky.social
the birds are chirping the sun is in the sky
June 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
the birds are chirping the sun is in the sky
Dyou know ironically this output from data I need to analyse is a beautifully representative image of what's been going through my head in trying to build the analysis pipeline
June 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dyou know ironically this output from data I need to analyse is a beautifully representative image of what's been going through my head in trying to build the analysis pipeline
Protocol called for a dessicator in a dark room so we’ve improvised
June 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Protocol called for a dessicator in a dark room so we’ve improvised
Delayed bake this weekend - Mexican polvorones de pepitas (pumpkin seed shortbread), courtesy of a fantastic evening cooking course in the Dublin Cookery School 😋
nice to sit in a lesson and be learning something new, with absolutely no reason for it except that i enjoy it :D
nice to sit in a lesson and be learning something new, with absolutely no reason for it except that i enjoy it :D
June 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Delayed bake this weekend - Mexican polvorones de pepitas (pumpkin seed shortbread), courtesy of a fantastic evening cooking course in the Dublin Cookery School 😋
nice to sit in a lesson and be learning something new, with absolutely no reason for it except that i enjoy it :D
nice to sit in a lesson and be learning something new, with absolutely no reason for it except that i enjoy it :D
The only correct way to end your image analysis macro
June 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The only correct way to end your image analysis macro
This weekend’s bake is chocolate chip cookies with raspberries & a hint of lime 😋
June 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This weekend’s bake is chocolate chip cookies with raspberries & a hint of lime 😋
Been so busy over the last few weeks that I’ve been neglecting all of my pasttimes; trying to get back into it and setting myself the goal of baking something new every weekend for the rest of the year - this weekend’s bake is a sundried tomato and basil focaccia 😄
May 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Been so busy over the last few weeks that I’ve been neglecting all of my pasttimes; trying to get back into it and setting myself the goal of baking something new every weekend for the rest of the year - this weekend’s bake is a sundried tomato and basil focaccia 😄
Raspberry mint spritz for a sunny Friday evening 😋
May 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Raspberry mint spritz for a sunny Friday evening 😋
New group photo from a rare moment of sunshine in Dublin earlier this week 🤩🌤️
So indescribably fortunate to be doing my PhD alongside such kind and enthusiastic people, and in my beautiful alma mater 🥰🔬🧫🧬
@madeleenbrink.bsky.social @teerna.bsky.social
So indescribably fortunate to be doing my PhD alongside such kind and enthusiastic people, and in my beautiful alma mater 🥰🔬🧫🧬
@madeleenbrink.bsky.social @teerna.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
New group photo from a rare moment of sunshine in Dublin earlier this week 🤩🌤️
So indescribably fortunate to be doing my PhD alongside such kind and enthusiastic people, and in my beautiful alma mater 🥰🔬🧫🧬
@madeleenbrink.bsky.social @teerna.bsky.social
So indescribably fortunate to be doing my PhD alongside such kind and enthusiastic people, and in my beautiful alma mater 🥰🔬🧫🧬
@madeleenbrink.bsky.social @teerna.bsky.social
Let this be a lesson to all - don’t try doing gel extractions before your morning coffee..
May 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Let this be a lesson to all - don’t try doing gel extractions before your morning coffee..
Happy #FluorescenceFriday ✨
A pair of Golgis to soothe the soul from yesterday’s very meditative confocal session, and a trusty green-magenta LUT combo
A pair of Golgis to soothe the soul from yesterday’s very meditative confocal session, and a trusty green-magenta LUT combo
May 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday ✨
A pair of Golgis to soothe the soul from yesterday’s very meditative confocal session, and a trusty green-magenta LUT combo
A pair of Golgis to soothe the soul from yesterday’s very meditative confocal session, and a trusty green-magenta LUT combo