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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science
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BSc, MSc & PhD programmes spanning key areas of biomolecular & biomedical science;Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, Biotherapeutics, Infection Biology, Regulatory Affairs & Toxicology.

https://www.ucd.ie/sbbs
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A HUGE CONGRATS to the #Classof2025 graduating today from across our 5 BSc degrees:

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 🧬
Genetics 🔬
Microbiology 🦠
Neuroscience 🧠
Pharmacology 💊

We are so proud of what you have achieved. Well done to our incredible graduates! 🎉🎓✨

#UCDGraduation #BelieveInScience
On #InternationalMensDay we conclude our series with 2 tributes honouring family and academic mentorship:💙Matteo Prencipe, honoured by Maria Prencipe & 💙Prof. Breandán Kennedy, honoured by Camilla Fontana.
Thank you to everyone for their stories celebrating men and mentors ➡️https://bit.ly/4oNueWe
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
For #InternationalMensDay we share 4 more stories from our SBBS series celebrating Men & Mentors:

💙 Jay Campbell on Prof. John Crean

💙 Eoin McCabe on Prof. Paul McCabe

💙 Caoimbhe Burke on Dr Arman Rahman

💙 Clodagh Murphy on Prof. William Gallagher

Read all four tributes: http://bit.ly/4r1Dtng
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Day 2 of our #InternationalMensDay series highlights these mentors, nominated by our community, for their help shaping and inspiring the work of early-career scientists:

💙 Dr Gary Brennan

💙 Prof. Breandán Kennedy

💙 Prof. David O’Connell

Read their SBBS mentees' stories➡️:
http://bit.ly/4r1Dtng
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Today we are delighted to begin our #InternationalMensDay series, celebrating mentors who’ve inspired our SBBS community:

💙 Cormac Murphy’s tribute to his father

💙 Mario Manresa honouring Cormac Taylor

💙 A student honouring their father’s resilience

Read full stories here ➡️http://bit.ly/4r1Dtng
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🧫Celebrating #ScienceWeek!
We begin with a 2025 school highlight! Undergrads help discover 2 new yeast species-Cyberlindnera hibernica & Barnettozyma discipulorum. Now in the scientific record ➡️
🔗 https://microbiologysociety.org/blog/new-to-science-the-latest-species-discovered-around-the-world.html
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Exciting recognition for UCD undergraduate research!
The @microbiologysociety.org has featured the discovery of 2 new yeast species our students helped uncover:Cyberlindnera hibernica (“of Ireland”)& Barnettozyma discipulorum(“of students”)discovered in Glengarriff Woods🍃📄 🔗 bit.ly/3LiJonn
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🏅 Huge congratulations to Dr Tess McCann from SBBS & UCD Conway Institute — winner of the 2025 UCD Conway Festival Gold Medal for discovering a new gene mutation linked to inherited blindness, with Prof Breandán Kennedy’s team. 👏
#UCDResearch #SBBSUCD #WomenInSTEM
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Borrowing books from the James Joyce Library?📚 We've permanently merged the Short Loan and Reference collections into the main book collection on Levels 2 & 4. Look for the tape on the book spines!

More information about our Library Development Project is on our website: www.ucd.ie/library/cont...
September 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🔜⏳👀Coming soon, 6-10 Oct '25! This interactive art installation by artist Olga Diego explores the issue of plastic pollution. Part of the ‘Imagined Sustainabilities’ project led by Eva Bru-Dominguez & Ana Vera, co-funded by the Humanities Institute & UCD Sustainability Seed Funding Schemes.
September 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Celebrating the #ClassOf2025! 🌍🚀

🎓 Congrats to our top BSc students awarded medals yesterday:

🥇Aoife McLoughlin – Biochemistry
🥇Maryna Startseva – Biochemistry Project
🥇Seán O’Reilly – Genetics
🥇Alanna Doherty – Microbiology
🥇Clíodhna de Brún – Neuroscience
🥇Toni Oladimeji – Pharmacology

#UCD
September 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A HUGE CONGRATS to the #Classof2025 graduating today from across our 5 BSc degrees:

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 🧬
Genetics 🔬
Microbiology 🦠
Neuroscience 🧠
Pharmacology 💊

We are so proud of what you have achieved. Well done to our incredible graduates! 🎉🎓✨

#UCDGraduation #BelieveInScience
September 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
👏 Congrats to @conwayer1.bsky.social on a major @genesdev.bsky.social‬ publication!

In collab with @adrianbracken.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social & Dr Orla Deevy @ucdscience.bsky.social, the team showed how EZH2 mutations disrupt PRC2, driving Weaver syndrome🧬

📖 Read more here ▶️bit.ly/3HL0YiI
August 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🎓 A huge congratulations to our newest PhD graduates @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social 🌟

These researchers are tackling global challenges in health, disease, & the environment. We are incredibly proud of their achievements & the impact they’ve made in our research community. 👏🌍🧪🔬

#ScientificDiscovery #STEM
June 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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UCD student Simran Khatri and TCD student Kevin O’Leary are the joint winners of the 2025 science communication award, which was founded to honour the life and legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill.
TCD, UCD students share Mary Mulvihill award for explorations of life and loss
Students from across Ireland entered the science communication competition this year, with submissions including illustrated essays, videos and manga.
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May 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🎉Huge congratulations to Simran Khatri, Stage 3 Pharmacology student,who has been named joint winner of the 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award. Her essay “In Life for Life – A Monologue from the Heart of a Young Researcher,” is a powerful reflection on the ethics of animal research in science.
bit.ly/4mtiwPR
May 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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📢Introducing our 5 exceptional Plenary Speakers for #ICSB2025: Dong-Yup Lee, Ines Thiele, Kathryn Lilley, Rune Linding & Sabrina Spencer.

For more info & the list of Invited Speakers icsb2025.com

‪@linding.bsky.social‬ ‪@inesthiele.bsky.social‬ @precisiononcire.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🎉 Huge congrats to our 3 #PhD students

⭐Grace Ruddin ⭐
⭐Rhys Orimaco⭐
⭐Molly Davies⭐

who each won a prize for their presentations at yesterday’s SBBS Research Day 2025 🏆🧪

🔗 lnkd.in/e2-WFaug

@ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

#SBBSRD2025 #UCDResearch
May 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🎉 SBBS Research Day 2025 is here!
An internal UCD event celebrating our research in:
🔬Infection Biology
🧠Disease Mechanisms
💊Drug Discovery
🧫Biomedical Models
🧪Biotech & Synthetic Biology

Talks, posters & more! Stay tuned for highlights from our community throughout the day 📈🦠 🧬🌾
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May 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Awesome to be able to share our work on PAX8 in high-grade serous ovarian cancer, super job @daviesmolly13.bsky.social! Thanks for the opportunity to share @gensocuk.bsky.social

@ucd-sbbs.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social
Last morning of the conference with Molly Davies talking about how PAX8 coordinates oncogenic transcription independently of stable interactors in high-grade serous ovarian cancer #Epigenetics2025
April 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Brilliant poster presentations today from our 36 #MSc #Biotherapeutics students at @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social ! Impressive use of #proteomics, #statistics and #bioinformatics to tackle challenges in #drugdevelopment. Thanks to all the poster judges and for their support!
April 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Delighted to announce our #ENGAGE2025 winners:

🏆🥇Clodagh Murphy–Orchestrating a Treatment for Lung Cancer
🥈 Molly Davies–UnPAXing DNA Structure in Ovarian Cancer
📊 Best Poster: Caoimbhe Burke
🥈 Runners-Up: Braden Miller & Climate Change Poster

Huge thanks to all who joined us in person & online!🙏
April 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🎤 It’s nearly showtime…

TOMORROW is the ENGAGE 2025 Grand Final!

📍 UCD Science Centre Wed 16th April 5PM
💻 Or join us online

Open to the public 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦

6 science stories that will inform, inspire & entertain 🧬🎭

Register to attend in person or online👉 bit.ly/3EUekHj

#ENGAGE2025
April 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
👋 Last week we introduced the 6 finalists for ENGAGE 2025…Now it’s time to meet our host & judges!

🎤 MC: @claireoconnell.bsky.social
🧠Judges: @Stephen Flanagan, Joan Mahon, Kate Gajewska

Open to the public join us this Wed April 16 at 5pm in person or online⬇️
🔗 bit.ly/3EUekHj

#AccessibleScience
April 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight concludes!

Introducing Finalist #6: Clodagh Murphy⭐🎼

🫁 Clodagh’s work uses long non-coding RNAs to silence cancer genes in lung tumours—a new wave in RNA-based therapies

Catch Clodagh live at UCD or online April 16 @5pm👇
www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...
#AccessibleScience
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM