Introducing the First Cohort of DevelopMed Fellows
DevelopMed is delighted to introduce the first Cohort of DevelopMed MSCA Fellows. The five fellows from Cohort 1 have come to Ireland from five different countries and will be based in Universities across Ireland. Cohort 1 Fellows are listed below and further information about their research areas is available here.
Dr. Michela Coan, University College Dublin (UCD)
Project: Thera-lncRNA - RNA precision therapeutics for non-small cell lung cancer: accelerating translation through single-cell genomics
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Rory Johnson
Previous Location: CRO, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
Dr. Alessandra Conforte, University of Galway (NUIG)
Project: Determining the cellular and molecular heterogeneity driving acute myeloid leukaemia for the design of informed therapeutic strategies
Supervisor: Dr. Eva Szegezdi
Previous Location: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Matthieu Moncan, University of Galway (NUIG)
Project: Regulation of breast and pancreatic cancer functions by IRE1α
Supervisor: Prof. Adrienne Gorman
Previous Location: Imagine Institute, Paris, France
Dr. Claire Robinson, University of Galway (NUIG)
Project: Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Targeting Inositol Requiring Enzyme 1 (IRE1) in Cancer (INTAC)
Supervisor: Prof. Afshin Samali
Previous Location: University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Christopher Shannon, University College Dublin (UCD)
Project: Microbial regulation of metabolic inflammation as a prelude to liver cancer
Supervisor: Prof. Helen Roche
Previous Location: UT Health San Antonio Texas, USA
We look forward to seeing exciting research outputs from their projects over the next three years. To learn more about the DevelopMed programme please visit www.ucd.ie/developmed
