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SBBS Research Day 2024

The 3rd annual UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science Research Day took place on Thursday, May 2nd 2024 in the UCD O'Brien Centre for Science. The event included 25 talks (18 Showcase Presentations & 7 SPARK Presentations) and 63 Poster Presentations, representing the multidisciplinary research that takes place in our school. 

Congratulations to PhD students Sara Knezevic, Niamh Duggan & Adam Ralph who each won a 2024 SBBS Research Day Showcase Talk prize.

2 Prize Winners SBBS Research Day 2024

Adam Ralph presented his research on the impact of glucose on pathogenesis of Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies gallolyticus and related species in colorectal cancer.

Niamh Duggan presented her investigation of in-host adaptation of sequential clinical Mycobacterium abscessus isolates to the cystic fibrosis lung environment.

Sara Knezevic presented her research on generating induced pluripotent stem cells and kidney organoids from urine-derived epithelial cells. 

The school would like to extend its gratitude to all the organisers of SBBS Research Day - Joanna Drabinska, Lisa Lombardi, Nils Lambacher, Valentina Tonelotto, Kieran Brennan, Tess McCann, Cristina Bauset, and Patrizia Colucci

Organisers SBBS Research Day 2024

Contact the UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science

H1.38 O’Brien Centre for Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 2130 | E: undergrad.sbbs@ucd.ie | Location Map(opens in a new window)