Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Lisa Conboy
Lisa received her PhD from the department of Pharmacology, UCD, in 2002. She is currently investigating the physiological role of proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease during hippocampal-dependent memory consolidation. She is also involved in identification of novel therapeutic agents with plasticity modifying potential, using cheminformatic drug design software. Funding source: Enterprise Ireland
Dr. Andrew Foley
Dr Foley, PhD (2002, UCD) is a senior post-doctoral research fellow in the laboratory of Prof Regan. In the course of his research career Dr Foley has studied the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity that underpin the process of memory consolidation. His postdoctoral work has focused on the exploitation of novel molecular endpoints in the memory cascade to develop new pharmaceutical agents. Funding source: Enterprise Ireland
Dr. Sean Mulvany
Dr. Sean Mulvany received his BSc (1998) and PhD (2003) from UCD.
Currently a post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Ciaran Regan, his current research interests reside in
the area of ultrastructural mechanisms of learning and memory . Of
especial interest is how synaptic connections are affected by psychoactive
drugs.
Dr. Steven Verhaegen
Dr. Steven Verhaegen is mainly interested in in vitro models for cell death/cell cycle, invasion and metastasis, and differentiation. He is currently involved in the development of an automated high-throughput system for the screening of endocrine disrupting compounds. Steven feels best at home behind a microscope and when applying image analysis and live cell imaging techniques. Funding source: Enterprise Ireland
Dr. Ian De Souza
Dr. Ian De Souza's received his degree in Biochemistry from University College Galway. He was awarded his PhD from Trinity College Dublin where he investigated morphological change in medium sized densely spiny neurons in nucleus accumbens as a basis for the development of abnormal movements in a rat model of tardive dyskinesia. He will utilise microdialysis in order to investigate changes in neurotransmitter profiles in models of schizophrenia and if these profiles can be modified by intervention with neurotherapeutic therapies. Funding source: Science Foundation Ireland
Dr. Sophie Kiang
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