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Introducing the First Cohort

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: (opens in a new window)Assoc. Prof. Rory Johnson
Previous Location: CRO, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy

Dr. Alessandra Conforte, University of Galway
Project: Determining the cellular and molecular heterogeneity driving acute myeloid leukaemia for the design of informed therapeutic strategies
Supervisor: (opens in a new window)Dr. Eva Szegezdi
Previous Location: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dr. Matthieu Moncan, University of Galway 
Project: Regulation of breast and pancreatic cancer functions by IRE1α
Supervisor: (opens in a new window)Prof. Adrienne Gorman
Previous Location: Imagine Institute, Paris, France

Dr. Claire Robinson, University of Galway 
Project: Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Targeting Inositol Requiring Enzyme 1 (IRE1) in Cancer (INTAC)
Supervisor: (opens in a new window)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: (opens in a new window)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. 


This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945425

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