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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🌈 Happy Pride Month! We celebrate the diversity of our university community and our commitment to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is able to be themselves. Together, we can help ensure our university is a welcoming place for all. #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #Allyship #InclusionMatters

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🏆 Congrats to #SBBSRD2026 Prize Winners! 🏅 Luke Conroy 🏅 David John 🏅 Sarah Balfe Brilliant PhD presentations showcasing SBBS talent at UCD. 🎉 Sticker Rally winners: Kate Lawless, Niamh C., Irene Jurado Martín 👏 Thanks to organisers, judges & sponsors! #UCDResearch #PhDLife lnkd.in/e2-WFaug

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Congratulations to ENGAGE 2026 winner Rianna Magee who's final research presentation was on 'How cannabidiol and anticancer drug can work smarter, not harder, against prostate cancer'. www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We are delighted to confirm the six PhD researchers who will compete in the ENGAGE 2026 Grand Final on Wednesday, 15 April. Register for free for a spot in the Moore Auditorium www.eventbrite.com/e/engage-gra... OR join the webinar: ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Come along and support our 6 PhD finalists in our annual event, ENGAGE Grand final. Learn more and register to attend for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/engage-gra... 📅 Wednesday 15th April 2026 🕥 17:00 📍 Moore Auditorium, UCD O’Brien Centre for Science 🍽️🍷 Followed by food and wine Free Registration

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🔬 Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Proud of the women in Biomolecular & Biomedical Science: researchers, mentors, and leaders inspiring the next generation. Science is stronger when everyone belongs. #WomenInScience #STEM

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🔬International Day of Women and Girls in Science On February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrates their impact and calls for opportunities, and recognition across STEM. www.un.org/en/observanc... #WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM #STEMEquity #February11 #sbbs #ucdscience

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations

The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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: bit.ly/4r1Dtng

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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➡️: bit.ly/4r1Dtng

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🧫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 ➡️ 🔗 microbiologysociety.org/blog/new-to…

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🏅 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

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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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...

Books on shelves in the UCD James Joyce Library, showing coloured tape on the book spines.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🔜⏳👀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.

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

👏 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

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UCD co-lead breakthrough discovering genetic mechanism driving Weaver syndrome

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🎓 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

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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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.

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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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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

🎉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

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Systems Biology Ireland @sysbioire.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📢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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🎉 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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

🎉 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 📈🦠 🧬🌾 lnkd.in/e2-WFaug

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

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

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Jens Rauch @jensrauch.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

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!

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

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!🙏

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🎤 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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

👋 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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight! ⭐ 📢Introducing Finalist #5: John Fehilly⭐ John uses zebrafish🐟to study genetic eye conditions and bring new hope for vision research 👁️‍🗨️ 📅 See his talk in person or online next Wed 5pm April 16👇 www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand... #AccessibleScience

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight! ⭐ 📢Introducing Finalist #4: Emma Doyle 🧬 🔬 Emma explains CRISPR gene editing and how it’s unlocking powerful discoveries in biomedical research 📅 Catch her live in UCD or online at 5pm Wed April 16👇 www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand... #AccessibleScience @conwayer1.bsky.social

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight!⭐ 📢Introducing Finalist #3: Molly Davies 🎗️ 🧬 Molly investigates how ovarian cancer rewires DNA structure—giving new insights into tumour behaviour🧫 📅 Don’t miss her talk at the ENGAGE Final, 5pm April 16 at UCD or online👇 www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand... #AccessibleScience

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight! ⭐ 📢Introducing Finalist #2: Ciarán Carey🧫 🫁 Ciarán explores how a deadly bacterium adapts in the low-oxygen lungs of people with cystic fibrosis—and how to fight it 📅 Register to see him live on April 16 in UCD or online👇 www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand... #AccessibleScience

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🎉 Just 1 week to go until ENGAGE 2025 Final! We are delighted to spotlight each of our 6 finalists this week, starting with Felix Joel Brooke🎤! Felix is brewing a solution to food waste—using microalgae to turn brewery leftovers into omega-3 and biofertiliser! See him on April 16👇 lnkd.in/dh9QeYbx

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🎉 Just 2 weeks to go until ENGAGE 2025! Wishing the very best to our six brilliant finalists as they prepare to share their research with the world. 🎤🧬🎼🐟 📅 April 16 | 📍 UCD Moore Auditorium & online 🔗 Register: www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsandevents/2025/… #ENGAGE2025 #ScienceForAll #UCD

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🎉 Meet the ENGAGE 2025 Finalists! 🎤 Taking the stage on April 16: 🧪 Felix Brooke 🧫 Ciaran Carey 🎗️ Molly Davies 🔬 Emma Doyle 👁️ John Fehilly 🎼 Clodagh Murphy 🎤 Open to the public! Register to attend in person or online ⤵️ 🔗 bit.ly/3EUekHj #ENGAGE2025 #ScienceCommunication #UCD

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

✨ Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025! ✨ Women around the globe are driving change and shaping the future. This year's theme, #AccelerateAction, emphasises the need for swift progress toward gender equality. 💐 #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction #WomensDay

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

6 weeks to go! Our #ENGAGE public science comms event is coming, and our #PhD students are preparing for the preliminary rounds! 🏆 Who will make it to the grand final? Stay tuned as we reveal the 6 finalists! Open to the public⭐April 16: Save the date & register now! 👉 bit.ly/3EUekHj 🧠📈💊🦠🧫🧬🧪🌾

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

🚨 One week left to apply! 🚨 Calling #Science undergrads! Join Acclimatize 2 Summer Studentships 2025 @ucdscience.bsky.social and gain hands-on field & lab experience tackling pollution in Dublin Bay! 🌊🔬 💰 €300/week | 📅 June 3 – Aug 22 ⏳ Deadline: 7th March Apply now! 👉 bit.ly/3CSCYHP

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

ENGAGE 2024 winner Claire Hughes wowed us with her research on how cannabis compounds enhance chemotherapy efficacy in ovarian cancer treatment. Who will claim the title this year? Stay tuned as we announce the 6 finalists for the ENGAGE 2025 final on April 16! Register here👉 bit.ly/3EUekHj

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🎉And we’re now on BlueSky!🎉 Launching with #ENGAGE2025 our school's public science comms event where PhD students showcase their cutting-edge research in a clear & accessible way🧬 📅 5pm Wed April 16 |📍UCD & Online Open to general public. Don't miss out! Learn more & register here👉 bit.ly/3EUekHj

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