Announcements

The CCB is accepting applications for new Group Leaders at both junior and senior levels to join us in our chromosome endeavours. Interested candidates should read the application guidelines and apply here. The CCB is a member of the Institute for Health Discovery and Innovation at the University of Galway and offers great facilities…

Congrats to Eoin Gillespie from the Lowndes Group on succesfully defending his PhD thesis in his viva examination….

Our congrats to Dr Brennan of the Lowndes Lab who successfuly defended her doctoral research in her recent PhD viva exam….

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, James Lawless, announced the reciepients of €23.6 M in funding through Research Ireland’s ‘Frontiers for the Future’ grants this week. Five Principal Investigators at the University of Galway have been awarded funds under this scheme, four of which are…

Congratulations to Dr Modafferi of the Dunleavy lab who successfuly defended her PhD thesis today in her viva exam….

The CCB wishes a very happy retirement to Professors Kevin Sullivan, Bob Lahue and Heinz-Peter Nasheuer, all of whom were former PI’s in the CCB and lecturers in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences. We thank them all for their years of dedication to research in the CCB and…

Congratulations to Shaylee Kieffer for successfuly defending her PhD thesis today. Dr Keiffer completed her PhD in the Lowndes Lab and has since worked in the Lahue Lab as a short-term research assistant….

Prof Uri Frank of the Frank Group is one of 100 “outstanding scientists” to have been recently appointed as a member of EMBO on this year, the 60th anniversary of EMBO. He joins a collective of more than 2,000 “leading life scientists in Europe” which include amongst them 92 Nobel…

Congratulations to Dr Áine Varley of the Frank group on succesfully defending her doctoral research in her viva examination today….

Today we congratulate Dr Helen Horkan of the Frank group who successfully defended her doctoral research in her viva examination this morning. We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavours….

Various funded positions are being offered by three groups at the CCB. Interested candidates should contact the group leaders directly. Lowndes Group Morrison Group Santocanale Group…

Dr James Gahan rejoins the CCB as a principal investigator, having previously completed his PhD in the Frank group. During his hiatus, James completed post-doctoral research at the University of Bergen, the University of Oxford, and the University of California San Francisco. We wish him the best of luck as…

Congratulations to Professors Ciaran Morrison and Corrado Santocanale on their recent Science Foundation Ireland awards. We wish them good luck in expanding their groups and investing in even more high-calibre research at the CCB!…