ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital
ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital
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<strong>St</strong>. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007<br />
Education & Research<br />
September 2007. Conway Festival of Research. UCD. “Directed alteration of a novel bovine antimicrobial<br />
peptide improves efficacy against Methicillin Resistant <strong>St</strong>aphylococcus aureus” Sarah Cahalane<br />
September 2007. Conway Festival of Research. UCD. “Profiling expression of bovine antimicrobial peptide<br />
(AMP) genes in response to post-partum uterine infection” Aspinas Chapwanya<br />
September 2007. Conway Festival of Research. UCD. “β-defensin evolution – a broader perspective” Paul<br />
Cormican<br />
September 2007. Conway Festival of Research. UCD. “Comparative innate immune gene expression in<br />
chicken intestine after in vivo challenges with commensal (campylobacter) & pathogenic (salmonella)<br />
bacteria” Ronan Shaughnessy<br />
December 2007. School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine Research Day, UCD. “Profiling<br />
expression of bovine antimicrobial peptide (AMP) genes in response to post-partum uterine infection”<br />
Aspinas Chapwanya<br />
Education and outreach<br />
May 2007. “Genetics key to healthy chickens” Relay eNewsletter (www.relayresearch.ie) Andrew Lloyd.<br />
October 2007. Introduction to Core Research Skills Conway, UCD. Talks: 1. Communicating Science, 2.<br />
Laboratory Work - Organisation & Management, 3. Good Laboratory Practice. Cliona O’Farrelly & Andrew Lloyd.<br />
November 2007. “Die Hard MRSA” The Irish Scientist. Sarah Cahalane.<br />
Liver Research<br />
The Liver Research Group operates a four-stranded research programme based on Liver Transplantation,<br />
Hepatic Malignancy, Hepatitis C Viral Infection and Basic Immunology of the Liver.<br />
Principal Investigators:<br />
Prof. Cliona O'Farrelly & Prof. John Hegarty<br />
Senior Scientists: Elizabeth Ryan Nigel <strong>St</strong>evenson<br />
Margaret O'Brien<br />
Research AssistantS: Emma McGrath Catherine Keogh<br />
Research Fellows: Tariq Tajuddin, Kavin Nanda<br />
Postgraduate <strong>St</strong>udents:<br />
Eszter Nèmeth<br />
Liver Transplantation<br />
The Liver Transplant team at <strong>St</strong>. Vincent’s hospital performs 50-60 transplants per year. A successful<br />
transplantation program depends on a steady supply of donor organs. Our research is focused on trying to<br />
find out ways of preventing damage to the donor organ due to a lack of oxygen. We have found that a<br />
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