Society Membership
Member of the Biochemical Society
Member of the International Association for Dental Research
Member of the Society for Anaerobic Microbiology
Member of the Ulster Immunology Group
Chartered Biologist (CBiol) and full member of the Institute of Biology (MIBiol)
Professional activities associated with Learned Societies
President, Irish Division of the International Association for Dental Research (Oct 2011-Oct 2012)
Treasurer, Irish Division of the International Association for Dental Research (2008-2011)
Council Member, Irish Division of the International Association for Dental Research (2000-2003)
Peer Review
Editorial Activity
I am a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Journal of Endodontics (Official Journal of the American Association of Endodontics)
I am a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Archives of Oral Sciences and Research
Manuscript Review
I review manuscripts regularly for the following journals:
Journal of Dental Research
European Journal of Oral Sciences
Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Anti-infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Journal of Endodontics
Archives of Oral Biology
Clinical Oral Investigations
Journal of Dentistry
Journal of the Irish Dental Association
Medical Science Monitor
Journal of Periodontal Research
Journal of Periodontology
Oral Diseases
Inflammation Research
Peptides
Disease Models and Mechanisms
Journal of Anatomy
BMC Immunol
Grant Review
I review grants for the Health Research Board (Ireland), the Medical Research Council, the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council and the IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology)
Conference Organisation
International Conference organisation
- Member of the Local Organising Committee for REGPEP2010, 18th International Symposium on Regulatory Peptides, held in Belfast in September 2010.
- Oral session chair 18th Annual International Symposium on Regulatory Peptides (REGPEP Society), Belfast, September 2010
- Oral session chair 88th Annual International Conference of IADR (International Association for Dental Research), Barcelona July 2010
- Poster Discussion session chair IADR 88th Annual International Conference of IADR, Barcelona July 2010
National Conference organisation
- Judge, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) sponsored Research Prize IADR Dublin, 2011
- Member of the Local Organising Committee for the Irish Division of Dental Research Dublin meeting 2011
- Judge, Postgraduate Poster Prize IADR Dublin, 2010
- Oral Session Chair IADR Dublin meeting 2011
- Judge, Postgraduate Poster Prize IADR Limerick, 2009
- Member of the Local Organising Committee for the Irish Division of Dental Research Limerick meeting 2009 - Oral Session Chair IADR Limerick meeting 2009
- Oral session Chair IADR Cork meeting 2007
Invited Lectures, Interviews and Editorials
Invited Speaker: American Cough Conference, New York 'A novel model of human neural function in cough' June 2011
Keynote Speaker: Medical and Health Sciences Board, Graduate College, University of Khartoum, 'Antimicrobial Peptides - Potential therapeutic agants?' February 2011
Invited Speaker: School of Biological Sciences QUB, Seminar Programme 'Antimicrobial Peptides - Lessons from nature' February 2011
Invited Speaker: University of Glasgow, Dental School Seminar Programme 'Innate immunity, host defence peptides and protection of the oral cavity' June 2010
Keynote Speaker: Pan European Federation meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, London ‘Proteomic analysis of disease markers in gingival crevicular fluid' September 2008
Invited Reviewer Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme (WOHP) September 2008
Keynote Speaker: Inaugural meeting of the Sudanese section of the International Association for Dental Research, Univeristy of Khartoum ‘Proteins, peptides and oral disease', March 2008
Invited Speaker: Postgraduate research symposium, University of Khartoum ‘Research ethics', March 2008
Interview: ‘Researcher awarded for enzyme discovery'. Interview by Dental Product Report Europe, Dentistry's only Pan-European dental products publication as winner of the IADR/GSK Innovation in Oral Care Award (2007), Interview published in May 2007
Invited Editorial Dental Products Report Europe ‘The nervous connection' October 2007
Invited Referee Invited peer reviewer of abstracts for the Pan European Federation of the International Association of Dental Research Meeting in Dublin, September 2006
Invited Speaker: Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas USA ‘Neuropeptides and neurogenic mechanisms in oral and periodontal disease', July 2005
Invited article: Plaque Prevention, Launchpad (2003) 10(2), 33-34. Launchpad is a British Dental Association magazine for dental students and recent graduates throughout the UK
Invited Speaker: British Electrophoresis Society (Silver Jubilee Meeting) Maidstone ‘Reactivation of proteases after SDS-PAGE', July 1995
