Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Development of rapid diagnostics for the detection of bacterial pathogens
- The microbiome
- Antimicrobial resistance and the discovery of novel antimicrobials
Current Research Opportunities
- Antigenic mimicry of ubiquitin by the human gut microbiota bacterium Bacteroides fragilis; a potential trigger of immune-mediated inflammatory disease
- Functional Analysis of Bacteroides fragilis Ubiquitin
Public outreach & key achievements
- Ground-breaking Link Between Autoimmune Diseases, Gut Bacterium Discovered
- Protein Produced by Common Gut Bacteria Can Trigger Autoimmunity, Study Suggests
- Arthritis & Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough: Are bacteria confusing your body and causing your immune system to attack its own cells by mistake?
Research students
| PhD Title | Development and evaluation a paper-based microfluidic device to detect and differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| PhD Title | Evaluation of natural products as alternative antimicrobial agents |
| PhD Title | Development of a Raman Spectrometric based Rapid Diagnostic Assay for the detection and differentiation of Tuberculosis |
| PhD Title | Production of phage display derived peptide binders specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms |
Alumni: Where are they now
| Current Position | Immunological methods for the Identification and Detection of Mycobacterium bovis Infection. Currently a PhD student in Dublin Dental University Hospital (TCD), under the supervision of Dr Derek Sullivan and Dr Gary Moran on a project using CRISPR to knock out genes in Candida albicans. |
| Current Position | Novel Detection Methods for Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis: development, optimisation and field validation. Currently working as a post-doctoral researcher with the School of Veterinary Medicine in University College Dublin on a project entitled ' Investigation of respiratory disease on Irish pig farms, associated risk factors, and the relationship with performance, welfare and antimicrobial use' |