Cian O' Connor

Excited to be chosen as a @Fulbright_Eire -National University of Ireland and Fulbright-HRB HealthImpact Scholar! 🇮🇪🇺🇸 @NUIMerrionSq @hrbireland Looking forward to working with Prof David Mooney's group @hseas on biomaterials for spinal cord repair @TissueEngDublin @fjobrien

Thanks to the @IRFUCharTrust , @ambercentre & @anat_soc for supporting this work. Thanks to @fjobrien, @AdrianDervan, @iWoodsie at @TissueEngDublin, @RCSI_Irl & Maeve Caldwell @TCDPhysiology for all their help on this

Out now in Advanced Healthcare Materials @AdvPortfolio! We show that tuning scaffold stiffness and matrix composition can enhance the angiogenic, immunomodulatory and neurotrophic capacity of astrocyte progenitors for SCI applications Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/adhm.2…

Also from @TissueEngDublin, @RCSI_Irl we see how matrix proteins including laminin-1, fibronectin, and collagen-IV enhance neural cell growth & drive changes at both the whole-cell and nanoscale levels. These insights can help inform the design of biomaterial scaffolds! 🧠🔬

📌The 2026-27 U.S. #Fulbright Scholar competition is now open!🇺🇸 Learn about the opportunities available to U.S. professionals, artists & scholars to research/teach in Ireland. Join the @IIEglobal webinar on May 21 at 2PM EST (UTC/GMT -5:00). ➡️bit.ly/41kvoz6

Well done @J_C_Palomeque! Check out the paper below!

Well done to @J_C_Palomeque for leading this study just published on a VEGF-activated scaffold with enhanced angiogenic and neurogenic properties for chronic wound healing applications. Funded by @Researchirel @ambercentre pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

AMBER Deputy Director Prof @fjobrien of @RCSI_Irl spoke on Today with Claire Byrne with Ciarán a participant in the PPI (Patient and Public Involvement) work part of spinal cord regeneration research in association with @IRFUCharTrust funded by AMBER ambercentre.ie/amber-research…

Excited to share our new review paper on organoid bioprinting in @natrevbioeng! 🎉 We highlight recent advances and envision a future that integrates organoid biology and biofabrication approaches to engineer complex tissues. Hope you enjoy! 😊 🔓: rdcu.be/d3H6u

Proud to share our latest article on the JoA, great team 🙏 @FabQu_ 💪& @AdrianDervan. Results pave the way for the dev. of new models to study human CNS in ageing and disease. Thanks to Prof. Lee, Prof @fjobrien, @claudio_intini, Marko Dobricic. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

Delighted that I'll be presenting at Materials Research Society in Boston, this Thursday at 9AM! If you're here in Boston, come and hear about my work in graphene-based microelectrode arrays for neural interfacing, or drop me a DM to meet or chat online! #F24MRS

I will be presenting at the Materials Research Society #F24MRS Conference in Boston this Monday at 11:00. Swing by to hear about my work on 3D-printed electroconductive scaffolds and electrostimulation for spinal cord injury repair, or DM me to meet and talk about it further!

I'm going to be giving a talk this Wed (4:30 pm) at #F24MRS on my work at @TissueEngDublin on 3D-printed MXene-based scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair and how melt-electrowritten microarchitectures can drive delivery of electrical stimulation. Check it out/DM me to meet!

🚀 Exciting PhD / Postdoc Opportunities in Biomedical Engineering/Immunology at Trinity College Dublin🚀 More information on the project and positions can be found at hoeylab.com/vacancies 🌟 Feel free to share this post with your network #PhD #Postdoc #JobOpportunity #Hiring

@CiaraWalsh_1 @PhillipsLab @MarieSestier @DooleyLab Congrats Ciara!

Beyond thrilled to pass my viva on Monday 🥳 Huge thanks to my excellent panel @PhillipsLab, Stephen Lalor and @MarieSestier, to the best supervisor @DooleyLab, and to everyone who helped to get me here 🍾✨ This doctor’s heart is feeling very full ❤️

Neurotrophic extracellular matrix proteins promote neuronal and iPSC astrocyte progenitor cell- and nano-scale process extension for neural repair applications - O’Connor, C., Mullally, R.E., McComish, S.F., O’Sullivan, J., Woods, I., Schoen, I. et al. x.com/OptimisticBio/…

@0lgaPiskareva @TissueEngDublin @anat_soc @ambercentre @IRFUCharTrust Thanks Olga!

@OptimisticBio @TissueEngDublin @anat_soc @ambercentre @IRFUCharTrust Congratulations! Well deserved! 🎉🎉🎉

Happy to have this study out where we looked at neuronal and astrocyte progenitor responses to different matrix proteins at the cell and nanoscale level 🔬🧠 Thanks to @anat_soc @ambercentre @IRFUCharTrust for the support 👇 Check out the paper here👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

It was great to work with Rena Mullally, supervisors @fjobrien & @AdrianDervan, all the team in @TissueEngDublin and @CaldwellMaeve lab at @TCDPhysiology on this Thanks to @physoc for the professional development award and @MicroscopyIrl for supporting my STED training!

🚨 Looking for a postdoc interested in applying for the Fundación Tatiana’s postdoctoral fellowships at @IBECBarcelona ! 🚨 📌 Requirements: 1.Spanish nationality 2.PhD obtained between 2020-24 🗓️ Deadline: November 11th 🔗 More info: fundaciontatiana.com/media/F.TATIAN…

We have x2 funded #PhD positions available in our group. Feel free to share and check out monaghanlab.com/vacancies for more information.