The Centre for Chromosome Biology has launched its first PhD Programme call. Applications are invited from students of any nationality with a view to starting in October, 2013. Interested students are strongly encouraged to contact research group leaders for more…
The open-access journal PLoS Biology published a paper from the Lahue lab entitled “Histone deacetylase complexes promote trinucleotide repeat expansions”. The article can be accessed and there is an associated commentary article by Choi in the same issue: http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001257 http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001270
Prof Ciaran Morrison of the Centre for Chromosome Biology was featured in an article in the Irish Times that profiled his award from the Irish Cancer Society for research into prostate cancer. He and his group are studying whether prostate…
Centre for Chromosome Biology research group leader Prof Bob Lahue was interviewed on RTE Radio Ireland’s morning show in a story entitled, “Weakness found in Huntington’s Disease: NUI Galway’s Prof Bob Lahue” The interview is available to listen to online:…
Claire Concannon of the Lahue group took first prize in the recent NUI Galway College of Science Research Day talk competition for postgraduate students. Claire spoke on her project involving the role of the proteasome in triplet repeat DNA expansions.…
Sarah Conmy, a PhD student in the CCB, was awarded first prize at the annual meeting of the Irish Radiation Research Society (IRRS) held in Sligo in September 2011, for her presentation entitled ‘Induction of DNA damage response pathways in…
