List of Funded Projects SIRG Awards
SFI Research
Scientist
Subhadip Bodhak
Total
Award
Multifunctional Nanofibrous Patch for Intervertebral Disc
Regeneration
518,923.00
Genome-scale analysis of mammalian cell factories: Parallel
multi-omic characterisation of CHO cells to enhance
biopharmaceutical production.
515,033.00
Colin Clarke
NUI Galway
National Institute
for Bioprocessing
Research &
Training
Annie Curtis
Trinity College
Dublin
A New Dimension to the Immune Response: Biological
Molecular Clocks Controlling Inflammation.
519,652.00
Norman Davey
University College
Dublin
Decoding the regulatory landscape of the intrinsically
disordered proteome.
463,797.00
Ruslan Dmitriev
University College
Cork
Development of bionic sensor materials for metabolic
imaging in regenerative medicine
516,756.00
Stephen Dooley
University of
Limerick
Realistic Reaction Kinetics Models for the Production of
Platform Chemicals and Designer Fuels from Biomass
518,367.00
Tobias Engel
Royal College of
Suregeons
Novel treatments and diagnostics for epilepsy via the ATPgated P2X7 receptor
Investigating the capacity for multipotent adult progenitor
cells to prolong graft survival through modulation of
homeostatic proliferation
Karen English
Radka Fahey
NUI Maynooth
National Institute
for Bioprocessing
Research &
Training
519,890.00
456,996.00
Epigenetic regulation of glycosylation and the impact on
chemo-resistance in cancer
519,235.00
513,642.00
Sebastian Gornik
NUI Galway
The epigenetic basis of stem cell maintenance and cellular
differentiation in the cnidarian Hydractinia
Patrick Hayden
Dublin City
University
Confined Time-Resolved Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Laser
Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Pharmaceutical
Applications
475,483.00
Alex von
Kriegsheim
University College
Dublin
Knocking the Wnt out of Colon Cancer: Role of
prolyl/asparaginyl-hydroxylases in colon cancer initiation
519,592.00
Eva JimenezMateos
Royal College of
Suregeons
microRNA in the pathogenesis and prognosis of neonatal
brain injury
519,635.00
NUI Galway
Leveraging the Evolutionary Epigenetic Landscape for
Understanding Regulatory Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress
Tolerance
519,957.00
Avelino Alvarez
Ordonez
Teagasc
New weapons to fight old enemies – biocontrol of spoilage
and pathogenic bacteria in the dairy industry with novel
inhibitors of quorum sensing and biofilm formation
519,532.00
Frederick Sheedy
Trinity College
Dublin
Targeting microRNA to drive a successful host response to
Mycobacterium tuberculosis – engineering a better vaccine
519,598.00
Michael Scanlon
University College
Cork
Designing Reactive Functionalised Soft Interfaces – Selfhealing soft materials for solar energy conversion, energy
storage, and sustainable low cost hydrogen production
509,092.00
Margaretha van
der Merwe
Orla O'Sullivan
Teagasc
Investigating the impact of high intensity exercise and/or
protein intake levels on gut microbial diversity.
520,000.00
Stefan Schulz
Tyndall National
Institute
Shaping the electronic and optical properties of non- and
semi-polar nitride-based semiconductor nanostructures
448,328.00
Roles of histone demethylase complexes in the control of
fungal development and secondary metabolite production
597,630.00
An Analytical Platform for Early Stage Developability
Assessment of Monoclonal Antibodies – How
‘Manufacturable’ is a mAb Candidate?
609,205.00
629,241.00
2013 CDA Approved Awards
Ozgur Bayram
Jonathan Bones
NUI Maynooth
National Institute
for Bioprocessing
Research &
Training
Annette Byrne
Royal College of
Suregeons
ColoForetell: A Xenopatient Discovery Platform for the
integrated Systems based Identification of Predictive
Biomarkers for Targeted Therapies in Metastatic Colorectal
Cancer
Gianpiero Cavalleri
Royal College of
Suregeons
Genetic biomarkers for epilepsy predisposition and
treatment
624,038.00
Paula Colavita
Trinity College
Dublin
Rational design of amorphous carbon materials for the
control of interfacial charge transfer and catalytic
properties
623,662.00
Peter Crowley
NUI Galway
Supramolecular Approaches to Protein Surface Recognition
and Self Assembly
619,488.00
David Finlay
Trinity College
Dublin
Investigating Natural Killer (NK) cell metabolism as a
determinant of NK cell anti-tumour activity
647,465.00
Mark Flanagan
University College
Dublin
Signal-Space Cooperative Relaying Techniques for Future
Wireless Networks (CooperaNET)
580,174.00
Jamie Goggins
NUI Galway
Achieving nearly zero energy buildings - A life cycle
assessment approach to retrofitting existing buildings
(acronym: nZEB-RETROFIT)
631,932.00
Fatima Gunning
Tyndall National
Institute
Software Defined Control of Superchannel Transponders for
super-Tb/s Elastic Optical Networks
812,153.00
David Henry
University College
Cork
Nonlinear wave-current interactions in the nearshore:
addressing the role of vorticity and nonlinearity in the
modelling of ocean energy
571,802.00
Sarah Hudson
University of
Limerick
Bio-availing of Antimicrobial Resources
617,510.00
Patrick Kiely
University of
Limerick
Targeting RACK1 as a dynamic cog downstream of growth
factor and adhesion signalling.
636,313.00
Caitriona Lally
Dublin City
University
Fundamental Insights into Load Induced Fibre Remodelling
in Arterial Tissue; Applications in Vascular Tissue
Engineering and Medical Device Development
615,559.00
Sergei Lebedev
Dublin Institute of
Advanced Studies
Structure and seismicity of Ireland's crust
535,539.00
Rachel McDonnell
Trinity College
Dublin
Game Face: Perceptually Optimised Real-Time Facial
Animation
533,615.00
Aoife Morrin
Dublin City
University
SSCIN – Sensing SubCutaneously INvitro - New paradigms to
overcome invasive diagnostics
643,026.00
Ken Nally
University College
Cork
Identification of the Molecular Pathways that Mediate
Cytokine Induced Immunopathology of the Gut Epithelium
648,643.00
Thomas Naughton
NUI Maynooth
Three-dimensional microbiological imaging, automated
analysis, and display using digital holography
611,421.00
Christophe Silien
University of
Limerick
Nonlinear optical micro-spectroscopy for multiplex
suspension immunoassay
576,618.00
Jiafu Wang
Dublin City
University
Novel long-acting biotherapeutics targeted to sensory
neurons and/or inflammatory cells for treating chronic
neuropathic and inflammatory pain
557,321.00
Kaye Burgess
Teagasc
Examining the ecology of verocytotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC)
and the impact of the native microbiome on VTEC
persistence in the primary production chain
618,823.00
Brian Kelleher
Dublin City
University
Microbial uptake of atmospheric carbon in soil: can it be
managed to sequester carbon and sustain soil quality?
633,499.00
Steven Kerrigan
Royal College of
Surgeons Ireland
Endothelial dysfunction in severe blood stream infection
593,138.00
Brian MacNamee
Dublin Institute of
Technology
DeepNovelty: Using Deep Learning for Novelty Detection
494,942.00
Markus Rehm
Royal College of
Surgeons Ireland
Improving melanoma treatment and prognosis by
deciphering and exploiting an autophagy-dependent
pathway towards apoptotic cell death
620,927.00
Sinead Waters
Teagasc
Development of DNA-based biomarkers for compensatory
growth in beef cattle
643,462.00
Elena Blokhina
University College
Dublin
Microscale Energy Harvesting Systems: Nonlinear Analysis
and Design Techniques
513,307.00
Ruairí de Fréin
Waterford Institute
of Technology
EOLAS ("Knowledge" in Irish): Efficient monitoring Of Large
Scale datacenters
468,541.00
Nathan Jackson
Tyndall National
Institute
Development of Aluminium Nitride based Piezoelectric
Materials with enhanced properties for Bio-MEMS
applications
512,267.00
Ian Jeffrey
University College
Cork
Development of knowledge abse necessary for novel
diagnostic and therapeutic pipeline for the early
identification and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
518,499.00
Stephen Madden
Royal College of
Suregeons
The Molecular Characterisation of Ovarian Cancer
441,806.00
Yuansong Qiao
Athlone Institute of
Technolgy
Application-aware Video Distribution using Software
Defined Networking
479,691.00
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