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Tuesday
May182010

PhD studentship now available (Closing Date: July 30th)

A SFI-funded PhD studentship now available in scanning probe microscopy of collagen. The project is entitled "electromechanical coupling in collagen" and applications close July 30th 2010.

PhD Studentship Details

Tuesday
May182010

Congratulations to Siu Hong Loh for his latest publication

Tuesday
May182010

Congratulations to Dr. Geraldine Kelly for passing her PhD viva voce examination

Congratulations to Dr. Geraldine Kelly for successfully completing her PhD viva voce examination

Wednesday
Mar032010

Meet Professor Suzi Jarvis at the MRS Spring Meeting (April 5 - 11, 2010)

Professor Suzi Jarvis will be presenting at the at the MRS Spring meeting in San Francisco, 5-11 April, 2010.

Saturday
Feb062010

Meet Dr. Khizar Sheikh at the Biophysical Society Meeting (Feb 20-24, 2010)

Dr. Khizar Sheikh will be presenting at the Biophysical Society 54th Annual Meeting in San Fransisco, California, February 20-24, 2010.

Friday
Feb052010

Meet Padraig Keane at the Annual Meeting of The Adhesion Society (Feb 21 - 24, 2010)

Padraig Keane was recently awarded a Peebles Award for Graduate Student Research in Adhesion Science by The Adhesion Society, for his work on spider adhesion. Padraig’s work will be presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of The Adhesion Society in Daytona Beach, Florida, February 21-24, 2010.

Thursday
Feb042010

Congratulations to Geraldine Kelly on the submission of her PhD thesis

Congratulations to Geraldine Kelly on the submission of her PhD thesis entitled 'The Study of Bone Cell Mechanobiology and its Regulation by the Cell Cycle' on Thursday, February 4th 2010. To read more about Geraldine's research click here.

The video on the left shows indentation induced Ca2+ signalling in bone cells; real-time visualisation of Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum.