Biomaterials and Drug Delivery
Meet the PIs
Professor Larry Egan
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
NUI Galway
laurence.egan
nuigalway.ie
fistula; Crohn’s disease; bioengineering; biomaterials
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Professor Caitriona O'Driscoll
Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutics
University College Cork
caitriona.odriscollucc.ie
non-viral gene delivery; neurodegenerative disease; blood brain barrier
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Dr Eoin O’Cearbhaill
Director of UCD Medical Device Design Group
University College Dublin
eoin.ocearbhaillucd.ie
biometals; medical device design; bioabsorbable bulk metallic glass, microneedle
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Professor Garry Duffy
Personal Professor in Anatomy & Regenerative Therapies
NUI Galway
garry.duffynuigalway.ie
type 1 diabetes; cell encapsulation; foreign body response; fibrosis
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Professor Olivier Thomas
Professor in Marine Biodiscovery
NUI Galway
olivier.thomasnuigalway.ie
marine biodiscovery; biomolecules; analytical (bio)chemistry; pharmacological and medical applications
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Professor Andreas Heise
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Head of Polymer Chemistry and Biopolymers Lab
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
andreasheisercsi.ie
biofunctional polymers; biomaterials; hydrogels
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Professor Adrienne Gorman
Lecture in Biochemistry
NUI Galway
adrienne.gormannuigalway.ie
cell death and survival, heat shock proteins, unfolded protein response, Parkinson's disease, breast cancer
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Professor Abhay Pandit
Scientific Director of CÚRAM; Professor of Biomaterials
NUI Galway
abhay.panditnuigalway.ie
biomaterials; drug delivery; gene delivery; bioengineering
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Professor William Wijns
Professor in Interventional Cardiology
NUI Galway
william.wynsnuigalway.ie
medical device development; biosensing; biomaterials
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Dr Yury Rochev
Lecturer in Biomedical Science
NUI Galway
yury.rochevnuigalway.ie
biomaterials, polymer-based drug delivery systems, tissue engineering products, medical devices
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