GRANTS UPDATE
RCSI Translational Seed Funding (October 2022)
Project: ‘Utilising a 3D bioprinting model to dissect the impact of androgen excess on skeletal muscle energy metabolism in women with PCOS’
Awarded Amount: €49,865 (RCSI) and €84,519 funding in kind (Inventia)
Lead applicant Michael O’Reilly
Co-Lead applicant Marie McIlroy
HRB Knowledge Translation Award (September 2022)
Project: ‘Tip of the iceberg: highlighting the long term health consequences of polycystic ovary syndrome’
Awarded Amount: €53,148
Lead applicant Michael O’Reilly
Irish Endocrine Society Grant
Project: ‘Evaluation of androgen driven cancer cell entosis as a potential mechanism of endocrine therapy resistance in breast cancer’
Awarded Amount: €14,932
Lead applicant Marie McIlroy
Recent News posts
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Development of a novel 3D bioprinting model to explore skeletal muscle energy metabolism in women with PCOS
Funding has been awarded to Dr McIlroy and Prof O'Reilly to develop a 3D bioprinting model to explore…
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RCSI Collaborate - Sex Steroids Meeting
We had a really successful meeting last week with a wonderful line-up of international and local speakers for…
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Society for Endocrinology - Summer Studentship
It has been an absolute pleasure to host Hunter Mangleburg as a summer research scholar for the past…
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New publication: Characterizing skeletal muscle dysfunction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
We review the possible role of androgens in the pathophysiology of skeletal muscle abnormalities in PCOS, and identify…
