Student Speakers - 2019
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Emma Leacy
Ph.D Student
Trinity College Dublin
I am currently a Ph.D Student in the Department of Clinical Medicine at TCD. I'm based in the Translational Medicine Institute where my research is supervised by Prof. Mark Little and Dr.Gareth Brady.
I aim to uncover the metabolomic changes in monocytes in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (AAV) using LCMS.
Alvaro Lopez Gallardo
Research Assistant
University College Cork
B.Sc in Industrial Chemical Engineering from the University of Seville. I joined Dr. Susan Joyce’s research group within APC Microbiome Ireland at UCC in 2015 working towards a Ph.D. My current projects include determining potential biomarkers in IBD patients and gut metabolite alterations by psychotropic drugs.
Anthony Grey
Ph.D Student
Dublin City University
My research involves the extraction and analysis of organic matter from a range of environmental samples. The main objectives of these studies include (i) investigating natural cycling of organic matter, (ii) tracing the fate of organic matter, and (iii) investigating the contribution of microbes to carbon cycling in soil.