Join LDCRC leadership team member Dr. James Brown tomorrow as he speaks at the first session of the British Society for Cell Biology NextGen seminar series!

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Happy New Year from the BSCB! We're very excited to announce 'BSCB NextGen', a new monthly online seminar series aimed at ECRs in Cell Biology. The series kicks off on 13th January For full details and how to register see: bscb.org/announcing-b...

Congratulations to PhD student Brendan Reardon on the publication of “Convergence of machine learning and genomics for precision oncology”, co-authored with his PHD supervisor Aedin Culhane and Eliezer M. Van Allen.

As 2025 comes to a close, we’d like to sincerely thank our LDCRC members and partners for your continued support and engagement throughout the year. It’s been a productive year, with great progress across research, events, collaborations, and member achievements.

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Peter Woulfe! In October 2025, Peter successfully defended his PhD under the supervision of LDCRC Principal Investigators Dr. Sinead O'Keeffe and Dr. Elfed Lewis.

The PPI Limerick Cancer Research has recently published its inaugural newsletter, showcasing the group’s activities and the vital role of patients and the public in shaping cancer research.

The LDCRC is delighted to congratulate the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI) on launching the All-Island Cancer Research Landscape Report this week.

🎄 Final Limerick Cancer Research Meeting of the Year 🎄 We’re looking forward to hosting our final Limerick Cancer Research Meeting of the year tomorrow at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) from 2.30pm.

We’re delighted to share Episode 2 of the HTS Labs Podcast, featuring an inspiring conversation between Patrick Clarke and Dr. Máire Lavelle, Lead Breast Histopathologist at UHL.

A very insightful and engaging video created by members of the PPI Limerick Cancer Research group in collaboration with the Rapid Innovation Unit and LDCRC PI Professor Leonard O'Sullivan👏

🎄The LDCRC is excited to share our Winter 2025 Newsletter! Explore the latest updates, research highlights, and upcoming events. 👉Check it out here: lnkd.in/eNHiY4ti Wishing everyone a happy Christmas, and thank you for your continued support throughout the year. 🌟 #LDCRC #UL #CancerResearch

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🌟 Proud to see this major milestone for cancer equity in the Mid-West. Limerick Cancer Trials at UHL were the sole Irish recipient of the prestigious Movember funding, which allows research into improving prostate cancer care for older men living in rural communities.

✨ Job Opportunity ✨ LDCRC PI Andreas Grabrucker is hiring a Research Assistant! This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a background in biological sciences or laboratory research to join a dynamic team. If interested, send application to Andreas.Grabrucker@ul.ie #ldcrc #ul #cancerresearch

🎄 Reminder! 🎄 We’re just 2 weeks away from the Final Limerick Cancer Research Meeting taking place on Wednesday, 10th December 2025. We’re looking forward to bringing everyone together as we wrap up another year of impactful research. Full agenda to follow.

🎉Well done to Three Minute Thesis (3MT) winner EmmaJude Lyons! The LDCRC is delighted to celebrate EmmaJude’s fantastic achievement in the 3MT competition. Her work on designing personalised breast cancer risk communication tools is an inspiring example of impactful, patient-centred research at UL.

Great to see LDCRC PI Professor Leonard O'Sullivan featured in UL’s latest 60 Seconds of Design video. Great to see LDCRC PI Professor Leonard O'Sullivan featured in UL’s latest 60 Seconds of Design video.

Patients are at the heart of research. They connect healthcare staff and scientists, clinical practice and community understanding, hard data and human meaning. Behind every dataset is a life, a family, a story.

The LDCRC is inviting applications for a Research Assistant in Cancer Biobanking to support the development of a new cancer biobank within the University of Limerick. This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to transformative cancer research in an energetic, research-led environment.

🎄 Save the Date! 🎄 The Final Limerick Cancer Research Meeting will take place on Wednesday, 10th December 2025! Full agenda to follow at a later date. ✨ Refreshments and food will follow in The Unicorn. 📍 Room 4–5, Ground Floor, CERC Building 🕰️ 2.30–5.00pm

Following on from his Research Week 2025 talk earlier this year, Dr. Jeremiah Stanley from the Bernal Institute, University of Limerick takes a deeper look into the role of serotonin in the treatment of cancer.

Science Week 2025 Spotlight! 🔬 Fantastic to see Dr. Aisling Ross (LDCRC PI, UL School of Medicine)and Dr. Rachel Cahalane (School of Engineering, University of Limerick) bring science to life today with their engaging workshop “Cool Chemistry: Ice Cream in a Bag”

Great to see LDCRC Principle Investigator Dr. Amirhossein Jalali featured in the recent Irish Independent article highlighting a new European study on prostate cancer screening.

👏 Congratulations to PhD student Kelsi Gallati! Kelsi, who is conducting her research under LDCRC PI Dr. Amira Mahdi, recently presented her poster “Optimizing parameters to improve pre-clinical models of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer” at two recent research events.

👏 Congratulations to Prof. Ruth Clifford, Clinical Director of the LDCRC, and the Cancer Clinical Trials at UHL on the opening of the MK2140-011 trial for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). Another great step forward in advancing cancer treatment and research in the Mid West.

The LDCRC is proud to acknowledge the contributions of PhD students, Ahmad Alkhan and Kelsi Gallati at the UL School of Medicine inaugural Research Seminar Series.

🎉 The LDCRC is delighted to wish the very best of luck to EmmaJude Lyons in the upcoming Three Minute Thesis (3MT) National Final, hosted by the Irish Universities Association on November 19th, 2025, at the Royal Irish Academy.

Great to see LDCRC researcher Abhishek Nayak featured at hashtag#ESMO25! 👏 Abhishek’s poster showcases work advancing the federated sharing of cancer clinical and genomic data across Europe through the 1+Million Genomes initiative.

💪 Proud to support Breakthrough Cancer Research “Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope” exhibition!

👏 Highlights from last week’s Limerick Cancer Research Group Meeting! Last Wednesday, researchers and collaborators gathered at the University of Limerick for the latest LDCRC Limerick Cancer Research Group Meeting, featuring updates on current projects, data innovation, and clinical collaborations.

📢 We’re looking forward to this Wednesday’s LDCRC Limerick Cancer Research Group Meeting (8th October, 2pm – 5pm in UL). The agenda includes a fantastic line-up of student presentations, project updates, and collaborative discussions from across our research community. #LDCRC #CancerResearch #UL

📢 Illumina mRNA Sequencing Workshop 🗓️ 29th & 30th October 2025 📍 Bernal Institute, University of Limerick