Helen McCarthy
@Prof_H_McCarthy
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As a Professor in the School of Pharmacy at QUB and founder of pHion Tx, my research focuses on building nano delivery systems for healthcare solutions.
Northern Ireland
Joined April 2015
As 2024 closes, @njdunne_lab and @Prof_H_McCarthy are delighted to share their latest review paper on AI-driven design of cell-penetrating peptides for drug delivery that has just been published in @BiomaterialsAdv! 🧬🤖💊 Free access until Feb 7, 2025: https://t.co/lliLkFnHyE
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What a great turnout for the UK launch of @WorldSpaceWeek! Thanks to our co-organisers @NCEOscience & @nispaceorg, hosts #Stormont & supporters @MATRIX_NI Big thanks to @Prof_H_McCarthy all our speakers session hosts and ... #WorldSpaceWeek
#WSW2024
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Delighted to see my colleague, long collaborator and friend @njdunne_lab inducted as a fellow of biomaterial science and engineering (FSBE). Huge congratulations @DCUEngineering @DaireKeogh @DCUBiodesign
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Opening Ceremony at @2024WBC welcome from our European President Prof Dunne @njdunne_lab @DCU @DaireKeogh @DCUEngineering @ESBiomaterials
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Lovely time in Dublin presenting our work on peptide-mediated genetic engineering for cell therapies at @EACRnews @News_IACR @AACR and catching up with colleagues old and new. 🧬🔬 @EJ_Mulholland @royalsociety @pharmacyatQUB
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Peak career moment presenting my work in a stellar Immunotherapy session at #EAI2024 Huge thank-you to @EACRnews @AACR @News_IACR for the recognition & opportunity to share my PhD work👩🔬 Very inspired to keep pushing for better treatments for #neuroblastoma patients🎗️
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Honored to receive @News_IACR @EACRnews Junior Researcher Award 2024🏆I’ll be presenting the research behind the award at #EAI2024 💉Immunotherapy Session ⏰17:00 27th Feb @RCSI_Irl @RCSI_postgrad @RCSI_Research @TissueEngDublin @RCSIPharmBioMol @0lgaPiskareva @Prof_H_McCarthy
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Our PhD students excel in their work. Binyumeng Jiang, under the supervision of @Prof_H_McCarthy, is dedicated to developing therapeutic vaccines for human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative head and neck cancer. @qubengagemhls_d Full video: https://t.co/BHqx0Hlbjf
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Our latest paper just online in @Biomaterials_ Focussed on scaffold based delivery of #microRNAs to enhance bone healing. Funded by a @scienceirel @NSF US-Ireland partnership between @TissueEngDublin Seth Donahue’s lab in @UMassAmherst and @Prof_H_McCarthy lab in @QUBelfast
'Development of miR-26a-activated scaffold to promote healing of critical-sized bone defects through angiogenic and osteogenic mechanisms' is now available to view online! Congratulations to @jmsadowska and all involved! View the paper here: https://t.co/9XBpJ7xyfe
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Peptide delivery of a multivalent mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. | Helen O. McCarthy @pharmacyatQUB | @Prof_H_McCarthy @UKICRS [50 days' free access] #mRNA #peptide #RALA #vaccine #intradermal
https://t.co/tJExfisk4m
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📢 We are hiring 📢 Post doc to develop novel gene therapy for obesity and metabolic disease based at @RCSIPharmBioMol in collaboration with @pHionTx @pharmacyatQUB RT appreciated!
🚨Job alert!🚨 Would you like to join our wonderful team? An opportunity for a postdoc researcher to focus on Novel Nucleic Acid based therapy for Obesity & Metabolic Disorders w/ Drs @steph_annett @TracyRobsonMCT & @Prof_H_McCarthy Find out more @ https://t.co/98lMhf0XSU
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Want to find out more about what it's like to be an international postgraduate student at the School? Then the next episode of PharmaCast is for you! You'll hear more from @Dr_JA_Coulter, @DrNiamhBuckley, @huanh_li, and Akash Shambharkar about their experiences!
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Had a great time presenting our @fightforsightUK funded research on ocular drug delivery at #ARVO2023 in #NewOrleans !
Standing room only to hear Dr Lisa Hill from @UoBNeuroOphthal @ARVOinfo showing topical IL-33 mRNA nanoparticles to treat AMD
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I am pleased that my ongoing PhD research has been awarded as the Best Presentation at the DCU Faculty of Engineering and Computing Research Day 2023 which was focused on ‘Maximising Your Research Impact’. @njdunne_lab @TLevingstone @Prof_H_McCarthy @DCU @IrishResearch
Well done to @Ali_Zamani1988 on his prize for his Thesis-in-3 talk @DCUEngineering Research Day today @njdunne_lab @TLevingstone @Prof_H_McCarthy @IrishResearch @dcu
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Our School has been ranked in world top 40 on @worlduniranking!!! We are extremelly proud of this massive achievement. This could not have been possible without the contribution of every member of staff. More information in the link below: https://t.co/XGxJx1jSQw
@QUBelfast
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The first results of our fantastic collaboration with @Prof_H_McCarthy delivered by our engine @Ellen_King ! Onward and forward. @RCSI_Research @RCSI_Irl @News_IACR @NCRCIre
Well done to @Ellen_King on her talk about her NeuVac immunogenicity study carried out between @RCSI_Irl & @QUBelfast @pHionTx - a great talk on some really exciting work 👏 @News_IACR @RCSI_postgrad @TissueEngDublin @RCSIPharmBioMol
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Our paper investigating delivery of a peptide/miR-31 & miR-132 blend via electrospun antimicrobial nanofibres for wound repair is now available online. @Prof_H_McCarthy @DarioBombin @pharmacyatQUB @DCUEngineering @DCUBiodesign @scienceirel @MSCActions
https://t.co/rOSMJkjyyY
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The pHion Therapeutics team enjoyed a fantastic afternoon with @PeopleHawk engaging with the Competing Values Framework. Great learning for the team on our evolving culture, personalities and competencies. Thanks to all the @PeopleHawk team
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Huge thank you to Professor Nicholas Dunne @njdunne_lab for sharing some very practical advice on the importance networking in your research career at last night's Innovation After Hours event, hosted by @QUBelfast Pro Vice-Chancellor of Internationalisation @MargaretTatQUB 👏
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pHion Tx are hiring! We are recruiting an ambitious and highly organised individual to join our team in the key role of Executive Assistant and Finance Administrator https://t.co/hdAm506fF1
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