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An interdisciplinary research centre exploring fundamental mechanisms of chronic disease for novel diagnostic & therapeutic solutions. Tweets by Elaine Quinn
University College Dublin
Joined September 2013
Elena Giardini’s fabric highlights podocytes—kidney cells vital for blood filtration—embroidered to show their membranes. Her work explores diabetes-related kidney damage. She envisions her fabric as a scarf or bandana. #CutFromTheSameCloth #KidneyResearch
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Prof. Clare Reynolds’ fabric shows enlarged fat cells linked to maternal diet and kids’ metabolic health. Inspired by this, she’d love to turn it into a dress. #CutFromTheSameCloth
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Prof. Claire Robinson’s research fabric captures the activity of protein IRE1 in pancreatic stellate cells—key players in tumour growth. Targeting IRE1 could slow pancreatic cancer. She imagines her work transformed into a striking skirt. #CutFromTheSameCloth #PancreaticCancer
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Pro. Carol Aherne’s research fabric shows intestinal cells grown in the lab to study how gut linings repair after damage—key to understanding Crohn’s and colitis. A visible gap becomes a symbol of healing. She imagines it as a scarf, wrapping science in softness.
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Prof. Aurélie Fabre’s velvety fabric reveals the hidden beauty of a rare lung disease, LAM. Fluorescent dyes trace yellow cyst walls and pink markers confirm the diagnosis—a striking image of a condition affecting young women. #CutFromTheSameCloth #LAM #LungResearch
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RT @UCDMedicine: This substantial review is titled ‘Sensing molecular carbon dioxide - a translational focus for respiratory disease’ and….
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New in @NatureMetab: it’s not just how much dietary fat is eaten, but which fat that reshapes cancer immunity in obese mice 🐖 animal fats impact anti-tumour immunity and accelerate tumour growth while🌴plant fats protects them. #FoodAsMedicine Read:
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Brain defenders in fabric form—Anupa Sara Paulose’s research captures microglia from a zebrafish brain, offering clues to why Alzheimer’s affects more women than men. A complex puzzle, stitched into a future tote. 🧠👜 #CutFromTheSameCloth #AlzheimersResearch #NeuroImmunology
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Congratulations to all the authors! 🧬.
Our new #FunctionalGenomics study of #trypantolerance in African cattle. Great work @GillianMcHugo & collabs inc. @james_akw @kmeade11, @emmelinehill @Tom_JHall Support: @IrishResearch @ucdagfood @UCD_Research @UCD_OneHealth @GenomicsCRT @UCD_Conway .
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🚨New publication alert ‼️.
Temporal lobe epilepsy affects ~50 million people globally . @Gary86 @futureneuro_ie @UCD_Conway & team link altered RNA methylation to changes in protein expression, neuronal structure, and seizure susceptibility across models:
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Fluorescent pancreatic tumour cells light up Aislinn Duggan’s research fabric—grown in the lab, captured under the microscope, and imagined as a shirt or cushion. Science made vivid, soft, and personal. #CutFromTheSameCloth #PancreaticCancer #MicroscopyInFabric
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Ovarian cancer under the microscope—blue for the nucleus, green for the cell’s skeleton. Adele Connor’s research fabric transforms this biology into art, imagined as a blanket of healing and discovery. #CutFromTheSameCloth #OvarianCancer #ScienceInFabric
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A delicate piece of organza—once beloved by her mother—now holds an image from Prof. Amanda McCann’s 1992 PhD thesis: HER2-stained breast tumour tissue. A fabric of science, memory, and hope. #CutFromTheSameCloth #HER2 #BreastCancerResearch
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🎉 Congrats to Conway Fellows Profs. Rory Johnson (SBES) & Brian Rodriguez (Conway Institute) — proud contributors to Ireland’s 72 newly certified sustainable labs 🌱. Their teams are already leading with @mygreenlab-certified spaces 👏.#SustainableResearch #GreenLabsIE
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RT @PVCR_Ireland: ⏳Countdown to #CutFromTheSameCoth exhibition Thursday 17 July opening in @pearsemuseumOPW 🎉 .🎟️Pre-launch event sold out….
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🧵 Cut From The Same Cloth: The Fabric of our Lives.A vibrant textile & multimedia exhibition by Lorna Donlon, created with local communities. 📍 Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham.🗓️ 15 July – 14 Sept .In partnership with @UCDConway. #IrishArt #TextileExhibition #CommunityArt
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🚨 Abstract calls open for #UCDConwayFest25!.🗓️ 01–02 Oct 2025 | 📍UCD Conway. 🥇 Gold Medal deadline: 18 July.📌 Poster deadline: 01 Aug. Submit now:.🧾 🖼️ #ResearchInnovation #PhDLife
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Join us for a special seminar with Prof. Larry Chamley, Head of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Auckland. 🔬. 🗓 Friday 11 July.🕛 12:00 PM.📍 Conway Lecture Theatre
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📢 Now open: Abstract Calls for the 2025 UCD Conway Festival of Research & Innovation (🗓️ 01–02 Oct). 🟨 Gold Medal deadline: 18 July → 🟩 Poster deadline: 01 August → Submit now & share your research! #UCDConwayFest25
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🚶♂️🏔️ @mario_manresa is hiking 135km across the Alps for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation — supporting research, care & advocacy for those living with IBD. Follow his journey & support the cause: #TourDuMontBlanc #IBD #CrohnsAndColitis #CharityChallenge.
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I am participating in Team Challenge Race In Orange and raising funds for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. With every mile, I hope to further their mission of finding cures for Crohn's disease and...
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