
Michael Monaghan
@drmgmonaghan
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Professor in Biomedical Engineering. Materials and methods development creating cardiac tissue with iPSCs and Metabolimaging (FLIM).
Dublin / Leitrim
Joined May 2012
Lab Photo 24/25 Current and Visiting members. Thanks to Tugdual for the photography! Exciting year ahead for all of us.
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We recently launched the @tcdengineering Research Strategy 2025-2030. Check it out in this post below. Thanks to all colleagues and external contributors for shaping this vision. Onwards is the implementation!
🎉 On March 25 we launched our @tcddublin Engineering Research Strategy 2025 - 2030! Huge thanks to our inspiring speakers & early career researchers who shared bold ideas for the future. The next chapter begins. 🌍🔧 📄 Read more: https://t.co/9eTMOY9F5B
#TCDEngineering #STEM
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I was honoured to have been invited to deliver the 100th Colles lecture. Really great to have so many colleagues, friends and particularly former researchers from @TissueEngDublin in attendance.
Professor Fergal O’Brien delivered the historic 100th Abraham Colles Lecture today at #RCSICharter 👏 The audience were taken on a journey from RCSI’s legacy in anatomy into our future-facing research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. @fjobrien @TissueEngDublin
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Well done Rajiv et al.! A great way to wrap up the year 🎄🎉
As 2024 wraps up, I am happy to share two latest work published by @drmgmonaghan lab. We showed a silk based conductive hydrogel integrated with iPSC-derived neural cells, offering a minimally invasive approach for spinal cord repair. Read here
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We are eager to share this study while it undergoes peer review. Culmination of several years work by @meenakshi_suku in @tcdTCBE engineering cocultures of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and immune cells (macrophages). Enjoy! https://t.co/QrJ4esJZPc
biorxiv.org
Cardiovascular disease stands as the leading cause of death globally, claiming approximately 19million lives in 2020. On the contrary, the development of cardiovascular drugs is experiencing a...
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Excited to be back in Ireland for a unique event with my Irish poet friend @juliemoiaussi and seminar talks @CURAMdevices and @TrinityBiomed! Thanks for the invitations @drmgmonaghan @abhay_curam @Biggs_Lab and for the help organizing @UNDKylemore! #GoIrish @NDBioeng @AeroMechND
Checkout our new event series on Cancer research and poetry 👇Looking forward to our next event in November in Ireland! @NDBioeng @UNDKylemore
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A big congrats to @meenakshi_suku who was officially conferred with her PhD today in @tcddublin! Lovely ceremony and opening words by Registrar Neville Cox
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Delighted to an awardee of a @Researchirel Frontiers for the Future funding. It will allow us to lead with the first BioBrillouin instrumentation on the Island- making new discoveries in the body's response to implants and medical devices.
Many congratulations to the 13 researchers from Trinity who have secured @Researchirel Frontiers for the Future funding to lead important projects across a range of disciplines. To read more, see: https://t.co/OCWzdbHud1
#TrinityResearch
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We have x2 funded #PhD positions available in our group. Feel free to share and check out https://t.co/UHUUs9WiFN for more information.
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📣 Calling 🇮🇪Dubliners coming to the #EUResearchersNight Don't miss @drmgmonaghan @trinitycollegedublin for an ‘optical’ treasure hunt. Get ready to break a code and the treasure chest with light filters! Events in your country 👉 https://t.co/KmimfDCA3T
#PiezoMac
@START_ERN
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I am beyond thrilled to share our study published in @ScienceAdvances today examining early disease myeloid signatures in Rheumatoid Arthritis! This study has been my baby for so long, its amazing to finally see it out. Now, who's ready for a #tweetorial? https://t.co/dsdaGkoQ8z
science.org
In-depth analysis of myeloid cells residing within the RA joint reveals a unique early signature associated with disease activity.
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Prof. Linda Doyle @tcddublin warns that 'incremental funding increases for the higher education sector have been cancelled out by inflation, underfunded pay awards and demographics.' #FundingTheFuture #Budget2025 @podonovan @DeptofFHed @jackfchambers
https://t.co/ucQMuZ4H6V
irishtimes.com
Prof Linda Doyle warns of ‘a slow retreat from competitiveness and attractiveness’ as world-class education threatened by high student-staff ratios
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Thanks again to Dr. Locke Davenport Huyer @lockedavhuy for the fascinating talk on targeting macrophage metabolism to treat pathological implant fibrosis! We look forward to many fruitful collaborations 💫
Please join us on Thursday 5th of September for our TCBE seminar series event where Dr. Locke Davenport Huyer will discuss "Macrophage metabolism in pathological implant fibrosis". See attached for more information!
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🎉Huge congratulations to @josephineywu from @ambercentre @tcdengineering @tcdTCBE for securing the prestigious @wellcometrust Early Career Award! Exciting times ahead for groundbreaking research! 👏👏👏#TrinityResearch
Dr @josephineywu, from @tcdengineering, @tcdTCBE, and the @ambercentre at @cranntcd, has secured a @wellcometrust Early Career Award to pursue tissue engineering #TrinityResearch that could provide a new approach to regenerative medicine. Read more at: https://t.co/cRLFSrRBg6
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Today the @IrishTimes published a letter from the IUA VPs Research highlighting concerns over chronic underinvestment in research, noting that much of the university equipment is outdated, hindering the training of graduates and cutting-edge research. ⬇️ https://t.co/QBcOaVUcR4
irishtimes.com
We need a new and substantial investment in research infrastructure
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Delighted to be in Bologna for the @CRSScience 2024 meeting. Great program lined up. Looking forward to meeting existing and new friends!
Join us for Technical Session Vl on Thursday, July 11, from 3:30-5:30pm CET. Delivery science experts will cover topics that include gene delivery, immuno delivery, ocular delivery and more! Full Schedule: https://t.co/DxpFOgBlxW
#CRS2024 #deliveryscience #pharma
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Brilliant three days of #bioelectronics hosted by @BioElSystTech and @BioelectronicsL in @Cambridge_Uni with @Rajivph2014. Great speakers and hospitality. Can’t wait for the next one.
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Thank you @naveedtavakol, @fleisharon, for this keynote opportunity to share our work led by @meenakshi_suku at #TERMIS2024. It was also great to meet and see the brilliant work from @GVNlab in Seattle!
Check out the @gvnlab at #TERMISWorld! @fleisharon & I organized a session on "in vitro models of the immune system & organ interactions" held on Wed, June 26th! @drmgmonaghan from @tcdTCBE will give a brilliant keynote on immune cells in engineered heart models - check it out!
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